I’ve pretty much offloaded most of the things I used to do on my Mac to the iPhone and the iPad for a much lighter traveling set.
Last week I spent four days out of town and left the MacBook at home. It was a test to see if it might be time to return to the desktop should I decide to replace my notebook. For the most part, it worked especially when time came to look for a power outlet. There was much less need for this ridiculous exercise.
Aside from browsing and email, Notes and Pastebot took care of my writing needs, I’ve got plenty of games in both devices to keep me entertained, iBooks works great as a portable library, and I’ve got almost a full folder of apps to play around with my photos.
What I haven’t found is an app that can fully replace Pixelmator on either the iPhone or the iPad. There are apps like PhotoForge and Photogene but they cover strictly photo manipulation processes. iDraw is an interesting proposition but will need to see convincing reviews for it.
Sometimes I need to come up with a quick image that’s not necessarily based on a photograph and I haven’t found the right app for it. Wanted to check out iDraw on the iPad but I need to know if it’s worth buying or if it’s overkill.
One last hurdle for replacing the Mac as my primary workstation is the fact that there’s no way you can embed a URL inside text. I consider that a deal breaker.
Aside from that and being the hub for the iPad and iPhone, there’s not a lot that I use the Mac for anymore.
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