Originally Posted by
Purple Drank
trying to decide on whether or not to get a new iPad.
Android is more bang for the buck and Delta is going Windows 8.1 ... if you are an Apple fan ... might I make a suggestion for another $100 to $150 that will get you at least three times the utility in a real computer which frankly has the power to be a desktop replacement?
Right now there is a great deal on the MacBook Air (11 and 13 inch) running the latest 4th Gen Haswell processors. You want the 4th gen processors (which Apple seems to be getting to market first) because of the much improved battery life and slightly improved graphics ability. The MacBook Air also has the new ac spec WiFi which means you'll be able to laugh as your WiFi works well and everyone else is getting dropped of the network (which is typical of the networks in our Hotels ... Rosevelt WiFi anyone?).
Since the size, weight and price are so similar, why not?
AnandTech | The 2013 MacBook Air Review (11-inch)
Good deal at Best Buy right now + no sales tax in Gawgia through the weekend. I'm tempted (and I'm not an Apple kind of guy, it's that good a deal compared to everything else right now).
I will buy a Windows Surface Pro when the updated model with a Haswell processor comes out at the end of the year.