I use to make sheet music using Finale on Mac Mini. Holy Schnikes was it slow. You really felt the lack of RAM; it was like trying to tow a trailer with a tricycle. Fortunately for me and my music and my ipad, I now have a proper PC which is big and fast and angry and has windows 7, along with an Ubuntu dual boot to impress hipsters and nerds.

Woe betide the man who tries compiling software of any sophistication on it. I know nothing of the programming process for Ipads, but if you want to, say, write code in a text editor, and then compile it on a proper Mac, yeah, I guess that could work. But even an entry level Macbook would probably be a better idea.

Had an old iBook G3 years ago and it was awful. Couldn't get anything for it at all. Now that more and more people are converting, they are much more useful than they were. I now have an iMac 27, iPad 2 and iPhone 4. Not to mention other various iPods and the wife's i stuff. I buy them because I think that Apple are streets ahead of the competition as far as design and implementation goes, they're just built really solid and I hate plasticky gadgets. If they just got rid of that crap they call iTunes it would be perfect to me!

I swear I've turned into an Apple junkie! I have the Ipad2, my husband and kids use my old IPad 1, I have an iPhone 4, an iMac and a MacBook. My husband and daughter both have iPod touches and I have zillions of accessories for all of the above. It's a never ending obsession and I cold never work at the Applestore or I would be even broker!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by applechick

I swear I've turned into an Apple junkie! I have the Ipad2, my husband and kids use my old IPad 1, I have an iPhone 4, an iMac and a MacBook. My husband and daughter both have iPod touches and I have zillions of accessories for all of the above. It's a never ending obsession and I cold never work at the Applestore or I would be even broker!!!!!!!

I'm with you, applechick. My obsession started with an iPod touch 8gb, I sold that and upgraded to a 32gb, then I got the ipad1 and I was totally in love. All types of accessories followed. Then the iPhone4 and finally my ipad2. I'm now shopping accessories for it. Next up, a MacBook!

Originally Posted by Petdr

I'm with you, applechick. My obsession started with an iPod touch 8gb, I sold that and upgraded to a 32gb, then I got the ipad1 and I was totally in love. All types of accessories followed. Then the iPhone4 and finally my ipad2. I'm now shopping accessories for it. Next up, a MacBook!

Awesome collection! :-)