iPad 2 or Macbook Pro??

[DaveSt]

Like most above posters have said, get what fits your needs. I purchased a new Macbook Pro 13" about five weeks ago and I think I have turned on my iPad maybe a dozen times since. I haven't charged my iPad in more than a week and it still has 67% battery left. I still think the iPad is neat, but I guess what I really wanted was a portable computer, and the 13" Macbook fits that need and more. As a side benefit, it will also serve nicely as a portable space heater in the winter

 

[AQ_OC]

The answer depends on who you are...meaning what you do against what your needs are. I don't see how such a question can be intelligent addressed with zero knowledge about the user (maybe you all know this poster, but I don't).

For me, while I enjoy the heck out of my iPad 2, I still need both a laptop and a desktop. They would both come first over the iPad, but as long as I don't have to make that choice...I'm keeping all of them.

 

[SaberOne]

I still have the original MBP but it’s totally worthless these days’. Oh, I still have a need for my super MacPro tower as I’ve been scanning historical documents for years. Notwithstanding, this will be my last computer, as products like the iPad and the cloud will make them obsolete. I figure my 2009 MacPro will get me through the transition, and thereafter its an iPad-X and Apple TV.

Back in the here and now, I suppose the MacAir11 would provide the most bang for the buck.