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Ipad AND laptop

One Gran gave my daughter a refurbished lap top...it seems good. Then the other gran gave £1000 for an ipad / laptop. Any point in getting an ipad for note taking and use the laptop for assignments? Daughter just going in to her 1st year.

Reply 1

How useful it would be depends on the course, but it's by no means a ridiculous notion regardless of what course your daughter is taking. Whenever I'm on campus, almost everyone has a laptop and an IPad or tablet on the table. It makes work very convenient so if you have the resources to get both, I say it's not a bad idea :smile:

Reply 2

As a law student, the laptop and iPad duo is great for me. For uni, there will be many papers all over the place. So it is really convenient to have an iPad to scan all documents etc, which can then sync to the laptop. And notes can be made on the iPad whilst reviewing lecture notes on the laptop at the same time. It makes life way more easier and can provide huge advantage to your daughters' studies. 🙂
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by Shenagh
One Gran gave my daughter a refurbished lap top...it seems good. Then the other gran gave £1000 for an ipad / laptop. Any point in getting an ipad for note taking and use the laptop for assignments? Daughter just going in to her 1st year.


This would depend on your daughter and how it would suit the way she studies. What are her thoughts?

Apple should be rolling out their uni discount, so it worth looking into their website if she's considering it.
(edited 1 year ago)

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by myaklx
As a law student, the laptop and iPad duo is great for me. For uni, there will be many papers all over the place. So it is really convenient to have an iPad to scan all documents etc, which can then sync to the laptop. And notes can be made on the iPad whilst reviewing lecture notes on the laptop at the same time. It makes life way more easier and can provide huge advantage to your daughters' studies. 🙂

what iPad do you have if you don't mind me asking? im in-between the iPad 10th gen and the iPad Air 5th gen...

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