Well i am getting ready to start grad school in the fall, for a masters in english and psychology (yes an odd combination, i know) and am looking at either a new laptop or ipad for school. I have been leaning towards the ipad since it is so light and thin (I have an old shoulder injury from cheerleading in high school so carrying heavy bags is difficult for a long period of time) but I am wondering if there are apps for college age students for note taking (i.e. windows has an application that you can write on the screen with a stylus and the system will save what you write as notes) or if there are removable keyboards that you can use to type that way instead of on the screen. Also I have all windows computers at my home, so what type of apps are available that would be like microsoft office 2010 or windows 7. The macbook air is appealing but I hear that it gets incredibly hot, which doesn't sound like a good thing. So i am looking for people's opinions on an ipad as a main computer type tablet for college with note taking, making presentations, writing papers, and possibly having the novels i will need for texts on the ipad as well.
Thanks in advance for the opinions!
Thanks in advance for the opinions!