Textbooks or IPAD?

[Gunneria]

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Can I IPAD all my textbooks (especially anatomy and physio) that are coming up? I've managed to successfully download them so is there any advantage of having textbooks other than highlighting?

 

[Morsetlis]

You realize that an LCD screen isn't the same as paper, right?

If your eyes can handle it and you don't need to feel the pages in your hands, iPad would be more convenient for one simple fact: you can Search for the words/texts that you want.

Of course, with a book, you can bookmark it to hell and be able to flip between any of 10+ different pages within seconds. You can look at several pages concurrently, especially for texts between different books. With an iPad, you look at 1 screen at a time.

Then again, I don't bring my books to the beach...

 

[Bernoull]

You can highlight, underline, annotate on tablets too.

It doesn't have to be an ipad either, any android tablet will work just fine, I used one for all my classes & textbooks!

It just makes sense one so many levels!!

 

[thechad]

You can highlight, underline, annotate on tablets too.

It doesn't have to be an ipad either, any android tablet will work just fine, I used one for all my classes & textbooks!

It just makes sense one so many levels!!
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[shandocter]

I am more comfortable with textbooks than ipad.Maybe I am a little conservative.

 

[rocuronium]

I am more comfortable with textbooks than ipad.Maybe I am a little conservative.

I am the same way. I prefer to take paper notes as well.

 

[Bernoull]

Is that a roll of quarters in your pocket, or is your signature just happy to see me?

Didn't get that....

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[clinicallabguy]

I would love to use the iPad instead of carrying textbooks around. Unfortunately, there weren't textbooks available that I could use with apps like Kno or Inkling. Has that changed? Are medical textbooks available? Netter's? Robbins? Bates? Can you find these for iPad?

I'm curious, because I figured that the intro college classes would be the largest market and doubted that a smaller market such as medicine would have a complete selection of textbooks for a while.

 

[Morsetlis]

I would love to use the iPad instead of carrying textbooks around. Unfortunately, there weren't textbooks available that I could use with apps like Kno or Inkling. Has that changed? Are medical textbooks available? Netter's? Robbins? Bates? Can you find these for iPad?

I'm curious, because I figured that the intro college classes would be the largest market and doubted that a smaller market such as medicine would have a complete selection of textbooks for a while.

You could always just get the PDF version.

 

[aSagacious]

How do bulky PDFs run on tablets? (I know it's tough to generalize.) I ask because in my experience weaker laptops tend to lag when running bulky documents like textbooks, which gets annoying when trying to focus on the reading. Can tablets these days handle them smoothly?

 

[Morsetlis]

How do bulky PDFs run on tablets? (I know it's tough to generalize.) I ask because in my experience weaker laptops tend to lag when running bulky documents like textbooks, which gets annoying when trying to focus on the reading. Can tablets these days handle them smoothly?

That's my concern too. PDF's are fine on my i7 laptop, but tablets...

 

[Flapjacks]

I have ipad, and pdfs run natively and through apps seamlessly. no fanboi

 

[Isoprop]

you guys use textbooks?

 

[clinicallabguy]

That's my concern too. PDF's are fine on my i7 laptop, but tablets...

iBooks runs pdfs really smoothly. I have the entire Bible in a pdf, and iBooks runs it just fine. My computer hardly lets me scroll when I open it. I'm not sure why it works so well on the iPad.

However, I tried to open it with Kno (a textbook app) so I could mark it and make notes and highlights. It ran really really slow. A page turn took 1-2 seconds.

 

[Jack is Back]

If you have an SSD drive, your PDFs will load pretty quick on laptops/PCs. If you have a HD, it depends on how fast the disk spins, if you have a huge PDF and a slow HD then you could have those load times (lagging).

PDFs on tablets are pretty good, obviously not as good as a laptop with a premier drive (like an SSD). Tablets do have the quicker drives though, so they will beat crappy desktops/laptops. Any good laptop >>>> Tablet (iPad) > crappy desktop/laptop.

Disks that don't need to spin are faster but typically much less memory for the $.

 

[FIREitUP]

I would love to use the iPad instead of carrying textbooks around. Unfortunately, there weren't textbooks available that I could use with apps like Kno or Inkling. Has that changed? Are medical textbooks available? Netter's? Robbins? Bates? Can you find these for iPad?

I'm curious, because I figured that the intro college classes would be the largest market and doubted that a smaller market such as medicine would have a complete selection of textbooks for a while.

I don't use the IPAD because I really don't see any reason to spend 500 bucks on something that's a gimped out computer with a touchscreen, however, I have a 12.5" thinkpad that I put the Netters interactive CD (as well as other books) on that I use as reference. My computer is 3.5 pounds (vs 1.5 lbs of IPAD + if you want to add a keyboard to it adds more weight), has a comparable battery life to that of IPAD, has a keyboard (and touchscreen if you get the tablet edition, but I think touchscreen is more of a gimmick than anything), AND you can watch HD video on it, flash, read PDFs, word documents, etc. Spend more money and get a solid computer instead of a computer and an IPAD and you won't regret it.

 

[Flapjacks]

iBooks runs pdfs really smoothly. I have the entire Bible in a pdf, and iBooks runs it just fine. My computer hardly lets me scroll when I open it. I'm not sure why it works so well on the iPad.

However, I tried to open it with Kno (a textbook app) so I could mark it and make notes and highlights. It ran really really slow. A page turn took 1-2 seconds.

lol

 

[Postal]

you guys use textbooks?

Right? I haven't bought a single textbook

 

[MossPoh]

I don't use the IPAD because I really don't see any reason to spend 500 bucks on something that's a gimped out computer with a touchscreen, however, I have a 12.5" thinkpad that I put the Netters interactive CD (as well as other books) on that I use as reference. My computer is 3.5 pounds (vs 1.5 lbs of IPAD + if you want to add a keyboard to it adds more weight), has a comparable battery life to that of IPAD, has a keyboard (and touchscreen if you get the tablet edition, but I think touchscreen is more of a gimmick than anything), AND you can watch HD video on it, flash, read PDFs, word documents, etc. Spend more money and get a solid computer instead of a computer and an IPAD and you won't regret it.

Eh, I have a thinkpad tablet and an ipad. I much rather use the ipad the vast majority of the time. It isn't just about weight, but also form factor. The tablet features just aren't that great on my lenovo. I find my thinkpad has a dramatically reduced battery life compared to my ipad (and I have the first gen ipad). I have a pocket in my whitecoat that fits the ipad perfectly and lots of solid apps for rotations. I also have the gsm on my ipad, so if I am not near wireless or can't access it, I can still look up stuff without a problem. (That happens quite often where I am)

When it comes to texts, it just depends on your intentions. If it is a main text that you plan on doing a ton of reading on, then I'd prefer just getting the regular book. If you think you will just use it to skim over once in a while or look at random things, then ipad is great. I had all my kaplan step 1 stuff on there as well a few copies of other books in case I was in a hurry and just wanted to study somewhere while eating breakfast.

A laptop and ipad/galaxy tab/whatever you choose are just such contrasting experiences. You have to decide whether the difference is worth it to you. I got my ipad as a handmedown type deal and originally thought it'd be worthless for the exact reasons you listed. Now I'm using the stupid thing all the time and love how much nicer it makes clinicals...also great conversation piece with my attendings.

If I were to write a paper or intend to do extensive web browsing, then sure...laptop.

 

[Morsetlis]

Well, obvious it's ideal to have both...

*wishes for fountain of money*

 

[clinicallabguy]

lol

It's true. I do. It just struck me as a good example of a large pdf document and how it might perform on the iPad.

 

[FIREitUP]

Eh, I have a thinkpad tablet and an ipad. I much rather use the ipad the vast majority of the time. It isn't just about weight, but also form factor. The tablet features just aren't that great on my lenovo. I find my thinkpad has a dramatically reduced battery life compared to my ipad (and I have the first gen ipad). I have a pocket in my whitecoat that fits the ipad perfectly and lots of solid apps for rotations. I also have the gsm on my ipad, so if I am not near wireless or can't access it, I can still look up stuff without a problem. (That happens quite often where I am)

When it comes to texts, it just depends on your intentions. If it is a main text that you plan on doing a ton of reading on, then I'd prefer just getting the regular book. If you think you will just use it to skim over once in a while or look at random things, then ipad is great. I had all my kaplan step 1 stuff on there as well a few copies of other books in case I was in a hurry and just wanted to study somewhere while eating breakfast.

A laptop and ipad/galaxy tab/whatever you choose are just such contrasting experiences. You have to decide whether the difference is worth it to you. I got my ipad as a handmedown type deal and originally thought it'd be worthless for the exact reasons you listed. Now I'm using the stupid thing all the time and love how much nicer it makes clinicals...also great conversation piece with my attendings.

If I were to write a paper or intend to do extensive web browsing, then sure...laptop.

Clinicals are a different beast for sure. I'm glad you found a niche for the IPAD to fit in and that it works for you. I was actually referring to the utilization of the IPAD during preclinical years and for studying on one's own. I personally don't think that it has much of a place there, but it does make sense for clinical years. Personally I'm not a person who does casual studying when I'm on the crapper or something, but to each his own.

Regarding the battery life on your thinkpad:
Do you have a nine cell battery? What are your power settings? I generally get 9 hours on a full charge, which is well within the range of that of an IPAD (if not more).