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Hey Ben, to answer your question about the debate between the Ipad and the Macbook air it is quite simple. If you are primarily going to be doing school work on the device i would suggest the macbook air. The ipad is great for doing quick emails, playing games, and browsing the internet. But if you want to do a lot of typing, the small screen can be a disadvantage. Also there is no way to hook up a pointing device to the Ipad, so you cannot use a mouse or touchpad. The macbook air will have support for Microsoft office, a physical keyboard, and a pointing device so it will be much easier to accomplish work on it. Now what you can do if you really want to get the ipad as it is better for gaming and a lot cheaper, is grab an external keyboard and an apple tv allowing you to wirelessly hook up your ipad to your TV or HD monitor to type up your homework. This is great for gaming and work alike and it provides a bunch of extra features too. On the printer aspect you will need to purchase a wireless printer that support airprint or you can do it the old fashioned way and email it to yourself and print from a computer. Both are great ways to accomplish what you want. Best of luck.


Frank

• Answered by Frank S from Pittsburgh
• Mar 26, 2012
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I think the answer depends on you if you want something small to carry around then Ithe mini would be the best but it for something that you're mostly going to use it home I go with the iPad with the Retina display. If you don't mind carrying it of course the iPad with the retina display can't beat that.

• Answered by Jim C from San Jose
• Nov 3, 2012
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LTE stands for Long-Term Evolution and is a broad, still evolving standard under which 4G-type technologies are grouped. It operates on a different segment of the wireless spectrum and it is incompatible with 2G/3G technology. It has essentially become more of a marketing term instead of a definitive standard.

• Answered by Jack S from Ann Arbor
• Apr 20, 2012
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The iPad mini does not feature a retina display unfortunately. Retina displays use more power than normal resolution screens (the reason the iPad 3 gets so warm) - so the mini would have had reduced battery life or bigger batteries that would have made the tablet thicker and heavier if it had a retina display.
Hopefully the iPad mini 2 will address this disappointing omission.

• Answered by Ashley C
• Feb 9, 2013
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Yes it does. You have to get an iPad that is Wifi + Cellular model.

• Answered by Yap B
• Oct 28, 2012
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I opted for the 32gb model. I have the 64gb iPhone 4s and I have never even come close to filling it up. I have 20 movies, my entire iTunes library (but set to sync at 128 kbps) and tons of apps and I still have 11 gigs to play with. The whole point is to use iTunes to keep your content fresh so you don't leave the same old movies on the device at the same time, you sync what you want. Plus you get 5 gigs additional in the cloud so really your 32 gig is 37 gigs. I think you should save the extra $100 and invest in a nice case, an extra charging cable and whatever else you need. All just my opinion but buy what you want :)

• Answered by Jeremy Z from Brookfield
• Nov 5, 2012
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No no viruses may enter your ipad as apple apps is the only apps allowed which are all virus free

• Answered by Anne W
• Jan 29, 2013
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According to your description the ipad mini will be good. It will satisfy all your needs perfectly.
If you do video/photo editing, or gaming, or reading a lot, or simply want to experience the retina display, then go with the 4th generation ipad.

• Answered by Zhiyun Y from Wollongong
• Oct 25, 2012
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The latest iPad is the iPad 4. The main difference is that it is twice as fast as the 3rd generation.

• Answered by Ben F
• Jan 6, 2013
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iPad Mini it is lighter and thinner you can hold it in one hand

• Answered by Mr.dylan G from Ocean Springs
• May 6, 2013
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