The FBI is on to me . . .

My laptop has a virus. It's the one where a page covers up everything else and tells you the FBI has locked your computer, and if you put in your credit card number, you can have it unlocked. Since I'm not a dork, I knew it to be a bug and took the laptop into the computer wizards at the board office. Poor smucks have to work summers.

I was at school when it happened, printing some resumes and stuff. I thought, I've got the iPad at home, I won't need to bring the other laptop home. Dumb, dumb, dumb. The next day I went back out to school and picked up this, ye olde ThinkPad. (hate the ThinkPad.)  There is just somethings that work better on a laptop - like typing. I posted that last post with the iPad, but I couldn't make it look like I wanted.

So that got me thinking, iPad or Laptop - which is better? First of all, the iPad COMES RIGHT ON. You pick it up or touch it and it is on AND connected. My laptop, I turn it on and walk away. When I come back, I tell it to connect to the network. I could fix this for the summer, but because it usually connects to two wireless networks it won't automatically connect to either.

The ThinkPad, on the other hand, I turn it on and go do a load of laundry, mow the lawn, read several chapters of a good book, then come back. It also needs confirmation to shut down. "Did you want to shut me down? Really? But I've been so awful good . . . " Shut down already!!

The iPad, on the other hand, shuts down if you look away for two seconds. You must keep touching the pad! "Oh, you're done? OK, goodbye." It is only not annoying because it comes back on so quickly. Well, it is a little annoying. The laptop shuts down when I tell it to. Of course, half a minute later I remember something I wanted to look up, and it is too annoying to start the beast back up. With the iPad, no problem. Wake up, answer my question, go back to sleep.

Blup-Bleep! The iPad just called out. Every e-mail, every game update, and the 'sleeping' iPad wakes enough to alert you. I had the iPad in the bedroom the other night, trying to get my riverboat loaded before it left my farm (yeah, way too hooked on Hay Day), and left it beside my bed. I woke frightened from a dream in the middle of the night, I think from the blup-bleep. It's weird to have something else talking in my house. And yes, I know I can turn off this feature.

Despite being called a laptop, I rarely use the laptop on my lap. I find it awkward. Especially when typing. I use it at the desk. The iPad I use wherever, including the bedroom, which is bad. It shows how addicting it can be. And, unless you have the clever folding cover (I don't), you must hold the iPad. I have propped it up on a pillow, but mostly I have to hold it, which can be tiring. (Is this a little petty? yes, I agree with you. After all, I have an iPad - I should be happy. However, this is a comparison post. Go with it.)

I miss my laptop. All my stuff is stored on it - music, photos, resume, links. It has my own special wallpaper. I hope it gets fixed real quick.

What type of devise do you use? What are its failings? good points? If you had your pick, in all the world, what type of devise would you like to have?