Topic: .wmv files

[Clive]

Presumably the 3G version does not have free 3G connection?

[Simon]

That I don't know, but sincerely doubt. Perhaps it needs to be tethered to a mobile contract?

[Rik]

No, Clive, it's just like any smartphone in that respect.

[Clive]

I guessed as much! 

[Simon]

But if you were looking at it as a replacement for the desktop, you wouldn't have had 3G on the desktop anyway, or wanted to take it away from your home Wi-Fi. At least the iPad has Wi-Fi, so it is more portable in that respect.

[Rik]

Regard it as an alternative to a net book.

[Clive]

My main issue is can I manage without a desktop if I bought a reasonably nice laptop?  And perhaps an iPad merely for research purposes.   

[Simon]

Again, it depends what you intend to use it for. I still think, bang for buck, you get more for a desktop than you do with a laptop, because you're paying extra for the convenience of a laptop.

[Rik]

Yes, but what Simon says is true. I foresee a laptop/iPad era for me in due course.

[Clive]

I need to squeeze my netbook in there somehow since I've already got it.    

[Rik]

Squeeze hard enough and it will, no longer, be a problem.

[Clive]

Oi!      I only bought it last June!

[Rik]

There you are then, definitely time for a new toy!

[Simon]

Yes, that would be WELL out of date now. 

[Rik]

Stick with us, Clive, we'll spend your money for you.