Discounted iPad 3 or used 11" Macbook Air as secondary device

[silvarios]

sekker wrote: One additional important difference between the iPad and the MBA is the option to add LTE to the iPad.

Many of us already have mobile data plans, so the appeal of yet another bill isn't as compelling for me as people otherwise without mobile data. I have a hotspot (bundled with my home internet) and a separate mobile data option is bundled with my phone plan (you can't disable mobile data, the plan included unlimited calling, unlimited SMS/MMS, and at least 5GB of full speed data each month). I really don't need yet another data bill.

[Lew Zealand]

silvarios wrote:
[quote=Lew Zealand]I've paired an Apple BT KB to the iPad exactly once and just having arrow keys made it significantly easier to use vs. touching the screen for cursor positioning while typing.

It was better, but not good enough, in my opinion, to serve as a full substitute. I actually went back to typing with the iPad keyboard because the iPad plus external setup felt too much like a kludge and only solved the most basic problems.
Yes, as a matter of fact I only did this once. It was useful but not something I'd do everyday. In fact when I see a tablet being used with an external keyboard, all I see is a reason to get a MacBook Air or Ultrabook.