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

[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.