May 31, 2010 13:54
No, but we were actually freezing most of the time.... I agree the ipad is much more viewable in daylight than my Macbook, by several magnitudes.
Actually, I found the iPad to be one of the best things I've ever bought for the boat, for reasons I never imagined. When we became becalmed and saw a storm bearing down on us, the iPad is what I used for 'what if' navigation planning. Quick, simple, portable. Only gripe is I couldn't load my gribs on it (an major annoyance - you need to be able to load gribs other than via x-traverse, first because we didn't have wifi other than sailmail, and so I could have greater control over the data/grid/time periods requested).
iPad also was great for planning and prep (shopped at Costco/Walmart with our shopping list in Numbers, along with menu plan and inventory), now have virtually all my manuals organized and quickly available in pdf in GoodReader, entertainment (movies and tv with sound piped through my Bose speakers - wow!), and I love reading books on it, both in ibooks (my favorite but less selection), Kindle reader, and now B&N's reader.
Most of this you could do on a laptop, but the ipad boots SOOOOO much faster and can easily be handed around. Plus (a VERY big plus), it uses a fraction of the power a laptop uses.
Sorry to ramble, but I love my ipad. Fortunately, I also bought my wife one, who hasn't opened her laptop since.
Scot
Actually, I found the iPad to be one of the best things I've ever bought for the boat, for reasons I never imagined. When we became becalmed and saw a storm bearing down on us, the iPad is what I used for 'what if' navigation planning. Quick, simple, portable. Only gripe is I couldn't load my gribs on it (an major annoyance - you need to be able to load gribs other than via x-traverse, first because we didn't have wifi other than sailmail, and so I could have greater control over the data/grid/time periods requested).
iPad also was great for planning and prep (shopped at Costco/Walmart with our shopping list in Numbers, along with menu plan and inventory), now have virtually all my manuals organized and quickly available in pdf in GoodReader, entertainment (movies and tv with sound piped through my Bose speakers - wow!), and I love reading books on it, both in ibooks (my favorite but less selection), Kindle reader, and now B&N's reader.
Most of this you could do on a laptop, but the ipad boots SOOOOO much faster and can easily be handed around. Plus (a VERY big plus), it uses a fraction of the power a laptop uses.
Sorry to ramble, but I love my ipad. Fortunately, I also bought my wife one, who hasn't opened her laptop since.
Scot