My wife and I have iPhone's, 4 and 4S respectively, we've been upgrading since the 3G/3GS times, we plan to upgrade to infinity, and I've had an iPad 2 for a year since I got it at launch. While I originally envisioned the iPad to be a great gadget to play with, I've really been reaching for my iPhone almost 90%+ of the time. The only thing I really like, and I mean absolutely love, is Air Video which is able to transcode on the fly all my media and TV recordings. I also have two computers, one for gaming, the other a NAS/HTPC combo using Windows 7 MC.
I'm selling the iPad 2 because I am getting a very good price for it, and I am $100 away from purchasing the new iPad with retina. I am now asking myself though, why buy another iPad? AirVideo is great, fantastic compared to watching it on my iPhone 3.5 inch screen, but is $500 worth it for this program? It than came to me, can I justify spending double for a MBA? I can afford it, but I'm not overflowing with money; I'm also very concience of money (I'm an accountant), and won't spend it unless I feel I will get a lot of use out of it which makes the iPad 2 purchase sting me somewhat. Which is why I am asking the people on these forums for their thoughts on this - is having an iPad worth it in my situation? Would a MBA, which would replace the desktop duties for my PC and make it for gaming only, be worth it for, what I am assuming, more versitility? For the little that I use, should I foresake them both and live with the iPhone only?
I'm selling the iPad 2 because I am getting a very good price for it, and I am $100 away from purchasing the new iPad with retina. I am now asking myself though, why buy another iPad? AirVideo is great, fantastic compared to watching it on my iPhone 3.5 inch screen, but is $500 worth it for this program? It than came to me, can I justify spending double for a MBA? I can afford it, but I'm not overflowing with money; I'm also very concience of money (I'm an accountant), and won't spend it unless I feel I will get a lot of use out of it which makes the iPad 2 purchase sting me somewhat. Which is why I am asking the people on these forums for their thoughts on this - is having an iPad worth it in my situation? Would a MBA, which would replace the desktop duties for my PC and make it for gaming only, be worth it for, what I am assuming, more versitility? For the little that I use, should I foresake them both and live with the iPhone only?