I never have been an Apple fangirl, don't want an iPhone, but have been having serious envy of people using iPads for art. We have styluses for our Android tablets, but they have none of the fine control that the iPads do with their corresponding "pencils." I've been wandering by a 6th generation iPad at MicroCenter; it was only $139, which seemed a good "beginner's price" for something you're not sure you're going to use. However, in chatting with someone, they advised me to buy a 9th generation which wasn't too much more ($60) with a lot newer everything. Like my dad, I never could resist a better gadget.
(Dad went out one Christmas to buy me a camera. Our old Brownie Hawkeye—the kind you looked down into the viewfinder to take the picture—with the attachable flashgun was venerable. The new Instamatic cameras had just come out, where you didn't have to string the film from the roll to the intake reel, but just pop a cartridge in and then remember to advance the film. There were four of them, each a little more expensive. The 104 was basic, the 404 had all the bells and whistles. Dad came home with the 404, saying sheepishly that it could be the family camera, but it did end up that mostly I took the pictures.)
So, I splurged on the 9th gen and saved on the accessories; I got a generic "iPad pencil" rather than the regulation Apple pencil (it was $85 cheaper on sale) and a plain cover in black, the cheapest price.
Notes: I hate Safari. It may be the most aggravating browser ever, even worse than Internet Explorer. I hate that you can't really access your files to make sure photos you save end up on the iPad, not in the iCloud. But the screen is fabulous; I have been reading my magazines on the iPad rather than the Android. And the generic "pencil" is faboo for drawing. Rather than buy an expensive copy of Procreate, which everyone loves, I decided to start out with an old friend from my Android days, Sketchbook, which—no surprise—works like a delight on the iPad. I love that I can rest my hand on the screen and all it pays attention to is the pencil.
Oh, and it's great to play my cross-stitch game in.
Officially I named it "Cider"—it's fall, after all—but I find myself calling it "Woz" for Steve Wozniak.
Labels: computers, gadgets
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