Take Control of Working with Your iPad

Take It with You Everywhere

You may be wondering, as many other people are, whether having an iPad means you can leave your laptop at home—at least some of the time. That depends, of course, on a lot of variables. But instead of trying to answer that question abstractly, you can gather experimental evidence to figure it out for real.

Try this.

For the next two weeks, take your iPad with you everywhere you possibly can. It'll fit in any backpack or briefcase and many purses. It's so light that if you're already planning to carry pretty much anything else, you'll barely notice having your iPad along as well.

If you think you might need your laptop too, no problem. Do as I do: slip your iPad into a spare pocket in your laptop case! But also make a point ...