Desktop, laptop, tablet?

I have a Lenovo Windows laptop and use it for making videos. With a Microsoft 365 subscription you can use Clipchamp, very easy to use video editing software. I have OneDrive with 1 TB storage included too. I can access all my files on my IPhone. I have had two IPads but both recently gave up the ghost so I bought a Lenovo tablet. It’s not as good as an IPad but a fraction of the price and does everything I need it to.

I have just bought another Macbook air. Pricey but worth it.
My existing Macbook Pro is very slow and cannot update further than Macos Mojave for the latest software updates.
I have an iphone and an ipad and I like the way they all interact with each other.
I would struggle to use a windows laptop now.

I have a still reasonably new lap top which never has the lid opened these days. Having bought it, and worked with windows in all its incarnations until I retired, I suddenly couldn’t get on with it at all. It’s been totally wasted on me. If I was new to laptops I’d feel as if I had an excuse but this is my third one and the only one I’ve given up on. Loathe as I am to admit it, I am surgically attached to my iPad, and also have an Apple phone.

I mostly use an Android v.14 tablet but for some things I use a Dell Windows 11 laptop (long documents, some interactions that don't work well with Android). Both seem to cover the waterfront. I've never used Apple kit because I started with Windows (and before that mainframe languages).

I got an iMac 24" in pink to replace my old desktop Mac two years ago and I still love it. Not cheap but I love the size of the screen together with the slim body which takes up very little space. I also have an apple iPad for its mobility but use a Moto (very cheap) smartphone which does what I need.

I had tablets then realised I wasn't using them. I have a phone with a screen that is large enough to read kindle books on, and quite a good spec so I can run all the apps I need. As it's also small enough to keep in my pocket (admittedly I do choose clothes with generous pockets) I have it with me all the time whereas tablets tend to stay in one location. When I plan to do some actual work or posting I sit at my desk and fire up my chromebook which can be displayed on a full size monitor. Then I also have a big Windows PC for music production and gaming but that is not turned on every day.

So basically what I am saying is I found the tablets were just wasted. Not small enough to have by my side at a moment's notice and not large enough to use comfortably for periods of productivity or office type apps.

RosiesMaw2 - wondering if you went to an official Apple store or one of their franchises that mainly deal with phones? I only ask as I had computer problems and went to the local store and was told couldn't be repaired. I then went to a local repairer and 2/3 year later that particular machine is still working. In my ignorance I did not realise it wasn't a 'full' Apple store, just saw the Apple logo outside.
I also later took my phone in when it suddenly stopped working and was told the only option was to buy another, said I'd think about it, went home and a friends son sorted it out in less than 5 mins.
Apologies if this sounds patronising, you're probably much more on the ball than I am techno wise.

If you have 2 i pads and a phone why do you need a desktop? I haven't used a desktop in over 20 years! Save your money for something else. I know no one who uses a desktop now.

I've been using a Macbook Air for years. I gave up totally on Windows when they wanted to charge me for using excel etc. I discovered that Apple's numbers, pages etc - are very similar. Not sure I could be bothered to go back to Windows now. I just have to remember to export files to excel etc if sharing with a non Mac user.

Google chrome book.......if you don't mind google.

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If you have 2 i pads and a phone why do you need a desktop? I haven't used a desktop in over 20 years! Save your money for something else. I know no one who uses a desktop now.

It depends what we like, and people are different from one another. I don’t use a desktop but prefer a laptop to an iPad. It doesn’t mean I need one, but for preference I would replace my MacBook and not my iPad if I lost them both. It doesn’t mean I think that others should do likewise.

At work I used both a desktop and a laptop but since I retired I solely use my iPad mostly for the same things you need, I’ve never had any problems with them and can honestly say I don’t miss any functionality from the pc’s

Checkout delloutletuk they have black Friday deals on at the moment too. Refurbished laptops or just a bit of cosmetic damage. www.dellrefurbished.co.uk/category/store-ws-mobile/workstations/mobile-workstations/1.html

Apple every time. DH has Microsoft with Windows and it’s an absolute nightmare. Everything of mine is Apple, watch, phone, iPad, laptop, and I use them all, laptop least though. Also, the rest of the family is all Apple which make communication and connectivity so very much easier. Wouldn’t give Microsoft houseroom ..

if you have an ipad already then why not buy a laptop but not a chromebook. the latter is not that intuitive

I replaced my Apple Mac desktop with a large iPad, keyboard, pencil and case. Dear, but absolutely worth it. Love being able to type and to use the pencil. I use it for the same purposes you do, as well as reading sheet music saved in the Books App.

My MacBook was too old to update so I decided I just buy a cheaper laptop with MS. I was used to using MS before I retired so thought it would be fine. No! I hate it. I can’t get it to link with my emails or anything useful. I only use it for the odd letter and my Christmas labels.
I have recently purchased a new iPad but I wish I’d just bought another MacBook too - expensive but intuitive so worth it.

Gave up desktop years ago.Use a laptop and phone for basically aame tasks you mention. Also have an ipad but it's used mainly by GC for playing games when they visit.Never had an Apple, husband had Apple phone but its stuck in a drawer since he died.

We love Apple, I had a MacBook Pro which I replaced with a MacBook Air and love it. The MacBook Pro is still going and it’s years old.

My MacBook Pro was on the blink after 13 years. . I got a second hand MacBook from Facebook marketplace that was still under guarantee. It’s much lighter to carry around. The Apple shop transferred everything seamlessly on to the newer one. I also have a relatively new iPhone. Technology that works well is a joy. There are always laptops for sale on Facebook marketplace but be very careful. I suspect some of them are stolen goods . Always ask to see the receipt from when it was bought. It’s the first question to ask if you do go down that route. Ebay has some good secondhand tech sellers as well.

I have used laptops for 20 years now, but every time one dies on me, I wounder if I would not rather go back to a stationary PC, as, as I remember, my posture while working was so much better when I was looking directly ahead at a screen rather than bending my neck to look downwards!

I have never used Apple, but I imagine that anyone who has would go raving mad quickly, if forced to use Microsoft, which must surely be the most inefficient company ever to corner a world-wide market.

In Denmark, we have reliable (Danish) firms selling re-conditioned computers of every kind with guarantees and the lastest programs already installed.

Surely, there must be similar firms in the UK? You can save half the price, at least, of a new computer by buying a re-conditioned one.

I have tried tablets, but gave them up as a bad job very quickly indeed. I should simply hate to try banking on one, or contacting my GP!

Good hunting - our secondhand computer sellers can be found online, British firms offering a similar service will, I assume, be online too.

Apple I pad every time.

My first one packed up after seven years use.

Bought another one which I’ve now had for two years, but the stress of changing over from old to new nearly drove me mad.

Such a lot of security etc, which I suppose is a good thing.

I sometimes think that’s it’s a bit too technical for me as I don’t understand the ins and outs of the internet, but I do the basics which I’m thankful for.

I must say it drives me crazy when something goes wrong with it which I don’t understand.

The Apple store want you to buy a new one. Apple are a horrible company. Get an independent repairer to take a look at it.

Is everyone talking in Serbo Croat? Not the foggiest what is going on here. Surely an apple was shot from someone's head? An Ipad goes on after cataract surgery and a tablet is something which y9ou take when unwell. What am I missing? (Brain excluded please!)

I switched to a Mac last year because there is less of the ridiculous wiring that you seem to need with a PC. I keep it on a table that is very visible in my flat and it just looks so much better.
I'd previously had a PC for over 30 years. Personally I would never go back to a PC, they keep updating Windows but not giving me anything new that I needed, simply more complications and different layouts. Windows also takes up more and more space, as northerngardener said above.