Question: My daughters old MAC needs replacement. Should she get another MAC or the new IPAD???
What did she use her Mac to do?
Depends
The iPad is great for data consumption, (viewing videos, listening to music, browsing the web), the Mac is great for data production, (term papers, spread sheets, book reports, presentations).
So it just depends on what her main tasks will be.
What does she do with it? for chatting, web surfing, text books, the ipad is superior to a computer in every way. Better screen, longer battery life, and surfing is far faster.
If she does computer specific tasks, like running special applications, then a computer is the way to go.
Wife has a Dell laptop, she got an ipad for work just a few weeks ago. The Dell now resides in her office. And with Microsoft releasing OFFICE for the ipad soon, it will do it all.
It all depends on the desired uses - if it’s going to be used heavlily for word processing, spreadsheets, etc- desktop or portable/laptop (not netbook) is still the way to go... For me - the iPad is not a total replacement for a computer - but this latest iPad is getting closer to a laptop replacement.