For my high school graduation I got a brand new iMac. My family thought it was a better buy since you can do so much more with it than a MacBook, minus the fact of being able to carry it around.
I'm attending college in the fall and I was wondering do I need to bring a laptop or will I be fine with my iMac and my iPad mini? Example: take iPad to class for notes (with bluetooth keyboard) and just share everything with my iCloud account so everything is directly on my iMac sitting in my dorm.
My campus only has Mac labs (well one has PCs but the rest are Macs) so I can definatly work anywhere on campus and not have to worry about getting stuck in my dorm. Also, I understand that ill probably want to do some study group type thing and an iPad won't be the best for that because I won't be able to flip around apps or websites easily so I might lag behind. My solution to that, though, is the fact that there are so many Mac labs- even our schools cafe has a macular right next door so no matter where we're on campus I should be fine.
I do, however, have a 3-year-old Asus laptop that works just fine, but it's not as good as it once was and lags quite a bit. Should I take that? Or stick with my iPad? Would it be easy to transfer macOS files to windows? Can I still use my iCloud and transfer files easily?
I'm a little confused and would just like input. Also, dorm size is not an issue and my iMac is only 21.5in it will also be locked to my desk.
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