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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MythosaAkira" data-source="post: 6118686" data-attributes="member: 2428">When DMing, I was using my iPad for awhile, then switched to my laptop (MacBook Pro), and recently I've decided to go back to the iPad. I switched back primarily because I have a lot of reference material in PDF format (specifically for Pathfinder or D&D Next) and I find it easier and more "natural" to read PDFs on the iPad rather than my laptop. Some other thoughts:* My iPad is a 32GB version and I've found that's plenty for what I'm using it for (besides my gaming material, I've got a variety of other applications, games, etc.)* There are various word processor/text editor programs available for the iPad. I use Pages, which is Apple's version of Word. Pages will open Word docs, though I'm sure there's some formatting and the like that don't translate directly.* As others have mentioned, you can get a pretty good laptop PC for $600 if you decide to go that route. Though probably wouldn't work terribly well for games, depending on what you're playing.* I don't know if there are more gaming apps for iOS than Android; I'd suspect the numbers would be close, but I can't say for sure.* The apps I use for GMing include: DM Tools (initiative tracker), PFRPG rd (offline Pathfinder SRD reference), Notebooks (organizational tool; kind of like OneNote), Numbers (Apple's spreadsheet; use it for building encounters, tracking XP, etc.), GoodReader (reading/storing PDF, maps, etc; if you get an iPad and reference a lot of PDFs, GoodReader is a must-have), Chrome. I'm developing my own utilities for those functions I haven't found an existing tool for (calendar/almanac app, hex mapper, etc.).* I like the handiness of being able to bring up a graphic and just pick up the iPad and show it to the players (can't easily do that with my laptop).* I prefer the mobility of the iPad over the laptop, though I do use a Bluetooth keyboard for things that require a great deal of typing (ex: notetaking in the Notebooks app).* The DDI tools won't work on the iPad since they require Silverlight. I'm not certain that Silverlight works on Android, either (Mac and Windows, yes). There are utilities for both mobile platforms that allow you to remote connect to a desktop, so you could use that on a tablet to connect to a PC or Mac to run the tools there (cheating, but it works <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />)Hope that helps!</blockquote>

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