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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 6118858" data-attributes="member: 8835">As a player, I've switched to using a spreadsheet.  My Ipad1 works WAY NICER than my laptop for this.It's lighter than a laptop.Numbers (an Apple app) runs my spreadsheetI've got d20srd.org for the rules, or PDFsThe laptop worked functionally, but took up more space.  Picking up the ipad is as casual as picking up a rulebook.  Using my iPad was like finally achieving the goal of using a computer to play D&D.On the whole topic of what $600 gets you, I think there's some misconception.Using a laptop to play D&D is NOT high-end performance computing.  It's about as lightweight as your gramma sending email or doing her taxes.  A low-end computer will suffice because you aren't using it for super duper graphics (showing off a JPG of a dragon is NOT strenuous for a computer, rendering a first person shooter at 60+ frames per second is).So, you can solve this problem with a cheap laptop for $300.  But the iPad (or other tablet) will be lighter and more inviting to use.The iPad has Pages and Numbers for it's Word and Excel equivalents.  And of course the web browser, which won't run everything on the net, but most general content sites will work (like d20srd.org).You also could do Remote Desktop to a real PC.  Which means your iPad acts as the screen, mouse and keyboard of a real computer somewhere in your house.  Thus, you get the benefit of a lighter weight, and the availability of that one special app that you can only run in Windows.</blockquote>

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