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<blockquote data-quote="Steve@TF" data-source="post: 11405016" data-attributes="member: 40308"><p>hmmm, i saw the headline the other day but didnt read the article. i thought it would be for college textbooks, which i wasnt sure was a good idea. but for kids?? :dw: besides damaging them, what about when they go "missing". and how much would that cost the taxpayers? buying ipads for millions of kids?? my high school had 3,000+ students. one out of 100 high schools in LA. </p><p></p><p>for college, im not sure it would be so great. can u highlight in them? what about writing notes? using sticker tabs for specific pages? being able to resell them afterwards. what if your ipad is stolen? you have to buy the e-book again? and i can guarantee you that after a few years, the ebook version, the only version, will be around $100, just like the damn textbooks are! except you wont be able to do anything with it after you're done with it :nonono: the college textbook industry is the biggest rip-off in the world! love how they change editions every 3 years so used copies become obsolete. like my Calc teacher said, math hasnt changed in 1000 years, why do we need new editions every 2 years?? :rollseyes all they do is shuffle the chapters around. /rant</p><p></p><p>the ONE good thing i see about it is not having to carry around big heavy books all the time. that's it. </p><p></p><p></p><p>oh, and another thing. in quite a few of my classes we had to have 2 or 3 books going at one time (especially in law school). are you going to have 3 ipads sitting on your desk?? or try to flip back and forth between books quickly?? there were plenty of times where i had to have at least 2 books open to use them in conjunction during class.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steve@TF, post: 11405016, member: 40308"] hmmm, i saw the headline the other day but didnt read the article. i thought it would be for college textbooks, which i wasnt sure was a good idea. but for kids?? :dw: besides damaging them, what about when they go "missing". and how much would that cost the taxpayers? buying ipads for millions of kids?? my high school had 3,000+ students. one out of 100 high schools in LA. for college, im not sure it would be so great. can u highlight in them? what about writing notes? using sticker tabs for specific pages? being able to resell them afterwards. what if your ipad is stolen? you have to buy the e-book again? and i can guarantee you that after a few years, the ebook version, the only version, will be around $100, just like the damn textbooks are! except you wont be able to do anything with it after you're done with it :nonono: the college textbook industry is the biggest rip-off in the world! love how they change editions every 3 years so used copies become obsolete. like my Calc teacher said, math hasnt changed in 1000 years, why do we need new editions every 2 years?? :rollseyes all they do is shuffle the chapters around. /rant the ONE good thing i see about it is not having to carry around big heavy books all the time. that's it. oh, and another thing. in quite a few of my classes we had to have 2 or 3 books going at one time (especially in law school). are you going to have 3 ipads sitting on your desk?? or try to flip back and forth between books quickly?? there were plenty of times where i had to have at least 2 books open to use them in conjunction during class. [/QUOTE]
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