iPad Air or iPad Mini for business....

R.O.S.S.I

R.O.S.S.I

R.O.S.S.I

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Hi all, work have said I can get an iPad for work purposes but i'm struggling to make my mind up over an Air or a Mini.

I've yet to go into a shop to have a "feel" of the units yet but to me, looking at the specs, the only difference I can see is the screen size.

Is there anything glaringly obvious i'm missing?

It'll be used for web browsing, working on documents (w/Office 365), presentations, mail etc. My instinct is telling me to go with the Air and the bigger screen but just wanted to know what you guys thought would be best in a business environment?
 
I vote for the air.

The screen just makes it so much easier to work on documents. I edit a lot of university stuff on my air. Could not face doing it on the mini screen.
 
Thanks mate, that's what I was thinking but just wanted to hear it from someone else too I guess! Air it is!

Which office suite do you use on it? Office 365 or is there something else (better?).
 
R.O.S.S.I said:
Thanks mate, that's what I was thinking but just wanted to hear it from someone else too I guess! Air it is!

Which office suite do you use on it? Office 365 or is there something else (better?).
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Well bugger me sideways, cheers mate :)

I've been using the stuff that comes preloaded for free. I never realised you could get office, and I actually have a sub for my PC, so thanks for that.
 
Yeh 365 has only just recently come out. I work for a charity and so we get Office 365 as a donation for free from MS but i'm not sure if the iOS apps come as part of the donated package or its an upgradable extra you have to pay for.
 
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R.O.S.S.I said:
Yeh 365 has only just recently come out. I work for a charity and so we get Office 365 as a donation for free from MS but i'm not sure if the iOS apps come as part of the donated package or its an upgradable extra you have to pay for.
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Mobile apps are included in the price
 
Caged said:
The donated Office 365 subscription doesn't include desktop applications, you need the E3 plan at £3.40/month.
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Damn! Need to find time to look at migrating us over to Exchange online really and then see how the rest of this Office 365 stuff works.
 
It probably is for someone a bit more well versed in Exchange than me!

I'm all right with most aspects of IT however Exchange stuff is where my skills are seriously lacking!

Trying to find the easiest step by step guide there is before I take the plunge into the unknown!
 
Are you on Exchange at the moment? If you are and it's newer than 2003 then Office 365 practically migrates itself. All you need to do is create an account to use for the migration, grant it Full Access on every mailbox you want to move across and then point the 365 migration thing at your Exchange box.
 
Yep on Exchange 2010 atm. Have you any experience of doing it?

Rather than clog this message up with unrelated chat do you mind if I drop you a mail about it?
 
Yeah it's in my trust. I've been doing a couple of migrations a week at work so it's a pretty slick machine at the moment. Can't really guide you through it as I don't have the time but I can send over the relevant TechNet documents.
 
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