10 Reasons Not to Buy Students an iPad
不能给学生买ipad的10个原因
While an increasingly number of people are replacing computers with iPads, Jeff Somogyi, an editor at deal news, has a list of compelling reasons why an iPad isn’t a better gift than a laptop for a college student — even if the pupil insists.
越来越多的人开始抛弃电脑而使用ipad，不过来自'交易新闻'的编辑杰弗·索默吉却有一长串的理由，论述作为送给大学生的礼物，ipad并非一定比平板电脑好。
As the young are about to matriculate, they’ll come at you with all sorts of "reasons" why the iPad is a "valuable tool" for "learning." Are you prepared to fight back? Are you armed with the knowledge you need to protect your dollars? You better be, because — as we’ll show you — the iPad just isn’t a suitable replacement for a laptop, in terms of meeting your student’s needs.
当这些即将踏入大学门槛的年轻人向你列举一连串的理由，说明ipad是“有用的”“学习工具”，你准备用什么反击呢？你最好有所准备，因为—我们随后将向你展示—就满足学生的学习需求而言，ipad并不能替代笔记本电脑。
His main gripes:
主要原因如下
1. It’s expensive. Factor in data plans for higher-end models, and you could be spending more on an iPad than some full-fledged laptops.
1.太贵。花同样的钱完全可以买到配置更高功能更齐全的笔记本电脑
2. It’s not great for taking notes or editing documents.
2.记课堂笔记和撰写文档的效果不明显。
3. It’s ultra portable and ultra droppable. "There will even be more of a chance that your kid will forget completely that it’s in their bag and, as kids will, fling their satchel across the room — only to be rewarded with a gut-wrenching crack, followed by a cold-sweat-inducing tinkle of broken screen glass. Just try forgetting you have a 5+ lb. laptop in your bag!”
3.移动性更佳，更换起来也更划算。"学生可能会忘记自己书包中还有这么贵重的东西，而把书包在教室里扔来扔去的，这会给ipad造成不可挽回的损坏，而如果换成笔记本电脑，则很可能只会留下一些擦痕。”
4. It makes them a target of criminals. Too easy to steal.
4.容易被贼惦记，太容易被偷。
5. It’s too distracting. Will Angry Birds be the end of this student’s academic career?
5.容易分心。愤怒的小鸟玩的再精通，也不是期末考试内容。