# Re: iPad as a Thin Client **URL:** \ **Category:** Chatting over the Back Fence\ **Created:** [September 14, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/re-ipad-as-a-thin-client/23097 "2012-09-14T17:36:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/re-ipad-as-a-thin-client/23097/1 "2012-09-14T17:36:01Z")
If you do need a keyboard for an iPad there are some slip cover cases with built in rubber or plastic bluetooth keyboards. In a medical environment I would have thought the ability to easy wipe down the iPad would be good. I’m sure most people would adjust to typing on the screen in time. ## – JAMES GOSLING ‘[www.jamesgosling.com](http://www.jamesgosling.com)’ ([http://www.jamesgosling.com](http://www.jamesgosling.com)) ‘[www.novellblog.com](http://www.novellblog.com)’ ([http://www.novellblog.com](http://www.novellblog.com)) jamesgosling’s Profile: [http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=9688](http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=9688) View this thread: [http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=407415](http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=407415) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/re-ipad-as-a-thin-client/23097/2 "2012-09-14T18:53:51Z")
> Eh, bluetooth keyboards work just fine. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/re-ipad-as-a-thin-client/23097/3 "2012-09-14T19:00:00Z")
Solution is obvious - when as a fanboi you upgrade to the New iPad, you can use your Old iPad as a keyboard 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/re-ipad-as-a-thin-client/23097/4 "2012-09-14T19:16:01Z")
Dave Howe;2219390 Wrote:[color=blue] > Solution is obvious - when as a fanboi you upgrade to the New iPad, you > can use your Old iPad as a keyboard :)[/color] But what about my third iPad? Can I use that as a hat perhaps to keep the rain off? ## – JAMES GOSLING ‘[www.jamesgosling.com](http://www.jamesgosling.com)’ ([http://www.jamesgosling.com](http://www.jamesgosling.com)) ‘[www.novellblog.com](http://www.novellblog.com)’ ([http://www.novellblog.com](http://www.novellblog.com)) jamesgosling’s Profile: [http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=9688](http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=9688) View this thread: [http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=407415](http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=407415) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 11:10am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/re-ipad-as-a-thin-client/23097/5 "2012-09-15T11:10:33Z")
Jamesgosling, you can use it as an extension monitor for your PC… – Shaun Pond ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/re-ipad-as-a-thin-client/23097/6 "2012-09-17T17:28:55Z")
On 14/09/2012 17:16, jamesgosling wrote: [color=blue] > But what about my third iPad? Can I use that as a hat perhaps to keep > the rain off?[/color] Give it to a starving orphan - think of the children! 🙂 ---
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Dave Howe;2219602 Wrote:[color=blue] > On 14/09/2012 17:16, jamesgosling wrote: > [color=green] > > > But what about my third iPad? Can I use that as a hat perhaps to[/color] > > keep[color=green] > > the rain off?[/color] > > Give it to a starving orphan - think of the children! :)[/color] Just think of what the gorilla glass will do to their poor teeth! ## – JAMES GOSLING ‘[www.jamesgosling.com](http://www.jamesgosling.com)’ ([http://www.jamesgosling.com](http://www.jamesgosling.com)) ‘[www.novellblog.com](http://www.novellblog.com)’ ([http://www.novellblog.com](http://www.novellblog.com)) jamesgosling’s Profile: [http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=9688](http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=9688) View this thread: [http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=407415](http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=407415)