I lost my belongings via theft. As a photographer my greatest loss is having a computer to download and edit photos. Money is scarce and I am considering an ipad. Can anyone advise me whether an ipad can replace a pc?  Are there ports?

I lost my belongings via theft from a storage unit. As it was scheduled for move the next day I did not purchase insurance. Probably an inside job, painful leason learned. This also left me no way to repurchase all i lost.
As a photographer my greatest loss is having a computer to download and edit photos. Money is scarce and I am considering an ipad, understanding even this may not be affordable. Can anyone advise me whether an ipad can replace a pc?  Are there ports?  How crucial is memory?  I could edit photos then store them on flash drives if the ipad cannot handle load. Never having owned one I'm afraid I am completely ignorant on these issues and am grateful for any guidance. Thank you!

Trishfromaz wrote:
Can anyone advise me whether an ipad can replace a pc? 
No.  The iPad while a powerful tablet, is not a PC replacement. It is limited in what it can do.
Trishfromaz wrote:
Are there ports? 
No USB ports or of any other kind if that is what you are asking.  There's the sync/charge port you can use with the Lightning to USB camera Adapter, but only to load photos onto the iPad. It cannot write out to USB drives.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD821ZM/A/lightning-to-usb-camera-adapter
Trishfromaz wrote:
  How crucial is memory? 
iPads are not upgradeable. So what you buy is what you get. Memory is 1GB.  Storage space can go from 16GB up to 128GB
Depending on what Image editor applications you use, there may not be a version for iPad with the features you need.

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