Working on  the road

I already have a iphone 4 and a mac pro and im looking at buying an apple device that allows me to do my work on the road. Are the iPads compatible for the same microsoft programs as the macs or can the iWork program syc all its data into their corresponding microsoft programs? Or is it easier to just buy a mac book air?

You can use the mobile version of the iWorks apps on the iPad and the iPhone.
You could work in Pages, Numbers and Keynote on any of the devices and if you use iCloud on all three devices, the changes that you make on one device would be reflected on the other two. They will sync "seamlessly" via iCloud. The iPad iWorks apps are compatible with the MS Office apps just like the iWorks applications on the Mac.
The iPad does not have the computing power or all of the fetaures that the MBA has and it is not a computer like the MBA, but many businesses are using the iPad in the enterprise today and depending upon what your needs are, the iPad might work very well for you.
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