I actually really enjoy typing on the Smart Keyboard, which surprised me greatly.
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I am not sure where you interpret that message as the device clearly isn’t designed to accomplish this and Apple still offers a Mac that suits these needs perfectly.
But I guess you’ll now start these jobs on what- an Android tablet?
Android as an alternative to iOS? Of course I truly believe the Earth would be a better place without iOS _and_ without Android.
If everyone who has a job is a Pro, better have this discussion with the guy weeding the streets, the barman shaking cocktails and the guy checking your traintickets.
And let them make an educated guess how much that qualification matters to me.
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I always though the messaging was strange, desperate, and inconsistent:
"Touchscreen laptops are stupid we won't make them because its a terrible user interface"
then at the same time:
"Use an iPad that only has a touch screen interface as a laptop replacement"
wtf?
"Touchscreen laptops are stupid we won't make them because its a terrible user interface"
then at the same time:
"Use an iPad that only has a touch screen interface as a laptop replacement"
wtf?
In the TC assertion of a toaster with a fridge, the iPad is that exact compromise w/o ports and with a consumer/phone OS
An IPP will work as a personal computer until it can't. That "can't" is a decision you need to discover and consider. Just hope you don't find it after you lock yourself into the IPP bucket. 
It all comes down to the Apps, if you find the right one that does what you need, you are set.
There are some pretty great ones too, from Pixelmator to Affinity, from PDF Expert to MS Office, iMovie and Garage Band, Sketchbook, Sketches and Papers.
After all a professional is not defined buy the HW he uses, but the knowledge he has and his/her competences, Any tool can be the right one if you know how to use it, the best part? To each his/her own!
There are some pretty great ones too, from Pixelmator to Affinity, from PDF Expert to MS Office, iMovie and Garage Band, Sketchbook, Sketches and Papers.
After all a professional is not defined buy the HW he uses, but the knowledge he has and his/her competences, Any tool can be the right one if you know how to use it
, the best part? To each his/her own!
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If it were judt about the apps, then yes of course, you‘d be right, but it‘s not. For, as we now call it, a „pro“, it‘s also about what you allow these apps to do what you don‘t (file and program restrictions, file lock, program permissions such as connectivity à la Little Snitch), how you can organize file system structures (yes you have the Files app but we are also talking about what you can do with it, which isn‘t much), from what sources you can install apps (especially talking about competitional apps) and the fact that you have a page file which ensures that you won‘t lose the session of another app judt because you ran out of RAM, which is the biggest design flaw when it comes to productivity; losing everything because you just may need to open another app.
Also, all the software and hardware interfaces do not play well with an iPad because it‘s a device for quick, small and leightweight tasks.
Us scepticals are not hating on the iPad, we love it. But you gotta love it for what it is and not what it could be. To become a device worthy to be called replacement it has to come with some fundamental core functionalities.
Unless and until the iPad stops being a locked down black box, it will *never* replace the traditional desktop PC/notebook. A personal computer is something where I, the user, can freely decide what software to install (even if Tim Cook and his executive disciples or the Chinese government don't approve of it) and where I can freely manipulate *my* files at will.
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Yes but its only usable for basic tasks.. you can't vlookup or have multiple spreadsheets open like you can on a laptop etc.
I respect your point of view, and you make some very valid points, as a matter of fact those where the same issue I had when I switched to iPad only.
Than after settling in and getting into the new workflow, I have to say that even if it is far from perfect, it works, and the more I use it the more I get used to a new way of working.
I don’t care where the file is as long as I can access it, and with the iPad every app that can open that file shows it, i do multitask, BUT RARELY, AS USUAlly in affinity photo or now designer when I do something i try to stick to it as much as I can.
As I said it might not be for everyone, but if one is not willing to change his/ her workflow t definitely is not for them.
It reminds me of final cut X, veryone moaned how offerente and how they had to change their way of working, nowadays people seems to love what Final Cut has become.
Could it be better? Of course, but so even the new MacBook Pro could be better, but I am very happy I can manage to do pretty much everything on an iPad, about the only thing I can’t do on te top of my head (and for my needs) would be ripping Blu-ray / dvd, but even that, is something from ther past, as now I mostly stream content.
And yes the files App is total garbage!
I would love to replace my laptop with my iPad however I usually have multiple browser tabs open and navigate between them on a frequent basis. My iPad is not very handy to move between these tabs, it is much easier to use a mouse.
If they allowed using a mouse with an iPad and the ability to hook up to a large external monitor, then I will change immediately.
If they allowed using a mouse with an iPad and the ability to hook up to a large external monitor, then I will change immediately.
I wish I could let loose just like you and trust a program to auto-save, but so far even the big-name apps sometimes don't have it, and if you want to run already only two apps which use max RAM simultaneously, you can't. That is the main fiasco which prevents me from being productive on the iPad. Sure I can do most things just alright, but only if I stick to the app alone. If I happen to run an app which already puts RAM usage to the max (or it being the last straw of the apps to do so), just opening multitasking (with a performance lag, not to forget, since in iOS basic UI animations are layered below app performance) makes you risk the state of your current app's session. I've had it often enough on a not too dated device which I don't put to the max, and it would freak me out if I actually had to do serious work with it.
Auto-save, just like the ability to pull up multitasking, should not be developer/app-dependent but rather basic functionality. I can't understand why such basic principles are not in place since iOS doesn't even have a pagefile.
As for Final Cut and changing apps, I'm with you on this one. One should be able to switch to another program if the overall workflow/outcome potential is better. But speaking of Final Cut, I don't use it myself yet I know some people who have/had to, and then them and their firms switching back to Adobe when they saw that it was not possible to be productive. I can understand that because from a productivity point of view, Apple lost the lead when it comes to designing applications for fast-paced workflows and sometimes enabling workflows at all. Sometimes they cut mandatory functions without even providing a workaround in favor of more logical menus (the latter alone I approve, but not without a replacement) or worse, just for more fancier UIs. The same goes for hardware, whenever I read that next-gen iToys may feature MediaTek modems instead of Qualcomms, I could throw up. As per usual, the stupid customer pays for the compromises they make while they still raise prices because their PR and their target customer love each other so much that they can only see unicorns, rainbows and emojis anymore and anywhere.
I agree with many points but why do you find a mouse more comfortable when switching tabs? On my iPad, I just pinch out and get a nice thumbnail overview of my current tabs in Safari. I find this view very nice to navigate - much better than the little clickable tabs on the top of the screen.
This is hilarious! Don’t be scared of iPads, they’re not that frightening or intimidating. Maybe if you go to the Apple store and use one, you won’t be afraid of them.
Apple is making the most powerful Macs that have ever been in existence. That’s the exact opposite of what you’re afraid of. Celebrate the $13,000 iMac Pro, don’t be scared a $329 iPad will replace it lol
iPads aren’t scary, there’s no reason to be threatened by them. No ones trying to take your Mac away from you lol. I don’t understand why you’re so afraid, it’s really strange...
I donno, I am always amazed how people feel that their Mac purchase is worth less because of the iPad....
I mean, if you are confortable with your choice (be it iPad or Mac, or even both) why do people need to denigrate the other platform?
Sometimes i really wonders all this "pro user" needing beastly machines, and then passing the day in this forum.....
I have bought three iPads since their first release. Most recently a 12.9”, maxed out iPad Pro + Apple Pencil for painting and illustration.
Next time please ask first before replying with misguided mockery.
It really doesn’t matter how many iPads you
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Awesome. And that has nothing to do with your rant being worthy of being ridiculed and mocked. You sure do buy a lot of what you call “iToys”.
But I’ve edited my post—I certainly wouldn’t want to misrepresent the current ownership of the 3 “iToys” you bought lol.
You can thank me by buying me an iToy
Another one of those maxed out 12.9 iPP with an Apple Pencil would be just fine