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Apple Executives Optimistic About Future of iOS, Expect Tablet Market to Surpass PCs
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I can't afford a new computer but maybe every 5-6 years how would I ever be able to afford to replace a tablet every few years.
Another thing people need to remember, you are basing your "A tablet will never replace my desktop" based on what tablets are right now, as opposed to following the quote from Tim of "over the next several years".
All mobile OS's will me notably more complex than they are now by then.
All mobile OS's will me notably more complex than they are now by then.
I'm not so sure. You assume the keyboard paradigm will need to exist in the future. Organizations are spending considerable resources in voice recognition, gestures, and other means, for completing tasks within an interface.
Even today, we try to shorten our sentences down to a few symbols or word fragments to convey meaning. Seems like people don't like typing... or the tools are insufficient, so they adjust accordingly.
All I know for sure is, I expend more time and effort on changing batteries in my wireless mouse and trackpad than I do for the keyboard.
Unless the iPad has a quad core i5/i7 processor, 27 inch screen and running Mac OSX Lion I think my desktop and laptop are safe 
I love the iPad but I view it as a device purely for consumption of media and nothing more. Great for watching movies lying on the sofa or browsing the web whilst watching tv etc
I love the iPad but I view it as a device purely for consumption of media and nothing more. Great for watching movies lying on the sofa or browsing the web whilst watching tv etc
Not for PC users
As an owner of iPad 2 and MacBook AIR ( using now ), Tablet only complement the PC and not replaced it. One partial exception if they ever get the full power of the Notebook into Tablet form factor and that is still questionable.
What I hope to see one day is an iMacPad - basically Mac OS X machine in iPad body style.
Yes iOS style machine is good for ones that don't need the extra power.
Can ARM iOS based machine run Photoshop CS 5 or Lightwave 3D?
As an owner of iPad 2 and MacBook AIR ( using now ), Tablet only complement the PC and not replaced it. One partial exception if they ever get the full power of the Notebook into Tablet form factor and that is still questionable.
What I hope to see one day is an iMacPad - basically Mac OS X machine in iPad body style.
Yes iOS style machine is good for ones that don't need the extra power.
Can ARM iOS based machine run Photoshop CS 5 or Lightwave 3D?
If that's true, then either there's something wrong with your ipad or you're not using it right.
Maybe you're just not a creative person.
Or maybe you're just talking about things you have no firsthand knowledge of.
Then what's the point of "mobile" (I hate that word, the OS isn't moving...) OSes ? That doesn't make much sense.
Anyway, iOS and OS X are the same OS. The only difference is in the UI layer and the high-level APIs to manipulate that UI layer. Core APIs are pretty much the same, the Graphics server is still Quartz, the underlying kernel is the same.
Welcome to the real world. I run a corp. infrastructure. When I have CEO's who want to save stuff and access stuff securely and remotely on their iPads what am I suppose to say... put it on Dropbox. Yeah right.
I'm curious, what does your statement above have to do with the topic at hand?
Do you have a point?
Is it that Android adds to the units sold total, across all platforms to increase the total share of the tablet category?
Tablets = $ for Apple
"For one, Cook said, "he sees no reason why the tablet market shouldn't eclipse the PC market over the next several years," according to Shope's note."
He's talking about how Apple will make its profits, not on their goal to totally replace desktops and laptops.
In some cases, a tablet will replace computers (PC seems to be a confusing term here on Mac Rumors). There are many processes (POS, for example) which you used to have to buy a full computer to handle, that are now being handled easily by a tablet or smartphone. Load up specialized items (pilot charts) and instead of buying a laptop, let a tablet handle it.
For personal use, I think a tablet will be used as a complement to, not a replacement for, computers. The iPad was an extra purchase I made. I can't think of a better device than the iPad for a family with kids. Bought the first iPad when my son was two and he took to it naturally. Now, it's scary how well he can use it, including going onto Netflix by himself to watch his favorite cartoons and playing with the multiple teaching tools. Bottom line, it didn't replace a laptop the little monster was going to get. It was a tool I was convinced was worth purchasing.
"For one, Cook said, "he sees no reason why the tablet market shouldn't eclipse the PC market over the next several years," according to Shope's note."
He's talking about how Apple will make its profits, not on their goal to totally replace desktops and laptops.
In some cases, a tablet will replace computers (PC seems to be a confusing term here on Mac Rumors). There are many processes (POS, for example) which you used to have to buy a full computer to handle, that are now being handled easily by a tablet or smartphone. Load up specialized items (pilot charts) and instead of buying a laptop, let a tablet handle it.
For personal use, I think a tablet will be used as a complement to, not a replacement for, computers. The iPad was an extra purchase I made. I can't think of a better device than the iPad for a family with kids. Bought the first iPad when my son was two and he took to it naturally. Now, it's scary how well he can use it, including going onto Netflix by himself to watch his favorite cartoons and playing with the multiple teaching tools. Bottom line, it didn't replace a laptop the little monster was going to get. It was a tool I was convinced was worth purchasing.
Think back to the original 2001 iPod. Remember how small the b&w screen was, and the heftiness of it, and that click wheel that was so cool at the time? Now imagine thinking that you'd be able to read books on that device, and watch movies, and update spreadsheets, and play games using your finger on the screen, and take photos and video, and browse the Web, and make phone calls.
Yet that is precisely what you can do with today's iPod touch and iPhone. Over ten years, much can change.
Ten years from the iPad's introduction, in 2020, we will have tablets that do things we simply cannot imagine doing with an iPad today, but by then will be ordinary. Too often we imagine in linear fashion, thinking that what we see today is basically what we will see tomorrow other than a bit faster or a bit smaller or a bit thinner. This way of thinking misses the big leaps in functionality that are game changers. They're coming.
Yet that is precisely what you can do with today's iPod touch and iPhone. Over ten years, much can change.
Ten years from the iPad's introduction, in 2020, we will have tablets that do things we simply cannot imagine doing with an iPad today, but by then will be ordinary. Too often we imagine in linear fashion, thinking that what we see today is basically what we will see tomorrow other than a bit faster or a bit smaller or a bit thinner. This way of thinking misses the big leaps in functionality that are game changers. They're coming.
iOS is 3.5 years old and needs a drastic update to UI and functionality. I hope 5.0 brings necessary changes!
It's not that I am not creative, I found the device seriously lack integration. For an example, If I create a song in Garageband for the iPad to use in iMovie for the iPad, I cannot with out having to first sync the iPad to the desktop, then selected the song and re-sync for its use in the iMovie for the iPad.
I am sure as IOS matures integration between apps will be better, using some common space.
Also I found that I could not upload photos to MobileMe in a group, but had to do it one at a time. I do not want to use flickr etc etc, seeing I have MobileMe.
I sold my iPad, got a MBA 11, it really just a few $300 more than a 64B wifi iPad, but has more memory, fast processor, capable of doing so much more. However, it does not have the cool form factor of the iPad, nor the battery life.
I found the iPad at it's current state not suitable for my needs, but in the future I will end up purchasing another iPad, but only when it suites my needs.
One of the best things Apple did with the iPad is to not put the full-blown OS on it the way Microsoft is about to do in a horrible mistake that they will regret. A few geeks might want the full OS, but most people will not, and they should not. A lot of an OS deals with functionality and input/output that has no bearing on a tablet. A post-PC device needs a post-PC OS.
However, I see a lot of resistance in this thread to tablets as the dominant form. OK, I can wait. I saw the same sort of resistance to PCs when they first showed up. By the tiime most of you change your mind, you won't even remember having resisted in the first place. It will just seem like the most natural thing in the world to pick up an iPad 7 or whatever at it is at the time.
However, I see a lot of resistance in this thread to tablets as the dominant form. OK, I can wait. I saw the same sort of resistance to PCs when they first showed up. By the tiime most of you change your mind, you won't even remember having resisted in the first place. It will just seem like the most natural thing in the world to pick up an iPad 7 or whatever at it is at the time.
https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=12601017&#post12601017
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Your iCal must be filling up with your petty little vendettas.
Btw, is there not a forum ruling on repetitive posting? You don't wanna get stuck in Time Out again, do you?
Still clueless. The fact that you have no use for it (your copr... wowo i must be impressed huh) doesn't make the device obsolete/useless/toy to the rest of the world.
How will iPads replace PCs/laptops/desktops/etc when you need one of these devices to sync your iPad? Not until tablets are more independent will they replace regular computers. Additionally, the post-PC world will be nothing but an Apple marketing buzzword until the iPad breaks its chains from the desktop/laptop.
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Not replacements at the moment. At the moment.
Give it some time. Think into the future a bit.
Think about June 2007. Now look where we are today. It's like night and day.
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Not replacements at the moment. At the moment.
Give it some time. Think into the future a bit.
Think about June 2007. Now look where we are today. It's like night and day.