I had a surface pro but returned it after 10 days. It's too heavy to be a tablet and too small to be a laptop imo.
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I had a surface pro but returned it after 10 days. It's too heavy to be a tablet and too small to be a laptop imo.
apple has been pretty clear that they don't think much of microsoft's strategy of using the same OS on both touch and non-touch devices. besides, it would require an absolutely MAJOR rewrite (and rethink) of the whole OS X and all its first party apps. there are exactly two chances of any that - slim and none.
Apple might expand some ios capabilities (particularly regarding multitasking) to make it more "pro" but that's about it. anybody expecting some sort of hybrid such as this "analyst" is talking about is consuming large quantities of some stuff recently made legal in Colorado.
Fall? I'm gonna let you all in on a secret. Everything apple will release this year which isn't just speed bumps will come out at the very end of the year but actually catch up with demand early 2015. It happens every year because apple always want to push the boundaries further and further... Eventually they have to postpone till the very end of the year, just to pretend it's actually released this year.
I can imagine your particular use case scenario, for sure. I also would like to see Apple add support for BT mice on the iPad, even if they somehow made it proprietary with the Magic Mouse. I desire this feature in a "use case scenario" way, and I don't see what possible harm there could be in adding it.
And the first generation will only do one or two of these things so they can add one feature each year so you have to keep upgrading.
That would be normal Apple strategy.
It needs to run all MacOS applications including Classic Apps (68K, PPC) so that we can access our data.
OS X Optimized for Touch
I'm still thinking how Apple pulled that 64 bit processor out of their ass with ZERO leaks. The industry was shocked.
How much you wanna bet that there are teams working on optimizing OS X for touch and that it will be released upon a shocked industry? That would beat Microsoft and Android into submission.
That's just what I would do, and what do I know?
I'm still thinking how Apple pulled that 64 bit processor out of their ass with ZERO leaks. The industry was shocked.
How much you wanna bet that there are teams working on optimizing OS X for touch and that it will be released upon a shocked industry? That would beat Microsoft and Android into submission.
That's just what I would do, and what do I know?
I'm still thinking how Apple pulled that 64 bit processor out of their ass with ZERO leaks. The industry was shocked.
How much you wanna bet that there are teams working on optimizing OS X for touch and that it will be released upon a shocked industry? That would beat Microsoft and Android into submission.
That's just what I would do, and what do I know?
How would it beat Microsoft into submission, Windows is already touch optimized and so is Android? iOS competes with Android, OSX with Windows.
Conquering the Enterprise
It's simply never gonna happen. Unfortunately the guys at the top, the ones who write the checks, are advised by the very technical people who's primary job is to protect their own income. Microsoft is just too supported by dinosaurs who are unable to evolve.
It's simply never gonna happen. Unfortunately the guys at the top, the ones who write the checks, are advised by the very technical people who's primary job is to protect their own income. Microsoft is just too supported by dinosaurs who are unable to evolve.
I dont get it
I just dont get the larger size? ipads are ultra-portable and a very intimate device one interacts with by holding it, and in nontraditional stationary manner of consumption. A larger one seems to do nothing other than impress by its size. Thats it. They must be following in the PC footsteps of making it more of a convertible laptop to tablet with a removable cover that also double as a detachable keyboard. And what is that going to do for the unseen youtube authority that decides some videos are absolutely not playable on mobile devices and demand you watch it on a desktop. They are going to get so confused!
I just dont get the larger size? ipads are ultra-portable and a very intimate device one interacts with by holding it, and in nontraditional stationary manner of consumption. A larger one seems to do nothing other than impress by its size. Thats it. They must be following in the PC footsteps of making it more of a convertible laptop to tablet with a removable cover that also double as a detachable keyboard. And what is that going to do for the unseen youtube authority that decides some videos are absolutely not playable on mobile devices and demand you watch it on a desktop. They are going to get so confused!
Pfft - another rubbish product incomming
What a waste of time and money owning one of these things.
All it is doing is further fractionating an already crowded segment of technology.
Thing is, Apple will have some excellent sales and marketing and make many people really believe they need a device like this.
I actually think that Apple need to put a touch screen on a macbook air and give it a convertible keyboard like a thinkpad or a dell xps flip monitor or something. That would require a re work of OSX or a new version OSXI for that - something Apple should focus on.....
What a waste of time and money owning one of these things.
All it is doing is further fractionating an already crowded segment of technology.
Thing is, Apple will have some excellent sales and marketing and make many people really believe they need a device like this.
I actually think that Apple need to put a touch screen on a macbook air and give it a convertible keyboard like a thinkpad or a dell xps flip monitor or something. That would require a re work of OSX or a new version OSXI for that - something Apple should focus on.....
There used to be speculation about plans to one day merge OS X and iOS. Or expanding iOS and migrating Macs to them. Or something like that. Wonder what the status of those rumored plans is?
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To be fair, it wasn't the analyst who promoted the idea that Microsoft is soon to release a version of Office for the iPad, it was MR that made the connection. One thing we can be certain about is that job one at Microsoft is protecting their crown jewels, and releasing an iPad version of Office is not only not needed to do this, it could easily become counterproductive.
I'm still thinking how Apple pulled that 64 bit processor out of their ass with ZERO leaks. The industry was shocked.
How much you wanna bet that there are teams working on optimizing OS X for touch and that it will be released upon a shocked industry? That would beat Microsoft and Android into submission.
That's just what I would do, and what do I know?
I sense a case of fanboism here... fair enough we are on an Apple forum BUT...
And how has the 64 bit processor significantly changed the tablet market as a whole? For example, have a look at the top 100 Apps on the app store. Fair enough, some of the blockbuster games are there but many others like facebook, pinterest, skype etc are there as well. Those apps don't need 64 bit processors to run any better than they do now.
It is a logical step in the Apple " A" chips - mainly I think to address more than 4Gb of memory but it could have been released and nobody would have noticed.
Microsoft will never be beaten into submission. It is the reason there is money flowing through your bank account to buy your Apple stuff. As for android - it will never die also - It has a predominant market share of the phone and tablet market worldwide.
And who would want them to die anyway - we need competition in the technology segment so there is innovation...
I sense a lawsuit coming. Story from 2 days ago:
http://www.sammobile.com/2014/01/01/exclusive-samsung-galaxy-note-pro-12-2-sm-p905-antutu-benchmark-and-specs-confirmation/
I mean Apple suing Samsung obviously, for copying Apple in advance of their product.
http://www.sammobile.com/2014/01/01/exclusive-samsung-galaxy-note-pro-12-2-sm-p905-antutu-benchmark-and-specs-confirmation/
I mean Apple suing Samsung obviously, for copying Apple in advance of their product.
To be fair, MS could make more money selling Office on iPads than they can make selling their own tablets.
There is a recently updated apple patent for a laptop with detachable touch screen. The screen/tablet would have retractable magnetic hinges and wireless charging from the keyboard portion. I hope it's really coming.
Tim Cook:
"Anything can be forced to converge, but the problem is that products are about tradeoffs and you begin to make tradeoffs to the point where what you have left at the end of the day does not please the user"
"You can converge a toaster and a refrigerator, but those things are probably not going to be pleasing to the user."
And I suppose we'll still be stuck with that iconic and versatile 3-row keyboard that iOS seems enamored with. As long as the iOS sticks with 3 rows (no matter what the orientation or size of the device), the MBA will still rule and probably weigh less in the long run (once you add a plastic cover wrap to the Maxi Pad).