Wow, that’s marketing to a young demographic really early on.
Parent: “$900 (CDN) for a what? And $100 for a Pencil?”
Parent: “$900 (CDN) for a what? And $100 for a Pencil?”
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Not limited to these promotions, but I can’t say I’ve seen much use for AR in phones or tablets. At least for me, and right now, it’s a technology in search of a purpose.
iPad Pro: leisure device for the socially awkward.
Normal people at that age are kissing and having sex for first time. That tells you how technology is rendering you useless into things you do not need instead of having a life and developing actually sexual skills. That way you do not grow up as a sexually frustrated person who depends on anti anxiety pills.
Normal people at that age are kissing and having sex for first time. That tells you how technology is rendering you useless into things you do not need instead of having a life and developing actually sexual skills. That way you do not grow up as a sexually frustrated person who depends on anti anxiety pills.
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The iPad hardware has much potential but at the moment its wasted.
Full trackpad and mouse support and the ability to transfer any file to USB stick as easily as any PC should at least be added, amend iOS so that this is useful as a PC. The smart keyboard accessory should have a trackpad. And sell a USB stick with lightning connector in the Apple Store. Amend iOS so its easy to transfer any file to/from the USB stick.
Full trackpad and mouse support and the ability to transfer any file to USB stick as easily as any PC should at least be added, amend iOS so that this is useful as a PC. The smart keyboard accessory should have a trackpad. And sell a USB stick with lightning connector in the Apple Store. Amend iOS so its easy to transfer any file to/from the USB stick.
And, with a revolutionary pencil holder. A holder all of us were born with. The teeth
The new dock in iOS 11 makes switching between apps a breeze. Granted, you will have to invest a bit of time working out which apps you will be using in split-screen mode on a regular basis, and customise your dock and home screen to reflect this, but it will be worth it.
As for copying and pasting, I use Copied, a clipboard management app to store text snippets and insert them via a third party keyboard when needed. For me, copy-and-paste on a Mac is the compromise compared to how it's done on an iOS device.
I don't deny that I too have to turn to my iMac to get certain work done, but my iPad Pro still clocks the most number of hours in terms of sheer usage, and definitely has earned its place amongst my productivity devices. As a teacher in a classroom, it's an amazing feeling when you are free to walk around the room, iPad mirrored to an Apple TV, annotating on pdf documents with the Apple Pencil, as opposed to being tethered to the front desk.
Isn’t Apple supposed to be training kids not to be addicted to technology? The only human contact this androgynous kid has is when it says something to it’s ambiguous mother at the end... and doesnt even make eye contact. That’s what I want kid to be like... never separated from a phone or tablet, and incapable of real world communication.
What I do on my iPhone and iPad is to simply quote the entire text in Tapatalk (which I use to browse Macrumours over the standard Safari browser because it also supports native image uploading), then use Copied to insert the quote tags as and where needed (I have them saved as text snippets), while also deleting the unnecessary text.
One can argue that it's a workaround, but if the alternative workflow you have developed ends up making a certain task more seamless and intuitive than originally, then it's the old way of doing things that has become the compromise. I am very comfortable commenting on Macrumours on my iOS devices because of this.
I am not sure why inserting stuff into powerpoint is so difficult. That's like the easiest part of iOS, given that the photo gallery is integrated directly into the app, and iOS brings drag-and-drop to the party.
I think there is a lot more nuance to this. It's not just about whether one is addicted or not, and I can spend a lot of time on a mobile device and still be productively engaged. A girl spends hours on her iPad Pro illustrating a book she will be publishing. Compared to doing this with pen and paper. Is she addicted or not? An artist is not going to want to be disturbed or interrupted either way.
1) MacBook 12" is more lightweight (0,9kg)
2) The keyboard has no backlight (try to type in darkness, screen brightness needs to be 75-100% to see the keyboard), no shortcuts for play / pause / skip title ... Screen might be nice, but with the Keyboard, the angle is not adjustable...
3) Full Screen Applications are also available on MacOS or Windows
4) The workflow on iPad is cumbersome and stressful. For instance: Creating powerpoints (multiple elements per slide), move them, align them pixel by pixel... Doable, but you will be very exhausted. Your hand needs to move a lot. Spreadsheet same issue. Ipad is fun to browse Facebook and watch movies. App switching on iPad is also very very slow. Especially when there is the cursor and text editing involved.
1) 10.5” iPad Pro is half the weight of 12” MacBook
2) 12” MacBook is more expensive
3) 12” MacBook has a poorer battery life
4) 12” MacBook has a dimmer, lower quality display, with no touch or pencil support, lower refresh rate, no HDR support, and so on
5) The light of the display illuminates the keyboard for me. But I have good vision and type without looking anyway
6) PowerPoint is getting drag and drop support along with the rest of Office 365 very soon. It’s currently in semi-public beta
7) Full screen apps are of course available on Mac, but I never seem to use them. There’s something about the way iPad encourages you to focus..
8) App switching couldn’t be easier in my experience. It’s literally command + tab. Takes a second. It’s actually exactly the same as on my Mac, except on my Mac I always try to cram windows side by side or they’re floating offscreen somewhere.
Selecting something to copy is clunky even with the pencil. Something as simple as saving an email attachment (pdf, png, etc), editing it, and emailing it on to someone else is a pita on the iPP and trivial on Mac/Windows/Linux.
People are so fond of the expression "there's an app for that". Well, if there is no specific app for that tasking, it's a horrible experience on the iPP and usually just not that hard on a Mac/Windows/Linux machine.
For those reasons, iPP will always be a cheap toy (in terms of performance) until Apple has some major philosophical changes that are very unlikely.
1) I am comparing 12,9 ipad with keyboard attached of course. Macbook 12" more lightweight: 0,9kg <-> 1,05kg
2) Because it is a much more useful computer.
3) 10h should be sufficient. Compare it to a Surface Pro with 15h battery life. Much better than iPad and also full featured laptop
4) I does not need a touch display because it has the best input devices attached: the wonderful glass trackpad and a keyboard
5) I doubt that (personal experience).
6) And still you will be exhausted using it when trying to get things done
7) Multi Window is a great choice I have. Have fun watching a non h264 movie on iPad. Not possible in PiP.
8) There is a noticeable lag. Especially when using forms in safari. App Switching on Mac is much quicker. Working on 2 Excel documents side by side at the moment
Have fun doing that on your iPad...1) I am comparing 12,9 ipad with keyboard attached of course. Macbook 12" more lightweight: 0,9kg <-> 1,05kg
2) Because it is a much more useful computer.
3) 10h should be sufficient. Compare it to a Surface Pro with 15h battery life. Much better than iPad and also full featured laptop
4) I does not need a touch display because it has the best input devices attached: the wonderful glass trackpad and a keyboard
5) I doubt that (personal experience).
6) And still you will be exhausted using it when trying to get things done
7) Multi Window is a great choice I have. Have fun watching a non h264 movie on iPad. Not possible in PiP.
8) There is a noticeable lag. Especially when using forms in safari. App Switching on Mac is much quicker. Working on 2 Excel documents side by side at the moment
The list is getting too long so I’ll just type this out. The 12.9” iPP is too big for my taste. I want a truly mobile device, which is why I chose the 10.5”, and it’s half the weight of the MacBook, even with the keyboard attached. I’m currently typing in the dark with the light of the screen illuminating the keyboard, but as I said, I don’t look when I’m typing anyhow. I don’t notice any lag in app switching so far, and I don’t download torrents so I have no need for non h264 movies in PiP. There’s no doubt that a Mac is more flexible for looking at Excel docs side by side, but when I want to do that I’ll use my MacBook at home. The rest of the time I’ll happily use my iPad.
Did no one here go through an awkward adolescence? I sure did. I was a nerdy middle school girl with glasses and a poofy bob. I wasn’t trying to push a political agenda by looking like that.
The problem with the 10,5" is that you cannot have 2 full sized "iPad Apps" side by side
Maybe when they create the 12,9" without bezels, it will be more travel friendly. But in general I agree with you that the 12.9 is a bit too big.
So finally you admit, that the iPad is indeed no viable MacOS / Windows replacement (even for you, because you still have a computer at home).
Not to mention that the girl in question, Hannah Alligood, is a freakin' great young actress who currently plays a major role on Better Things, one of, if not the best, shows currently on television.
I agree with you that you’re missing something if you find those tasks difficult. Drag from below to bring up Control Centre showing all recently opened apps or 4 finger drag anywhere to swipe between apps just as fast as CMD+Tab on a Mac.
How is Copy/Paste difficult? Double tap on a word you want to copy or adjust the handles like you’d do precision selecting with a mouse, then tap copy. Tap where you want to put it, tap paste.
Sounds like you just might be used to the old way of doing things and haven’t yet gotten used to the most efficient ways of doing those tasks in iOS.
I’m a professional photographer and I use my 12.9” iPad Pro + Pencil as my main computer. This includes for editing which I’m far more efficient on since I can manipulate the images directly. Zooming, panning, swiping through photos and adjusting settings directly is way faster and more natural on an iPad.
Up until recently, I still needed an iMac in my workflow for storage. But since Adobe released the new Lightroom CC, all storage is in the Adobe Cloud, I don’t even have to worry about managing hard drives anymore.
I also kept my iMac around for a bigger screen but now I do my editing in AirPlay Mirroring mode with my 60” 4K TV showing the photo I’m working on that I can look up and glance at if I want to appreciate the photo in large format.
The 12.9” iPad Pro is a professional photographer’s best tool, hands down. And today, I can confidentially say that it’s better than a Mac.
The girls I knew did not climb trees...
don't be so sexist, lol
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and Apple really needed her talent to say " what is a computer" come one ? If Apple really cared , they'd pick a random 13 yr old out of a local mall in Cupertino and given them a chance at stardom.
The placement might be awkward and potentially dangerous, but there are helmets that meet current safety standards that have that retro design.
http://www.begbicycles.com/ride/thousand-helmet-carbon-black
I would say it’s not a Mac replacement for professional users, but it *is* a MacBook replacement. In other words, you no longer need a laptop in order to be mobile, but it’s nice to have a desktop of some kind (or an old decrepit MacBook like mine) at home. For truly casual users I think it could pretty much replace everything.The problem with the 10,5" is that you cannot have 2 full sized "iPad Apps" side by side
Maybe when they create the 12,9" without bezels, it will be more travel friendly. But in general I agree with you that the 12.9 is a bit too big.
So finally you admit, that the iPad is indeed no viable MacOS / Windows replacement (even for you, because you still have a computer at home).
What days we live in that Apple fans now defend the devices with spec sheets and benchmarks. Times have changes.