As a raw only shooter, I'm sure I'm not alone when I say that I would love to see the iPad Pro as a solution for full raw photography workflow. I would buy one in a heartbeat and use it for my photography when I travel. I think the day may come when it is capable of this. At that point, I probably would leave my MacBook Pro at home when I travel.
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Has your iPad killed your laptop use?
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Filterstorm Neue will actually work on RAW images, not the embedded JPEGs but I find the entire end-to-end workflow to be so cumbersome that I only do it for a few images when at all. Then there's the ancillary issue of cataloging ... Using Lightroom on a laptop or desktop after transferring the images over USB3 is so much more efficient that anything I do with photos on the iPad is really for just play.
What I would like to see i a blending of the MacBook and the iPad Pro.
Keep a USB3 port, a USB-C, mag safe connector. Have a touch screen. When not docked look like iOS, but when docked look like OS X. Have a bluetooth keyboard case built like the base of a macbook with the keyboard. Then use a PCIe SSD drive and have a SD card slot. That would be something I would buy especially if the keyboard can be secured on the parent device while being used as a laptop.
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Doesn't change the fact that I would like to see it. How do you know it would never happen?
Simple. Tim Cook will not allow a merging of OSX and IOS, which is what would be needed for this device.
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Until it does.
Yeah, not!
OS X and iOS are the same OS with different UI layers. The programs built on top of them are different. However there is no reason why such a hybrid couldn't be created. Since Microsoft is already demoing this with their devices it is possible that Apple might go in this direction. It's not as big of a stretch as you seem to think it is. Especially considering that Metal is now on both iOS and OS X. The two platforms are converging already. It's just a matter of how much and how fast will it happen.
Won't happen. Can't happen. One runs on Intel, one runs on Arm. One uses a mouse, one uses a touch screen. They won't merge. They would have to start from scratch on both, and looking how well it worked for Microsoft.... Hope you caught the sarcasm on that last sentence..
The same was said about OS X not being able to run on Intel back when Apple was using PPC. This could go one of two ways. Apple could use this as a spring board to drop Intel and move to their own ARM processors or iOS can be flipped over to OS X. It's not that big of a stretch considering the phone can already be simulated using the APIs running on OS X when testing programs on X-Code.
In regards to the mouse and touch screen, both are pointing devices with X and Y coordinates. It's not a big deal to switch between them. There is nothing mystifying about it.
It's working pretty well for Microsoft right now. Windows 8 and 10 account for more machines then Apple has bar none. Regardless of your views on the company they are innovating in their own way right now. I for one liked their demo of their phone being a phone then turning into a full fledged PC when docked at the desk. I thought it was amazing.
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lol, JPG and ipad pro is great for amateurs posting selfies on instagram, but anyone who its trying to make good photos would not use JPG they would use loss-less RAW files. this is basic photography stuff, hardly fringe use cases.
seems to me, there is a user market that needs more than the ipad can offer, but wants the tablet form factor. THere is nothing wrong with the ipad, unless you need to do more than its software and hardware offers, then you are stuck on a laptop or windows tablet. I think it would be sweet if apple made a OSX tablet. A STYLUS IS A MOUSE. NO NEED FOR TOUCH ONLY INTERFACES. Windows 10 does this very well. our mac pro's at work dont have mouse, we have the hooked to touch screen cintiq monitors. I have not used a mouse in 3 years. A stylus with touch, its just as intuitive as the ipad but without the IOS software/hardware limits. They can still keep the ipad, it is enough for most people's needs. but others need more, and laptops suck for my use case. thank goodness the windows side exists or else i would be stuck on a 3 decade old form factor (laptop). making complex masks in photoshop with a mouse is much less natural than doing it with a stylus.
i think apple has abandoned the professional creative markets, and has refocused on consumer gear.
im still hoping someday apple will make a professional tablet for creative types. Its great some people can replace laptop for work with the ipad, but i think they are in the minority, while the consumer types are the majority, and thats what apple markets for- the bottom line. Laptops are so lame compared to a powerful tablet IMO.
well, back to work on my windows tablet (cintiq companion) while the ipad is not so PRO and just sits in its case next to me.....
seems to me, there is a user market that needs more than the ipad can offer, but wants the tablet form factor. THere is nothing wrong with the ipad, unless you need to do more than its software and hardware offers, then you are stuck on a laptop or windows tablet. I think it would be sweet if apple made a OSX tablet. A STYLUS IS A MOUSE. NO NEED FOR TOUCH ONLY INTERFACES. Windows 10 does this very well. our mac pro's at work dont have mouse, we have the hooked to touch screen cintiq monitors. I have not used a mouse in 3 years. A stylus with touch, its just as intuitive as the ipad but without the IOS software/hardware limits. They can still keep the ipad, it is enough for most people's needs. but others need more, and laptops suck for my use case. thank goodness the windows side exists or else i would be stuck on a 3 decade old form factor (laptop). making complex masks in photoshop with a mouse is much less natural than doing it with a stylus.
i think apple has abandoned the professional creative markets, and has refocused on consumer gear.
im still hoping someday apple will make a professional tablet for creative types. Its great some people can replace laptop for work with the ipad, but i think they are in the minority, while the consumer types are the majority, and thats what apple markets for- the bottom line. Laptops are so lame compared to a powerful tablet IMO.
well, back to work on my windows tablet (cintiq companion) while the ipad is not so PRO and just sits in its case next to me.....
No and never will.
My laptop provides all the desktop abilities such as performance, mouse point, proper full OS while also provide enough power to act as a desktop in my office being connected to 27" monitor, external keyboard and mouse.
iPad probably never will provide all of above.
My laptop provides all the desktop abilities such as performance, mouse point, proper full OS while also provide enough power to act as a desktop in my office being connected to 27" monitor, external keyboard and mouse.
iPad probably never will provide all of above.
Yes. Performance on the iPad Air 2 is good enough to render my Macbook unnecessary 95% of the time when I am home.
Social media? The iPad has it covered.
Email? The iPad has it covered.
Web? The iPad has it covered.
News? The iPad has it covered.
Books? The iPad has it covered.
Reviewing the occasional document? The iPad has it covered.
Before I got the iPad Air 2, I would spend 60-90 minutes a day on my MacBook after work. Now I probably spend 60 minutes a week on the MacBook, and only on weekends.
(The iPad obviously doesn't replace the computer I use at work.)
Social media? The iPad has it covered.
Email? The iPad has it covered.
Web? The iPad has it covered.
News? The iPad has it covered.
Books? The iPad has it covered.
Reviewing the occasional document? The iPad has it covered.
Before I got the iPad Air 2, I would spend 60-90 minutes a day on my MacBook after work. Now I probably spend 60 minutes a week on the MacBook, and only on weekends.
(The iPad obviously doesn't replace the computer I use at work.)
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Nope, Ipad is for consuming and not for creating. Too much work. I use the iPad and iPhone for consuming and my macbook for everything else.
Why should they reply to a thread that asks if an iPad has replaced their laptop? Gosh, I don't know. Sure sounds like they have just as much reason to reply as those who have found an iPad a better tool for their personal and / or professional wants and needs.
Certainly much more reason than you have to question their reasons, or I have to point out your flawed logic...
But hey, we're still doing it!So, just to make sure I'm not entirely out of line with the thread's topic, here's my answer to the question:
No, since I couldn't do game development in my current capacity on an iPad. Also because I don't use a laptop currently, but I'm always weighing my future options to find what I feel best fits my needs at the time. Surprisingly my needs have changed over time and I have no doubt that they'll keep changing, as will the capabilities of the options I'm considering.
How many devices did your Cintiq "kill"?
As a tablet it does one thing best and sucks at everything else.
Not the greatest device IMO.
I have stopped taking my rMBP with me to anywhere because it is bit heavy for me and Air 2 is great because I can use Microsoft Office suite app and Pages, and Keynote but I will need rMBP for heavy video editing Apple is not ready for FCPX app for iOS yet even though they have iMovie but it lacks "Pro" features.....
For me, no - I use both for different purposes. But for the Unindicted Co-Conspirator, her iPad Air has completely replaced her laptop. It's been over a year since she powered up the MacBook, and even though I set up an iMac for her, she hasn't touched it. The iPad, however, is seldom out of her hands.
I mention a similar device in the MacBook forum:
The device could be considered a hybrid device when it comes to the hardware, but the operating systems would still remain completely separate. However, I think Apple would much rather sell us two separate devices. 13" MacBook Pro = ~$2000, 128GB iPad Pro with keyboard and pencil = $1220. Total $3220. If Apple ever introduced a hybrid device like we mention at a price like that, consumers will find many ways to raise a symbolic middle finger to Apple. It would have to be priced well below that...
We can dream though, right?
Maybe the replies would be different if this was posted in the mac forum, but I've all but abandon the iPad, it's just not a good device for anything really. Its simply just too many compromises. even things like consuming web content, anything more than 5mins and it's uncomfortable to use, emails anything more than 2 lines and its not efficient and painful, apps are half baked and lacking functionality... I can think of no reason why id want to move from a very portable laptop to anything else.
Are you sure you are talking about the iPad and not the iPhone? I can see someone feeling that way about email on the iphone, but on the iPad... Surely you exaggerate.