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Thanks for that explanation. Seems reasonable. I was always somewhat embarrassed/annoyed to be an Apple fan in a place like Starbucks or Panera Bread. Being a bit of a hermit sometimes gives me a close minded view on other people's behavior.

To put my view in perspective I'm thinking "great, no place to sit and drink my coffee at a coffee house because these people are working on their screen plays".
Considering the small percentage of Apple notebooks compared to Windows notebooks, why do you think that there is an overwhelmingly disproportionate number of Apple notebooks at places like Starbucks? Approx. 10-12% of notebooks in the field are Apple, approx. 90-98% of notebooks in Starbucks are Apple.
 
I haven't seen a Surface yet at Starbucks, mostly MacBooks and other laptops. And nope I haven't seen any IPPs either.
 
If we're to believe those people, it is "because of all of the distractions at home"... as if having free WiFi in a busy coffee shop is the den of solitude

Getting away from my wife and daughter where they have expectations of me if I'm home, on top of home being where all my "toys" are, actually does make it a lot easier to concentrate on what I need to do. A pair of headphones, music, and what I need to get done laid out before me with a coffee to keep me going actually has always been great at keeping me on-task and doing what I need to do.

hipsters/wannabes and their Apple products at Starbucks has become cliche for a reason... because it is true. Starbucks has perfected the "atmosphere" with sights, colors, sounds that make their customers feel a certain way. They HAVE to do that, otherwise how else would the get someone to pay $8 for a double Swiss Moca Latte Cappuccino with free-range organic milk and a shot of fair-trade vanilla topped off with a kiss by a baby angel blown in at 45 degrees?

Y'know who is there for the coffee and free wifi? That one guy with the 10 yr old Dell laptop... ok, he's there just for the wifi. :)

I used to be the guy who was there with a Chromebook and a Nexus 7. I think you're exposing more about your own biases and preconceptions than you are illuminating anything about those of us who (god forbid!) actually like Starbucks.
 
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or people with no real life acting like having one...

i dont even understand why people even use their laptops/tablets at places like starbucks...
I work remotely and so I often work from a coffee shop. Mostly for a change of scenery and background noise along with general social interaction, which is lacking at my desk inside my house. I haven't used my iPad Pro at a coffee shop yet though mainly because I don't really have a reason to yet. I might be able to get it into my design workflow, but I'm still looking for a decent replacement for my primary app (Sketch for mac, not the Adobe one.)

EDIT: And to all the people saying hipsters go to starbucks - that isn't true at all unless you live in a small town with no local coffee shops.
 
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At home you can put your feet up on an ottoman or a desk, tilt back in a recliner, or lay on a couch or in bed. This makes it far easier to use the iPad Pro in your lap, or propped up in your stomach. That's how.

If you're the kind of person who can sit rigid in a chair reading an atlas for an hour, more power to you.

Nice straw man. The iPad isn't an atlas, you don't have to sit rigidly in a coffee shop.

Where do you come up with this stuff?

But if you're one of those special people who puts their feet up and spreads out anywhere they please, then I guess the world is your living room anyway.

Wait, didn't you just say I had to sit rigidly?

For how long? Ok, let's define very long. How bout half an hour? I can do double or triple that with an iPad Air. Feel free to upload a video of you using a Pro, standing, freehand, for a half hour, because of course you can.

Yes, I can. And, no, I'm not going to video it. What kind of nonsensical argument it this?

And no one is claiming that the Air isn't lighter. You're the one who said you can't do it with an iPad Pro. So now it's only doable for 30 minutes? In other words, it's doable.

Get your story straight.

Where indeed do I come up with silly things like that? Oh wait, I didn't. If you're going to change what I said into something ridiculous, yes, it will sound ridiculous.

Um, no, I quoted you. You make yourself sound ridiculous all on your own.

I didn't say you couldn't type. I said you couldn't type with two hands, like thinking people tend to do.

Completely omitting the possibility of typing with one hand. Which thinking people also tend to do.

Obviously if you're simply typing one handed, one word replies to a text, it's ok for a bit. But for anything beyond malformed flippant replies on a web forum, typing one handed is obviously useless.

Again you contadict yourself. First you can't type, now you can but this shouldn't be mentioned?

Remember, your example was typing with two thumbs. You're clearly not talking about long form writing.

Very sorry to have obviously ruffled your feathers, though I'm quite baffled as to why you would care for a second what a random person on the internet thinks about your iPad Pro. Unless, of course, you secretly agree with me and are feeling buyer's remorse.

Um, no. Try again.

Apparently you're allowed to comment on others, but others are not allowed to comment on you?

By your own logic, by replying to me, you must secretly agree with me.

See how that works?

Enjoy your iPad Pro in the comfy public spaces of the world!

I'll enjoy whatever I want whenever I want.
 
I used to be the guy who was there with a Chromebook and a Nexus 7. I think you're exposing more about your own biases and preconceptions than you are illuminating anything about those of us who (god forbid!) actually like Starbucks.
LOL my comment was satire, a joke. There is no preconceptions about the overwhelming presence of people using Apple notebooks at Starbucks. It's observable.
 
Considering the small percentage of Apple notebooks compared to Windows notebooks, why do you think that there is an overwhelmingly disproportionate number of Apple notebooks at places like Starbucks? Approx. 10-12% of notebooks in the field are Apple, approx. 90-98% of notebooks in Starbucks are Apple.
And 100% of those statistics were pulled directly out of your ass.

From what I've seen it's at best 50% apple and 50% everything else, the only reason Apple is more visible is because Apple laptops are easily distinguished from any other brand and don't look like crap. People don't want to look at the Teal Vinyl-texture surface RT cover or some Pink hello-kitty emblazoned SAMSUNGtm chromebook. They want to look at attractive unibody aluminum Apple products.

People who have money to spend on marginally expensive coffee probably are strongly correlated with people who have money to spend on marginally expensive electronics. I'm sure it's probably 90% android at McDonalds or Dunkin Donuts. I'm not gonna pretend it's a real statistic like you did, though. Why do you think that is?
 
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Nice straw man. The iPad isn't an atlas, you don't have to sit rigidly in a coffee shop.

Where do you come up with this stuff?

Wait, didn't you just say I had to sit rigidly?

Yes, I can. And, no, I'm not going to video it. What kind of nonsensical argument it this?

And no one is claiming that the Air isn't lighter. You're the one who said you can't do it with an iPad Pro. So now it's only doable for 30 minutes? In other words, it's doable.

Get your story straight.

Um, no, I quoted you. You make yourself sound ridiculous all on your own.

Completely omitting the possibility of typing with one hand. Which thinking people also tend to do.

Again you contadict yourself. First you can't type, now you can but this shouldn't be mentioned?

Remember, your example was typing with two thumbs. You're clearly not talking about long form writing.

Um, no. Try again.

Apparently you're allowed to comment on others, but others are not allowed to comment on you?

By your own logic, by replying to me, you must secretly agree with me.

See how that works?

I'll enjoy whatever I want whenever I want.

Wow. Ok. Sorry. The iPad Pro is the perfect size and weight. My bad. Anyone who has issues with its size or weight is just plain wrong. Is that what you need to hear?
 
I haven't seen any in the wild yet, I usually just see laptops in coffee shops, see more iPads in airports
 
There's something about an audience that makes you feel bad about slacking off. Or motivates you because you're seeing other people work. One of those.
I found this to be true. I have only taken my laptop to Starbucks 3 or 4 times but I was very productive especially when writing papers for an English class.
 
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Hate the sterotype of apple products and Starbucks . Seems a lot of people showing off .

Love it. Will never be seen in a Starbucks though :)

Ok so I'm sitting in Starbucks studying for my new job that starts in a few days and just needed a break. I now feel like I can't pull out my iPad Pro while sending this post regarding looking like a douche on my iPhone 6 Plus oh yea and I'm wearing an Apple Watch! Please don't look in my backpack because you'll see my MBP as well.
But I did find time to address the issue of Starbucks and not decorating the cups for the holidays so I took the pleasure to do my own.
Enjoy!


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I haven't seen a Surface yet at Starbucks, mostly MacBooks and other laptops. And nope I haven't seen any IPPs either.
One friend uses a Surface and my other friend uses a Chromebook Pixel. I use my iPad Pro and retina Mac Book. Admittedly most of the people are using MacBooks of various types.

Starbucks is a safe place to ignore people if you want to while doing your work.
 
Considering the small percentage of Apple notebooks compared to Windows notebooks, why do you think that there is an overwhelmingly disproportionate number of Apple notebooks at places like Starbucks? Approx. 10-12% of notebooks in the field are Apple, approx. 90-98% of notebooks in Starbucks are Apple.

Tough to say but I was standing in the Towson University library waiting on my gf and it was similar. There was 9 macs for every one Windows notebook. And I'm exaggerating because I didn't actually see a Windows notebook but there were people I couldn't see.

I'll try to snap a pic, it looks like a lousy Apple commercial.
 
Considering the small percentage of Apple notebooks compared to Windows notebooks, why do you think that there is an overwhelmingly disproportionate number of Apple notebooks at places like Starbucks? Approx. 10-12% of notebooks in the field are Apple, approx. 90-98% of notebooks in Starbucks are Apple.
People are forced to use windows at work. When on their own they use Osx.
 
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People are forced to use windows at work.when on their own they use Osx.

if you have a full time job you are not sitting in Starbucks with an apple product ;)

I have to admit of the craps jobs I've had, the OS of my computer never factored into it....

I suspect slot of them are students, many hipsters, and a few people who are employed and have a meeting.
 
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if you have a full time job you are not sitting in Starbucks with an apple product ;)

I have to admit of the craps jobs I've had, the OS of my computer never factored into it....

I suspect slot of them are students, many hipsters, and a few people who are employed and have a meeting.
When I was broke with no money and no job I was using Windows machines.... Office software is a must for somethings.
 
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When I was broke with no money and no job I was using Windows machines....

So do many normal students. The Rich ones get an apple ;) Poor students also don't have spare cash for Starbucks, plenty of cheaper alternatives with free refills .
 
Wow. Ok. Sorry. The iPad Pro is the perfect size and weight. My bad. Anyone who has issues with its size or weight is just plain wrong. Is that what you need to hear?

Um, no. You keep coming up with the strangest ideas.

Here, I'll help you out: the iPad Pro (or any other portable computer) is neither perfect for, nor unsuitable for, use in a coffee shop. It's all subjective.

Your "bad" is in trying to tell other people what they can and cannot do or should and should not like. You just flipped the proclamation, missing the fact that it's the act of proclaiming that is wrong.

Sure, you don't think the iPad Pro is suitable for use in Starbucks. Then don't use it in Starbucks! It's that simple.

And if someone else thinks it's great for use in Starbucks? Then they should! It's also that simple.
 
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lol at all the trolls and haters trying to tell people what apple products they are allowed to like.
 
lol at all the trolls and haters trying to tell people what apple products they are allowed to like.

You might want to read the comments again, thread is mainly about Starbucks, your comment actually would be a catalyst to turn it into something else.
 
You might want to read the comments again, thread is mainly about Starbucks, your comment actually would be a catalyst to turn it into something else.
Actually it doesnt. It goes to the larger and related point about casting judgements on people. Read what you just posted and the rest of the thread....



Only people with jobs use windows machines (insert qualifiers) and dont sit at Starbucks
if you have a full time job you are not sitting in Starbucks with an apple product ;)

I have to admit of the craps jobs I've had, the OS of my computer never factored into it....

I suspect slot of them are students, many hipsters, and a few people who are employed and have a meeting.




and if you kept up with the rest of the thread people were complaining that other people dared drink Starbucks coffee and use the Starbucks provided charging mats and tables at the same time... :eek:
or people with no real life acting like having one...

i dont even understand why people even use their laptops/tablets at places like starbucks...




Just sayin' ;)
 
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Wow. Ok. Sorry. The iPad Pro is the perfect size and weight. My bad. Anyone who has issues with its size or weight is just plain wrong. Is that what you need to hear?

You have the weight and size issue, not everyone, so pose it as such. You out right told the other poster they could not do something....they say they can, the only thing you would be wrong about is imposing your issue on others. You have the right to your opinion, and we have the right to post our experience as well. I can hold the iPad pro for hours standing while on site. Just like the first iPad which was the same weight. Is it bigger and takes some getting used to after using the air? Sure, but has not taken long at all. Just because you can't, doesn't mean the rest of us can't.

Starbucks caters to the crowd that sits with their computers/tablet/has a meeting for hours and buys drinks or what have you. It is great when traveling if you need to get on wifi. From what little I pay attention to what others are using, it seems fairly diverse. But then I only ever end up at a Starbucks for work related things.
 
Actually it doesnt. It goes to the larger and related point about casting judgements on people. Read what you just posted and the rest of the thread....



Only people with jobs use windows machines (insert qualifiers) and dont sit at Starbucks





and if you kept up with the rest of the thread people were complaining that other people dared drink Starbucks coffee and use the Starbucks provided charging mats and tables at the same time... :eek:





Just sayin' ;)

I believe your sarcasm meter is way off today .

A little defensive ?

'Thank god' people don't judge non apple devices on here...... Hint hint .... What comes around goes around.
 
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