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Microsoft Shares Holiday Ad Promoting Surface Go Over Apple's iPad: 'Big Dreams Need a Real Computer'
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Handbags fight! (I have no skin on this debate, as I am a macOS user.)
Anyone that asserts that the iPad is a "real computer" is probably either pre-pubescent or unemployed.
Proof by Example:
[PS: Yes, my wife and I own a pair of iPad mini4 used when traveling -- we try to match tool to task.]
Anyone that asserts that the iPad is a "real computer" is probably either pre-pubescent or unemployed.
Proof by Example:
- Can you use an iPad for non-trivial endeavors, like spreadsheet computations and document creation and publishing?
- What about filing and archiving mixed-type documents under a single project file?
- Can Cook ("Why would you buy a Personal Computer?") rely solely on the iPad when he plans and extracts maximum profit from our devices?
- ...
[PS: Yes, my wife and I own a pair of iPad mini4 used when traveling -- we try to match tool to task.]
You/your clients must not be using the latest update of Windows 10. Windows 10 didn’t give me any trouble until the last update, now half the people in my office (me included) are complaining that their computer is slow and buggy.
True, both are buggy. It is still just a matter of preference.
i hope they are comparing with the ipad and not ipad pro, because windows 10 under the surface go is slow as hell and your experience is becoming frustrating when you start doing more than basic stuff
I have both a Surface Pro (2017 version, i7, 16GB, 512GB storage) and an older iPad Pro. There's no question for me. iPad is a media consumption device, no matter how you dress it up. Surface Pro is far more versatile, and it's my go-everywhere device, along with my iPhone. Personally, I think the Surface has better physical ergonomics, too, with the kickstand, and it's more comfortable in my hands. iPad has gotten too thin.
You miss all the shots that a wall blocks you from making.
Its impossible to do some stuff on an IOS operating that you can do on a computer.
Hardware's not Microsoft's core business, Apple it very much is, nor is either company struggling by any means. I do think Surface products will gain more traction, likely from professional's and companies once served by Apple...
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I mean really? The Chromebook has taken over the education market, and those silly surface devices have gained ground because they support a trackpad and a keyboard. What’s so hard about making an iPad more productive by adding trackpad/mouse and file management? The iPad could have blown everything out of the water a long time ago with these simple additions but Apple continues to hobble it and sleep on the software side.
I have updated both my wife's PC's to W10 v1809, the latest version. They operate just fine, just like 1803 and just like the previous versions. While my wife isn't a heavy user, everything just works.
P.S. My friends running the latest W10 also have no issues.
And I can’t see why they haven’t added trackpad/mouse support and file management by now. They could have retained the education market they lost to chromebooks with that simple addition.
As a diehard Apple enthusiast, I must agree here. Where the iPad can be useful for the casual user (games, video streaming, etc.), as a songwriter and audio production person, I need a “real” computer. Apple has a great ecosystem that can integrate a computer, phone, tablet and watch. It’s time for another device; the MacPad.
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I don't see how this is political. Apple vs. Microsoft is considered politics now? Next it's going to be considered religion!
"I'm a Mac, and I'm a PC" Too many names to mention so the use the word PC. Because rest assured they mean every other computer but a Mac. How much volume is there in that phrase?
To anyone saying the iPad isnt a real computer and you cant do all the stuff that you can do on a PC. have you TRIED using a Surface Pro? It is so underpowered, I'd rather use an iPad.
And you can code on an iPad. In fact, I'd say for children it is a prett awesome environment (Swift but also Pythonista)
And you can code on an iPad. In fact, I'd say for children it is a prett awesome environment (Swift but also Pythonista)
Windows 10 is excellent now a days and with the 20-30% mark up of apple products with last gen hardware they are becoming a better option for a large demographic.
The iPad is a wonderful device but it is no different to the original recipe that's nearly 10 years old. It needs to evolve and hasnt, its just got faster and IOS doesn't need that speed improvement it needs more features.
I couldn't do my work on an iPad and for what you actually can do on the iPad, browse the web, no way I could type on that poor example of a keyboard (and £168 - £189 WTF apple) so productivity is out of the question... the £800-1800 2018 iPad is a huge price difference to the standard £320 iPad. That does almost exactly the same thing without a laminated display.
I say fair play to Microsoft, apple thinks it can get away with anything. The more competition and the more apples profit starts to slip the better and more competitive products should come from it.
Its very disheartening how quality has slipped on the macs because of the iPad and yet the iPad still isnt a good alternative yet both had increased in price dramatically.
Without people making a stand the more apple will walk all over consumers.
The iPad is a wonderful device but it is no different to the original recipe that's nearly 10 years old. It needs to evolve and hasnt, its just got faster and IOS doesn't need that speed improvement it needs more features.
I couldn't do my work on an iPad and for what you actually can do on the iPad, browse the web, no way I could type on that poor example of a keyboard (and £168 - £189 WTF apple) so productivity is out of the question... the £800-1800 2018 iPad is a huge price difference to the standard £320 iPad. That does almost exactly the same thing without a laminated display.
I say fair play to Microsoft, apple thinks it can get away with anything. The more competition and the more apples profit starts to slip the better and more competitive products should come from it.
Its very disheartening how quality has slipped on the macs because of the iPad and yet the iPad still isnt a good alternative yet both had increased in price dramatically.
Without people making a stand the more apple will walk all over consumers.
You may not realize how terrifying that sounds. Thumb drive file transfer of my medical records? Does that include the bonus offer of the hidden thumb drive virus software as well?
Btw, Apple has medical records down pat.
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More features need more hardware speed improvements. See how that works?
i mean, they aint wrong. the Surface has an actual computer OS on it. imagine if the ipad pro had Mac OS on it? omfg
