Or some people are really bad at judging what they really need: if you will never need any of the options I mentioned, you will be fine with iMovie and Garageband.
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You can prefer working in Logic Pro to produce a podcast and still not require a RAID, or even MIDI.
This. The current obsession with finder, disks, folders and files is simply awful and there must be a better answer. In fact, I’d go as far as to say if the answer is files, folders, disks and finder then you’re probably asking the wrong question.
You can also prefer to use an 18 wheeler to buy your groceries, that doesn't change the fact that it's an overdimensioned tool for the task.
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Meh. I never said the iPad was useless, I said it wasn't necessary. It's a luxury except in a few very niche cases. If you or they prefer to use an iPad and it works for you - great! That wasn't my point at all.
All of the professions you listed could easily get by with a laptop (except maybe the pilot scenario) and still have way more functionality.
I remember when GUI first appeared on computers. So many “pros” were offering similar whines: “a mouse is unceccesary. You can do everything it does, and better, with keyboard commands”.
Get over it! The vast majority of consumers have chosen touch screen computers because they are far, far more intuitive to use — and they carry them everyday in their pockets and purses.
Matt Gemmell on mattgemmell.com lays it out brilliantly:
“The thing that bugs me about statements like “iPads are toys”, or “iPads are for consumption, not creation”, or “iPads aren’t real computers” is that they implicitly do what’s proven to be the stupidest thing you can be guilty of in the tech industry: betting against innovation.
We will figure out how to create a touch-based interface for that complex app you use. We have audio and video editors, vector drawing apps, CAD tools, photo editors, and all kinds of other stuff right now. We have Office and iWork, and Affinity Photo, and Autodesk Graphic, and Procreate, and countless more. Is your hold-out app really that special? Is that even possible?
Never bet that we, as a species, won’t figure it out. I put it to you that there is no task heretofore done on traditional computers that intrinsically cannot be done on modern ones. Maybe it’ll require new OS features, or another little white adapter, or an innovation in multi-touch interface design — that’s fine. All of that stuff is routine. It happens multiple times per year, every year. You can’t stop it.”
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First, the mouse didn't kill the command prompt. They co-exist. When you put a touchscreen on a laptop, people still reach for the trackpad or mouse.
Not buying that guy's overly (and somewhat misplaced) ambitious tone. All of those apps exist but they're gimped versions of their desktop brethren. I guarantee you that 90% of all iPad users use their iPad in the same ways that people did eight years ago with the 1st iPad. I think we as a species have far better problems to solve than trying to adapt an iPad to be more like a laptop. That same dude suggests the iPad is not trying to replace a laptop - yet everything Apple does is usually one iterative step to try to bridge that gap (smart keyboard, multi-tasking/split-screen, persistent dock, etc.). It didn't take the laptop eight years to become a fully functional machine. It's eight years later for iPad and we still don't know what the hell it's really good for other than its initial advertised use.
I don't really care whether the vast majority of people use touchscreens. The vast majority of people also log on Facebook/YouTube at least once a day and spend copious amounts of time on social media and wasting time in general. The vast majority of people will probably never do anything great with their life. The vast majority of people still don't know much about computing in general. I'm not worried about what the majority wants or cares about in the least.
Bottom line is multi-tasking still sucks on the iPad. Basic tasks such as scrolling or moving files sucks. It's slower, period. Holding your arm out and dragging things around on a screen will never be more efficient or superior to a few flicks of a trackpad or movements on a mouse . Most things that are worth doing aren't all that intuitive from the beginning. You don't intuitively know how to be an accountant or know how to write software or be a great musician/actor. Anything worth doing requires time spent learning how to do that thing. I don't care how intuitive moving things around on a screen with your finger are. It still sucks for anything other than consuming.
Not buying that guy's overly (and somewhat misplaced) ambitious tone. All of those apps exist but they're gimped versions of their desktop brethren. I guarantee you that 90% of all iPad users use their iPad in the same ways that people did eight years ago with the 1st iPad. I think we as a species have far better problems to solve than trying to adapt an iPad to be more like a laptop. That same dude suggests the iPad is not trying to replace a laptop - yet everything Apple does is usually one iterative step to try to bridge that gap (smart keyboard, multi-tasking/split-screen, persistent dock, etc.). It didn't take the laptop eight years to become a fully functional machine. It's eight years later for iPad and we still don't know what the hell it's really good for other than its initial advertised use.
I don't really care whether the vast majority of people use touchscreens. The vast majority of people also log on Facebook/YouTube at least once a day and spend copious amounts of time on social media and wasting time in general. The vast majority of people will probably never do anything great with their life. The vast majority of people still don't know much about computing in general. I'm not worried about what the majority wants or cares about in the least.
Bottom line is multi-tasking still sucks on the iPad. Basic tasks such as scrolling or moving files sucks. It's slower, period. Holding your arm out and dragging things around on a screen will never be more efficient or superior to a few flicks of a trackpad or movements on a mouse . Most things that are worth doing aren't all that intuitive from the beginning. You don't intuitively know how to be an accountant or know how to write software or be a great musician/actor. Anything worth doing requires time spent learning how to do that thing. I don't care how intuitive moving things around on a screen with your finger are. It still sucks for anything other than consuming.
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You are still describing YOUR frustration and lack of satisfaction with the iPad. So be it! Just don’t use it, and never mind telling everyone it’s unnecessary. Just because the future is here doesn’t mean you’re required to participate in it.
