Title should be renamed to "Phil Schiller makes vague statements about using an iPad and/or Mac" LOL
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Phil Schiller Says iPad Pro Can Both Supplement and Replace the Mac
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I think there should be an extended director's cut of that commercial where the neighbor pulls the iPad from her hands, whacks her over the head with it, and screams "this is a computer, you moron!".
That is something that I don’t care about. So therefore, it is a dumb waste of resources.
Phil needs to kill his silence and say that Apple is now creating convergence with the iPad lineup. Makes sense at this point. The ARM A-series chipsets can easily run MacOS High Sierra.
I wouldn't mind paying $1000 for an iPad running MacOS and have iOS strictly run on iPhone.
I wouldn't mind paying $1000 for an iPad running MacOS and have iOS strictly run on iPhone.
Oh, I didn't realize everyone had to follow what you deem valuable.
When the girl in the commercial asks “what’s a computer?”, the implication is not that the iPad isn’t a computer. It literally means, she doesn’t call it a computer. She calls it an iPad.
It’s an evolutionary thing. Laptops don’t do everything desktops can do, and no one expects them to. Likewise, an iPad can’t do everything a desktop or laptop can do, though it can do some things laptops/desktops can’t.
That doesn’t have to be scary or frightening to you. No one’s coming to take away your desktop. Or your laptop either.
It’s an evolutionary thing. Laptops don’t do everything desktops can do, and no one expects them to. Likewise, an iPad can’t do everything a desktop or laptop can do, though it can do some things laptops/desktops can’t.
That doesn’t have to be scary or frightening to you. No one’s coming to take away your desktop. Or your laptop either.
Oh, I didn't realize everyone had to follow what you deem valuable.
Just my response to the posters that expect Apple to make a multi user, mouse driven, OSX iPad.
What we've learned, truthfully, is that it's both, and that depends on the user.
When someone goes out of their way to delineate a remark with "Honestly" or "Truthfully", you know they're full of 'ish.
When someone goes out of their way to delineate a remark with "Honestly" or "Truthfully", you know they're full of 'ish.
The iPad Pro is an EXCELLENT device, but for me and manyyyy other people it is not a replacement for my iMac. A supplement? Hell yeah!
But at the end of the day I like having a full desktop OS to be able to more easily edit/organize music/photos and to do true miltitasking. Downloading things from the Internet etc.
Shout out everyone who can replace their computer with an iPad Pro, but I absolutely can’t.
But at the end of the day I like having a full desktop OS to be able to more easily edit/organize music/photos and to do true miltitasking. Downloading things from the Internet etc.
Shout out everyone who can replace their computer with an iPad Pro, but I absolutely can’t.
When an iPad can run full versions of Photoshop and After Effects I will look into it. Until then the iPad is just a big iPhone.
"Schiller referred to the iPad Pro as a computer on a few occasions, which contrasts with Apple's latest "What's a Computer?" ad for the tablet."
He's saying that because he "doesn't have the courage" to admit the Mac mini is dead.
He's saying that because he "doesn't have the courage" to admit the Mac mini is dead.
These types of articles seem to surface at least once or twice every few months. Regardless, there is no one definitive answer for everyone. For some, the iPad can be a full computer replacement and for others, it cannot, which they use a desktop to supplement the iPad. It all depends on the users needs and capabilities in order for them to make the justification if the iPad can be a desktop replacement.
For me not really, more like never tbh. I don't have a place in my life for tablets. Just MBP and iPhone. At work I have Windows desktop, that's boring and whatever, but it's paying bills. At home and for my personal pleasure I prefer laptop, it's versatile, can move from room to room, and I have real keyboard, real OS real filesystem. When out and about I prefer iPhone. I don't have kids, but if I had, I am sure they would've loved it.
That has nothing to do with iOS or iPad, that’s an app issue. Just a software update away, if the developers choose to support that feature.
So many self-centered posters here who think everyone's use case is the same as theirs. For some people an iPad can be their primary computer, for others it can't. And that's exactly what Phil said. Jeeze, people...