I think I wrote this elsewhere but I'm transitioning from a traditional computer to using iOS as my default platform. With my personal use case, I am not able to fully transition to iOS as my only OS, but it has reached the point where I no longer need to use a laptop as powerful (or as heavy as my 2011 model) as a MBP. This is something I thought about doing when 9.3 came out as I love the form factor of the iPad, and something I've fully decided to do since the iPad Pro was released. This thread was started in part to praise Steve Jobs' vision, but also to either validate or invalidate my decision before I invest my money, and gain insight into how I have to change my workflow . What I've learned so far:
1. Cloud storage is key. I trust the cloud. Between Microsoft, Google, and Apple, I easily have 1.5 TBs of cloud storage available. But @Night Spring, @Rhonindk, and @sparksd brought up a good point: backup needs to be immediate or you could lose data. Up until now, I had planned on buying a Wi-Fi only iPad and relying on tethering it to my phone. But I don't always immediately do that when I've made changes to files and if I'm going to be using an iPad as my main driver, that is a weakness. So my iPad Pro should have LTE.
2. Meta data. I already opened apps and files from the springboard using Spotlight. I don't care where something is as I have a search engine on my phone that will find it. Thanks to @Capt T and @TrueBlou for noting that you can use search within the Mail App. It was right there in front of my eyes, I don't know how I missed it. As long as the individual files in my project are all tagged or use the same naming convention, they show up as one. I'm hoping iOS 10 allows you to select more than one item at a time, enables more tagging of files, and expands Spotlight's capabilities.
3. Mediated App Stores. At this point, I'm still going forward with my transition, but it's been delayed about a month since we had an emergency where my wife's MBA had to be replaced last weekend. It was such a smooth procedure. I haven't had to migrate a Mac in about 4 years, so I forgot how easy Time Machine makes it. It just so happens, at work, they switched me from a desktop PC to laptop PC. It was like night and day. Horrid experience. Not totally Microsoft's fault, as some of the desktop applications don't seem to migrate well, but it made me think. Like with using Android or ChromeOS devices, using Apple devices means I can grab any other Apple device and restore using iCloud, Time Machine, and the Mac OS and iOS app stores. Microsoft devices can be restored from backup, but they are sorely lacking on the app store front. And with a traditional computer, if I've misplaced my copy of the program or lost the key, I'm toast. My original plan was to replace my current MBP 2011 with my Surface 3 as my "I still can't do this on my iPad" backup device, then buy an iPad Pro as the device I use 99% of the time while iOS continues to evolve. Now I'm planning on selling my Surface 3 - which I like but doesn't fit into my new model - and buying a refurbished MBA as the companion device to my iPad Pro.
1. Cloud storage is key. I trust the cloud. Between Microsoft, Google, and Apple, I easily have 1.5 TBs of cloud storage available. But @Night Spring, @Rhonindk, and @sparksd brought up a good point: backup needs to be immediate or you could lose data. Up until now, I had planned on buying a Wi-Fi only iPad and relying on tethering it to my phone. But I don't always immediately do that when I've made changes to files and if I'm going to be using an iPad as my main driver, that is a weakness. So my iPad Pro should have LTE.
2. Meta data. I already opened apps and files from the springboard using Spotlight. I don't care where something is as I have a search engine on my phone that will find it. Thanks to @Capt T and @TrueBlou for noting that you can use search within the Mail App. It was right there in front of my eyes, I don't know how I missed it. As long as the individual files in my project are all tagged or use the same naming convention, they show up as one. I'm hoping iOS 10 allows you to select more than one item at a time, enables more tagging of files, and expands Spotlight's capabilities.
3. Mediated App Stores. At this point, I'm still going forward with my transition, but it's been delayed about a month since we had an emergency where my wife's MBA had to be replaced last weekend. It was such a smooth procedure. I haven't had to migrate a Mac in about 4 years, so I forgot how easy Time Machine makes it. It just so happens, at work, they switched me from a desktop PC to laptop PC. It was like night and day. Horrid experience. Not totally Microsoft's fault, as some of the desktop applications don't seem to migrate well, but it made me think. Like with using Android or ChromeOS devices, using Apple devices means I can grab any other Apple device and restore using iCloud, Time Machine, and the Mac OS and iOS app stores. Microsoft devices can be restored from backup, but they are sorely lacking on the app store front. And with a traditional computer, if I've misplaced my copy of the program or lost the key, I'm toast. My original plan was to replace my current MBP 2011 with my Surface 3 as my "I still can't do this on my iPad" backup device, then buy an iPad Pro as the device I use 99% of the time while iOS continues to evolve. Now I'm planning on selling my Surface 3 - which I like but doesn't fit into my new model - and buying a refurbished MBA as the companion device to my iPad Pro.