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This Week's Cover of 'The New Yorker' Was Sketched on an iPad
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Those are the part that Surface Pro has been better than iPad since day one, I don't believe anyone can argue against that.
However, all the way till Surface Pro 4, it is inferior to iPads in many aspects. Now, the latest release of the new Surface Pro finally makes it a better device (than iPad Pro) even from a tablet viewpoint.
Maybe, I haven't used a new Surface Pro yet. Work we have Surface Pro 4's for users, I have a personal Surface Pro 2.
I also have a couple iPads. had a couple android tablets, blackberry tablet.
I still think the iPad overall makes a better Tablet, for Tablet consumption features.
But once you start pushing the boundaries of consumption, tasks get progressively harder to do, and progressively harder to find solutions for on an iPad, due to all the plethora of reasons people mention.
where, I find that once you start wanting to do more than simple consumption, the Surface linup is better.
it really all comes down to what do you want to do with the device. I still can't say that any one device is better than the other in all situations.
Though, maybe my opinion will change once I get to use the new Surface pro. I'm debating buying it as an upgrade to my SP2 since Apple hsa completely priced themselves out of my own Value proposition in their current device lineup
Surface pro still has stepping if you draw slow diagonal lines. Some artists this isn't a problem for, others it's a total deal-breaker.
I like when iPad art is featured. Near me there's David Hockney displays and he has absolutely loads of stuff he's drawn on older iPads, blown up to big sizes. I don't really love his style but I like when more abstract and traditional artists move to a platform, you know it's not just the tech-inclined dabbling, it's nice. I'm a long term photoshop user and I prefer Procreate on the move, and still do even though I can happily run Photoshop via Astropad, there's a lot to be said for good, from the ground up, streamlined touch/pressure interfaces.
I like when iPad art is featured. Near me there's David Hockney displays and he has absolutely loads of stuff he's drawn on older iPads, blown up to big sizes. I don't really love his style but I like when more abstract and traditional artists move to a platform, you know it's not just the tech-inclined dabbling, it's nice. I'm a long term photoshop user and I prefer Procreate on the move, and still do even though I can happily run Photoshop via Astropad, there's a lot to be said for good, from the ground up, streamlined touch/pressure interfaces.
Actually, in the beginning of computing this was very much the admin's job. Admins have just successfully managed to push that job to the users.
Exactly. That is why operating systems should handle this task now. In theory, an intern who earns $10/hr could do it, but nobody hires an intern for that, because it's an intermittent task. So instead, we have graphic designers and software developers with hourly rates of $100/hr doing a job that a $10/hr intern could do and that has nothing to do with their actual core talent that they were hired for.
Funny, I always thought the point of tech was to make people's lives easier. Now you are saying that the point of tech is to keep them performing unnecessary tasks outside of their precious core talents. Even funnier that we are having that discussion in an Apple forum when Apple's vision has always been to make people's lives easier through tech. There's a reason why Apple made graphical user interfaces popular - one of many things that hide technological details from the users.
Really? A graphic designer wasting time with messing with the file system is productive? In my eyes, they are only productive when they use the talents that only they have, not a "skill" that anyone can be trained to have within a short amount of time.
It's even stranger when you take software developers who nowadays work with languages like Java that contain technologies like garbage collectors that hide frequently occuring technical tasks from the developers, or powerful APIs that they would otherwise have to recreate in thousands of lines of code - and at the same time, the developers work with operating systems that make them do basic admin tasks like it's the 1970s - a time when Assembler was still a popular programming language.
Messing with the file system or other basic admin tasks have no relation to the actual value creation process. It's like driving manual vs automatic. I assume you are driving manual, as you believe that tech should engage users and not hide itself and so on. I drive automatic, because I drive to get somewhere, and actively managing the speed/power conversion between my car's motor and the wheels is not an essential part of getting somewhere that I feel I need to handle. Same for navigation. I assume you do that by checking maps. I use a navigation system. Automatic windshield wipers, automatic lights - must be terrible to you, as you want to be in charge of when your windshield wipers engage, just as you want to know where exactly a file you use is located.
I want to concentrate on managing my car's interaction with the traffic and conformance to street rules. And even these parts I am happy to give up. Self-driving cars cannot come soon enough. That must be a nightmare to you, but I am happy that this is not a majority opinion. I believe it will also be like that someday in the future, when people realize that the user-is-an-admin model we have now is really just a waste of time.
Seriously? Nothing about this is technically impressive. It's a simple sketch. It is low fidelity with basic shading and minimal use of layers. Nothing about this piece stresses the hardware or software. There is nothing for Apple fans to brag or be offended by here.
If you want to impress me with the use of your hardware I want to see something about the art the has benefited from its use. Such as complex layers, shading, fine details or technique/manipulation that is somehow unique to the platform.
Everything good about this cover is the result of the artist and this could have been done equally well dozens of other ways. Either with other digital tools or even simple physical mediums. I don't see we're the use of the iPad either streamlined the process nor uniquely aided in the expression of the vision.
Sometimes, the tech enables the artist. Let's see him try to draw the same picture on a surface laptop.
The pros usually do need a decent data management. File system is one option. iPad offers nothing (worth mentioning)
Those are my favorite basketball courts in the City. Really a great addition to Brooklyn's waterfront. Glad they got some more recognition.
Now if the Penny Arcade guys will switch from their Surface Books to iPad Pro, we've got ourselves a story. But I think there might be some sponsorship going on there.
Now if the Penny Arcade guys will switch from their Surface Books to iPad Pro, we've got ourselves a story. But I think there might be some sponsorship going on there.
Why do you think the New Surface changes the game that much? Just because the stylus has been improved? I mean, sure that helps, but it still runs Windows, which has pros and cons when it comes to stylus and touch use. Also, what deficiencies do you think the Apple Pencil has that leaves any room for it to become inferior? Personally, I experience no lag or responsiveness issues with it at all.
While I don't disagree with you, I think the point behind the article is to show the capabilities of what the iPad Pro has with sketching/artistry. Too many times I think the iPad Pro is lost in translation of what it can do and it's overall purpose. One of the many of the undermining tasks is the sketching portion of it with the Apple Pencil. I'm not an artist and I can't make any claims to either the Surface or the Pro, but the potential with the Pro and it's sketching is fairly impressive.
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That's insanely good art coming from an Apple Pencil that creates a digital display without actual ink.
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I would certainly hire experienced journalists whose reportage - not to mention grammar - are of a high standard.
If you want to see great art made on the iPad Pro, there's a terrific thread right here on MacRumors:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/share-your-drawings-with-ipad-pro-apple-pencil.1938898/
I encourage those of you who are interested in this to check it out. There's some seriously talented artists posting there.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/share-your-drawings-with-ipad-pro-apple-pencil.1938898/
I encourage those of you who are interested in this to check it out. There's some seriously talented artists posting there.
Agreed. It's a great large iPad for me. Got the pencil though hardly use it, limitation is my inability to draw
In the right hands the iPad Pro can be amazing. Damn expansive though
It only matters what you can do with the iPad, if it is tailored for you then the price doesn't matter, there will always be a way to get it.
Exactly. One of the distinct advantages to the Pro is the Apple Pencil support and drawing. It's probably the primary reason someone would purchase it aside from the quad speakers or Smart Keyboard. Even if someone did purchase the Pro and didn't utilize the drawing capabilities, it's still an option, but one doesn't have to fully utilize every feature.