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This a million times. Apple is just slowly re-inventing the Desktop OS (hey look multi-tasking, a keyboard, etc) while MS went full into a hybrid OS over all its lines that can adapt to whatever hardware its installed on. For all the grief MS got for Windows 8, the move it made was ultimately the right one and builds the proper foundation they need for the future. As side note, lets recall about three or four years a…
Yeah, the whole hybrid thing went really well with Windows and Surface series was a success.
Apple Unveils the iPad Pro
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Isn't that the MacBook? http://www.apple.com/macbook/
I don't think so, for one it's a major downgrade in terms of power. I thought the 12" macbook would be the entry level notebook, and there would be something in the macbook air form factor right above it.
I felt this way for a while, but I have a hard time arguing that my 15" Retina MacBook Pro is too large or heavy. You don't even get quad-core on anything smaller, so the performance jump between a 12" "New Macbook" and an 11" or 13" "Macbook air" is fairly marginal. I'd expect that gap to close in the next product cycle as well, since the 12" MacBook is the first run, has some heat issues, etc..
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#283The announcements today just make me hang my head in chagrin. I love Apple products. Both my wife and I only use Macbooks, we have multiple iPads, iPods, and a second generation Apple TV. I look at this iPad Pro though and I see a totally useless device. For a device at that size, weight, and cost you would be better served buying an Macbook Air. If you want a tablet form factor then you would be better served buying…
"since at least it runs a real operating system designed for "pro" use not the closed eco system that is iOS."
So, if a big ipad like this is a "pro" device, where does a fully functional computing device, running UNIX, that you interact with on the command line fit in ?
I'm speaking of (for instance) my mac pro running OSX.
If what we see today is for "pros", then two questions come to mind:
1. What am I ? A wizard ? A demi-god ? A great elder ?
2. Can I reasonably expect Apple to make products for wizards ? Is there any money in that ?
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None of that really matters though. It's all about the applications. If you need to run Windows software, buy a Windows machine. If the applications you depend on require iOS, buy an iPad. Other non-software features (like battery life and weight) matter as well. Price doesn't really matter though.
Lots of businesses build their own software. Do you think it's easier to deploy private software onto an iPad or a Windows machine?
Probably the same. Apple[1] has done a lot of work on this the last few years and IBM[2] is making huge bets on iOS.
[1] http://www.apple.com/ipad/business/it/management.html
[2] http://www.ibm.com/mobilefirst/us/en/mobilefirst-for-ios/
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#285Predicted by a 3 year old comic: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/COenroJWEAAjLoi.jpg:large
And so it begins... the once innovative company is now playing catch up, losing a little bit of its sex appeal as it copies the bland competition.
Apple's stock and trade has always been to do what the competition is doing, but do it better.
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#287The announcements today just make me hang my head in chagrin. I love Apple products. Both my wife and I only use Macbooks, we have multiple iPads, iPods, and a second generation Apple TV. I look at this iPad Pro though and I see a totally useless device. For a device at that size, weight, and cost you would be better served buying an Macbook Air. If you want a tablet form factor then you would be better served buying…
My girlfriend have me have already decided to get one so we can watch Iplayer and YouTube in bed. We already use an iPad but our number one complaint is its too small!
Youre going to spend that much money for youtube? Couldn't you do the same with a 35 dollar chromecast?
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#288"Who knows more about productivity than Microsoft" ?
Audience gave Schiller the exact response he wanted (notice the silence and the delayed laughter). On paper it look like Apple is giving credit to Microsoft, but the subtext is: it's a joke, don't take the sentence too seriously, and Apple is still better at productivity.
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What professional applications require ios?
I had an insurance adjuster at my house to evaluate hail damage earlier this year and he did everything on an iPad. My doctor uses an iPad for Medscape (? not sure if that's right) and some other mobile point of care app. My mother in law is a real estate agent and her office uses iPads for everything. There's a ton of them and it's a very hot area right now. It's a great time to be an iOS developer.
Alright, I see now. Thanks.