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Re: A Computer for Everything: One Year of iPad Pro

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Post by lowglow »

heimatau wrote: post #20

I'm currently debating to use an iPad Pro for my main workflow. This article is 12 pages long. Lots of solid perspectives. I'm surprised I haven't read more articles like this yet. I'm a math student. I hate the sheer volume of paper I have to lug around. I know the iPad won't replace 100% of my activities as a college student and as an autodidact but I have a sneaking suspicion that the iPad Pro is a solid device, l…

I use my ipad v1 constantly. I have about ~100+ great engineering and mathematics books that I couldn't carry and consume otherwise.

The only draw back for me is that I haven't found a solid journaling app that I trust, so I still carry a paper journal.

Re: A Computer for Everything: One Year of iPad Pro

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Post by egypturnash »

swiley wrote: post #50
jaegerpicker wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

ok then the iPad Pro qualifies. Continous, Swift playgrounds, python3 and a number of other apps allow you write and run code on the device.

You still can't build the kernel yourself.

Which rules out Macs or Windows as "real computers" for you, then?

Re: A Computer for Everything: One Year of iPad Pro

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Post by wslh »

falcolas wrote: post #32
wslh wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> He speaks of his own experiences. His experiences only work for a few people. For example, Node.js is one the top programming languages being used now, how do you develop with Node.js in the iPad Pro? Java? C/C++? Go?

The same way he did Python, in a console. The only languages which may be a challenge to program in that fashion would be Swift, Objective C, and C# - because they are so tied to MacOS and Windows respectively. A well set up Vim or Emacs is perfectly capable of writing Node.js, Java, C (side note - hilarious that you tried to use this as an example, given that C and C++ are probably written by a majority of developer…

Developing using a remote computer is not developing in the iPad itself.

Re: A Computer for Everything: One Year of iPad Pro

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Post by fjdlwlv »

Tloewald wrote: post #29
new299 wrote: post #23

The article is interesting, I learnt about a few apps that could be valuable to me. But what I found most worrying was the lack of acknowledgement that exclusively using cloud storage has caviates associated with it. Are we really so comfortable with, unencrypted, cloud storage now that we don't even mention the potential for warrentlsss access and other abuses?

Unencrypted?

Well, cloud provider has the decryption key

Re: A Computer for Everything: One Year of iPad Pro

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Post by intopieces »

graeme wrote: post #43
AJ007 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Two things the iPad Pro completely replaced for me: - TV - Wacom Tablet For most people it is a 100% replacement for everything they do on a computer, if they get an external keyboard. Prior to the iPad Pro, I used my iPad exclusively for a number of months thanks to remoting in to my desktop. It slowed me down a bit, but it wasn't bad and I got a lot of work done during that time.

Did you mount it when using as a TV? That could be a good solution for me.

If you're looking for an iPad mount, I recommend the Levo brand tablet floor stand. Very stable, very flexible, and can hold a 12.9" iPad Pro inside a rugged case no problem.

Re: A Computer for Everything: One Year of iPad Pro

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Post by willstrafach »

new299 wrote: post #23

The article is interesting, I learnt about a few apps that could be valuable to me. But what I found most worrying was the lack of acknowledgement that exclusively using cloud storage has caviates associated with it. Are we really so comfortable with, unencrypted, cloud storage now that we don't even mention the potential for warrentlsss access and other abuses?

> Are we really so comfortable with, unencrypted, cloud storage now that we don't even mention the potential for warrentlsss access and other abuses?

It is worth noting that iCloud allows encryption of your data using a passphrase (Usually the device passphrase but I believe you can set a custom one, if you prefer).

Re: A Computer for Everything: One Year of iPad Pro

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Post by heimatau »

kaishiro wrote: post #39
heimatau wrote: post #20

I'm currently debating to use an iPad Pro for my main workflow. This article is 12 pages long. Lots of solid perspectives. I'm surprised I haven't read more articles like this yet. I'm a math student. I hate the sheer volume of paper I have to lug around. I know the iPad won't replace 100% of my activities as a college student and as an autodidact but I have a sneaking suspicion that the iPad Pro is a solid device, l…

When I read comments like yours I can't help but feel as if your mind was made up before you gave the device a fair shot. Despite your singular negative experience, even you must be able to concede that it was most likely an atypical issue. I've had iPad applications crash on me numerous times - but I still think they're great, largely stable devices.

Well, I didn't want to write a book of reasons but one of my math professors avidly uses it and it crashes EVERY SINGLE class, many times it crashed at least two times in a 3 hour class. The max was about 7.

Re: A Computer for Everything: One Year of iPad Pro

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Post by heimatau »

lowglow wrote: post #51
heimatau wrote: post #20

I'm currently debating to use an iPad Pro for my main workflow. This article is 12 pages long. Lots of solid perspectives. I'm surprised I haven't read more articles like this yet. I'm a math student. I hate the sheer volume of paper I have to lug around. I know the iPad won't replace 100% of my activities as a college student and as an autodidact but I have a sneaking suspicion that the iPad Pro is a solid device, l…

I use my ipad v1 constantly. I have about ~100+ great engineering and mathematics books that I couldn't carry and consume otherwise. The only draw back for me is that I haven't found a solid journaling app that I trust, so I still carry a paper journal.

I agree with you there. I only use viJournal Lite on my MBP. Finding a replacement has been difficult.

Re: A Computer for Everything: One Year of iPad Pro

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Post by willstrafach »

LeifCarrotson wrote: post #45
new299 wrote: post #23

The article is interesting, I learnt about a few apps that could be valuable to me. But what I found most worrying was the lack of acknowledgement that exclusively using cloud storage has caviates associated with it. Are we really so comfortable with, unencrypted, cloud storage now that we don't even mention the potential for warrentlsss access and other abuses?

Yes, most people are that comfortable with unencrypted storage. But I expect the most interesting push back will not come from a tiny fraction of the population who care about such things, but from strict rules in governments and large organizations that prohibit storing classified or confidential data in unencrypted cloud storage. Either we'll get encryption as a normal feature, or private clouds. (also sp. caveats,…

This is a bit off base.

For companies, they have data loss prevention policies in work-enabled devices, constraining work data to only be possible to download to work-approved (usually from their MDM provider) applications, not possible to export and able to be remote wiped from the device by the company at any point they chose.

For government, storing classified information in the cloud is already a major violation. Even data designated as FOUO requires special considerations (Although AWS GovCloud is a good solution for serving such needs). In a sense, your "private clouds" estimate is already the path that has been taken, as there are many frameworks and requirements that have been created by gov over the past few years in terms of storing certain types of information. Trying to force all cloud providers to abide by them seems like it would be a losing battle as well, and would not be taken lightly by many.

Re: A Computer for Everything: One Year of iPad Pro

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Post by kaishiro »

heimatau wrote: post #57
kaishiro wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When I read comments like yours I can't help but feel as if your mind was made up before you gave the device a fair shot. Despite your singular negative experience, even you must be able to concede that it was most likely an atypical issue. I've had iPad applications crash on me numerous times - but I still think they're great, largely stable devices.

Well, I didn't want to write a book of reasons but one of my math professors avidly uses it and it crashes EVERY SINGLE class, many times it crashed at least two times in a 3 hour class. The max was about 7.

The problem with anecdotes is that they're easily refuted. For example, I know of someone who uses a Surface as their full time development machine and I've never seen it crash on him...ever.

Just be careful dismissing products due to a singular negative narrative that you've created.

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