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Re: Giving up the iPad-only travel dream

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Post by squeaky-clean »

dntrkv wrote: post #272
squeaky-clean wrote: post #271

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Don't forget people like me who have to travel with my locked-down work laptop as well as my personal laptop. I used to bring my Switch on long trips too but I've honestly stopped because I would take up like 4 bins at the TSA scan and it's awkward. They always tell me to put each piece of electronics in a separate bin. Now it's laptop, laptop, ipad+shoes+belt+phone.

Get TSA PreCheck. Just the fact that I don't have to pull my devices out of my bags makes it worth the cost.

I really should. I only fly 3-4x a year but it's probably still worth it. I'd probably start bringing my kindle too, which only adds to the irony of the top comment.

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drewg123 wrote: post #118
ab_testing wrote: post #52

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What is the problem with using the browser on the MacBook to access content ?

Many flights do not have reliable internet access that is fast enough to stream video. And I want to watch what I want to watch, not the random selection of stuff I might find on the inflight entertainment. Not to mention that I want to zone out, and not hear a captive airline credit card sales pitch from the flight attendants at 90db in my headphones while they pause the video I'm watching. So, for all those reasons…

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Post by jdshaffer »

camillomiller wrote: post #276
mvdtnz wrote: post #264

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Maybe it's an American thing but I don't think I know a single person who owns or uses an ipad, with the exception of rich parents who use them exclusively to distract children. I certainly don't notice a lot of ipad users in airports or trains.

I think it’s generational. In Berlin I see plenty of students that now actively use it while studying in cafés for example.

I'm seeing an increase in college students in Japan with iPads and Apple Pencils. And most of the visiting students from other countries have them for sure.

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Post by selestify »

PaulHoule wrote: post #222
zx8080 wrote: post #194

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> maybe it could via an emulator As a programmer with serious mobile experience I fully understand it. But it sound a bit crazy that a powerful and more superior (and open! In both hard and sometimes soft - if with an opensource OS) platform need so _emulate_ an embedded one (mobile, usually at least partially proprietary one) to provide turn-by-turn nav: what appears to be a first-order need of anyone in the modern…

I used to have a pink netbook that ran Microsoft Streets and Trips that I used together with a Bluetooth GPS. I had a power adapter that plugged into the cigarette lighter of the car and also a line in cable for the stereo. I could play music with Windows Media Player and have turn-by-turn directions work flawlessly. It was particularly good for road trips with a navigator in the passenger's seat as it had a great us…

Why would the bus driver know or care that you’re using their WiFi?

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Post by pjmlp »

Meanwhile my Android tablet does just fine, I can even make use of DeX mode if I miss desktop like workflows that much.

Nowadays I seldom pick my aging netbook for travelling, and how things have been going in desktop Linux even less so.

Typing this from my tablet in some island.

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Post by Dylan16807 »

llm_nerd wrote: post #251
Dylan16807 wrote: post #245

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I doubt they would have switched on the same timeframe. They dragged their feet for so long and they also fought against this regulation. And they saw it coming, so doing prep work doesn't show they wanted to change. A big part of the reason people thought Apple would change is because everyone knew these rules were coming. Also I don't think micro-USB ever got mandated , and 2010 was before lightning even existed. A…

Apple moving the iPhone to USB-C was incredibly obvious, even if you ignore the recurring noise about the EU. Again, every single bit of evidence was that Apple was switching their entire product line. Having the iPhone hanging around with the slow, dated lightning connector started to be embarrassing. Apple started bragging about the fast speeds and capabilities of USB-C on iPads, and they're going to use it as an u…

> every single bit of evidence was that Apple was switching their entire product line

2015 was eight years ago. They were actually pretty early to USB-C, setting it up in a couple years, then they waited another couple years without bringing it to iphone, then another, then another.

The evidence was that they were in no rush at all.

And thunderbolt isn't relevant when their phones are still on USB 2.

> Which is Apple's resistance to the EU saying "this is it...the eternal connector".

That is not what the law says. Stop that.

Re: Giving up the iPad-only travel dream

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Post by jshaqaw »

Apple stopped any significant innovation on the iPad platform many years ago. It is an also-ran cash cow for them not anything worthy of investment. I say this as someone who was once enthralled with the platform and it is sad. It’s hilarious they throw m2 grade processors in something used to watch Netflix and surf websites.

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Post by Steko »

zol wrote: post #256
jll29 wrote: post #149

The key sentence here is: > This is the fundamental difference between the Mac (a platform that basically lets developers and users do anything they want) and the iPad (where if Apple doesn’t specifically allow it, it can’t be done). Apple (since Lisa/Mac, after Apple II, which had an open architecture) likes appliances and to control the user experience, so the iPad is "more Apple" than Macs are. Whenever I am waiti…

You’re even forgetting the supercomputer they’re carrying on their wrists.

Yeah I also travel with a battery pack and, if I'm overseas, a pocket wifi. And my airpods, although lots of people like big headsets too. Apple also thinks their VR rig is great for air travel. So potentially 7-9 devices.

I'm personally not as bothered by the number of devices as much as all the forced redundancy. Like the core devices could have 3 desktop quality processors, 13 microphones, 3 selfie cameras, 2 rear cameras, 2-3 cellular modems, etc.

I'd love a design where the phone is my chip, 5g radio and storage. The camera can be worn as a bodycam (for lifestreaming or personal safety) but also docks to the phone. The phone speakers and mics are a 2nd set of airpods you can cycle in to keep them charged (both sets can be docked at once). The tablet is just a bigger screen with extra battery/storage and the phone docks to that. The watch screen is weaker and monochrome so the battery life is better and it keeps the health functions.

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Post by j7ake »

jll29 wrote: post #149

The key sentence here is: > This is the fundamental difference between the Mac (a platform that basically lets developers and users do anything they want) and the iPad (where if Apple doesn’t specifically allow it, it can’t be done). Apple (since Lisa/Mac, after Apple II, which had an open architecture) likes appliances and to control the user experience, so the iPad is "more Apple" than Macs are. Whenever I am waiti…

3 devices sounds a lot, but what do people normally travel with? Probably 2, laptop and phone?

Considering how light the iPad is it’s not a big addition to slip in an ipad in your bag.

Sounds great you just use your thinkpad ubuntu, but what’s the battery life on that compared to iPad?

My experience has been that installing Ubuntu on laptops dramatically reduced its battery life.

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Post by gizajob »

makeitdouble wrote: post #165
pavel_lishin wrote: post #154

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> You'd think depending on the person, they'd travel with EITHER their phone OR their iPad OR their laptop, depending on whether they are private people, non-technical "creatives" or IT/technical/dev folks, but instead, everybody appears to be travelling with ALL THREE devices instead I can't answer a call or text my family with my laptop while I'm on the go. I can't plug my macbook into a car to use maps or play mus…

Parent's point still stands as in a decent ecosystem you'd get down to at most two. For instance a phone and a Surface Pro covers 100% of the use cases, there's no gap for a 3rd device. For some this gets down to one device with a Galaxy Fold and DEX. People might have different preferences and/or be locked in the Apple ecosystem anyway, but we have working products showing things done differently ("think different"…

You forget that vast swathes of us are never going to risk buying a Microsoft/Windows device ever again. They blew it too many times with BSOD / updates kicking in during work / viruses / whatever horror this week.
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