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Does it work with a mouse? One of the most important client applications for me is an RDP connection to a VDI machine on Windows.
Does it work with a mouse? One of the most important client applications for me is an RDP connection to a VDI machine on Windows.
(although I am not aware of any 12" Android tablet)
To me, the fundamental question remains this: what platform is the next web browser, BitTorrent, or BitCoin going to be invented on? I posit that while the iPad remains a closed platform, it will never become the computer of the future, no matter how many pro features Apple adds. In a few years, I expect Apple pundits to be making the same "how were we so wrong on the iPad" articles that they were in 2016. No doubt,…
Does it matter if a platform does the inventing? The web browser was invented on a NeXT Cube but that didn't limit its eventual use.
Simple spreadsheets were available everywhere, while tools like Mathematica and Quantrix were only available on NeXT.
Those powerful system libraries from NeXTStep were key, and they're still an advantage today,
I would love to see one day iPad Pros with the capability of being plugged into an external GPU and running desktop-grade applications instead of the meek productivity tools that the Apple App Store is constrained to. As a college student, I recently bought an iPad to take notes, and the one thing that's stopping me from selling my laptop is the lack of connectivity and full MacOS. But then where's the future of MacB…
Games?
I have a hard time envisioning what would require a GPU beyond what's available on an iPad.
My NeXT cube had a 25 MHz single core CPU, no GPU and a megapixel display and was pretty darn "desktop grade" or rather "workstation grade". OK, higher resolution, color. But also a 2+ GHz dual core (later: hexacore) 64 bit CPU and a pretty darn powerful GPU. Where are all these cycles going?
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Because outside of the home screen and poorly maintained touch-optimized apps most software for Windows is still designed for using with a mouse. iOS is inherently less capable than Windows, but is much better for touch, and all apps are geared towards that. I was skeptical a few years ago, but I think iOS's productivity potential is growing faster than Windows "Cool Factor", efficiency, and portability are improving…
I get that Apple has much more touch optimized software. But aren't they effectively building the same toaster/fridge they mocked just a few years ago? I was listening to a recent ATP podcast and they were going on about how nobody really wants to touch their laptop screen, but in order for an iPad to be a "pro" device you will realistically have to use it with a keyboard and...touch your screen. The two companies ar…
I used a succession of iPads as my main productivity computing devices between 20013 and 2016 and despite my general satisfaction I found I really needed a ’proper’ computer (a much-derided but perfectly adequate ”single port MacBook") last year for the sake of writing a business plan. Right after that Apple released the iPad Pro and I've been using that intensively (but no longer exclusively) since April last year. I'll be upgrading to the 10.5 inch because iOS11 seems to deserve top-level hardware. I'm really convinced that for non-development use an iPad is an extraordinarily capable device.
Does it work with a mouse? One of the most important client applications for me is an RDP connection to a VDI machine on Windows.
To me, the fundamental question remains this: what platform is the next web browser, BitTorrent, or BitCoin going to be invented on? I posit that while the iPad remains a closed platform, it will never become the computer of the future, no matter how many pro features Apple adds. In a few years, I expect Apple pundits to be making the same "how were we so wrong on the iPad" articles that they were in 2016. No doubt,…
Does it matter if a platform does the inventing? The web browser was invented on a NeXT Cube but that didn't limit its eventual use.
Fortunately, it looks like the open-ish Android model is winning out. Maybe Apple will change their mind at some point.