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Post by culopatin »

shreyshnaccount wrote: post #249
binkHN wrote: post #237

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It's very simple for me. The three devices are rather specialized. The phone always comes with me, so that's a given. The tablet is primarily for content consumption (why use my tiny phone screen for this when my nice 10-inch tablet works perfectly?) and the laptop, well, let's me get work done. Each has a fairly specialized function and each performs that function exceedingly well. Forcing one of the devices to perf…

And that's my problem with it- if I buy a device and what to do whatever with it, who is the company to specifically stop me from doing that? I'm not asking them to design anything special for me, just allow open access to the device so that the community can build whatever we want

If you buy a hammer do you feel like the company that made it is forcing you to not use it as you want when you try to fit it in a Torx head?

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Post by NiloCK »

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At the time of my first daughter's birth, my local government gifted me an ipad mini. Three use cases: 1. I find it extremely useful for one specific thing: chess. I can't effectively play blitz timed games with a mouse, and with a smartphone I get way more off-by-one mistaken taps than with the ipad mini. 2. Almost five years later, my daughter enjoys making animations on it with Scratch Jr. 3. It is a comfy form fa…

Have you tried Kindle (or other e-reader) instead of iPad? Works very well for me.

I owned and loved a KindleDX for a while, but it broke falling off a nightstand.

That said: a tablet wins out where I need to sit down with the docs of some technical monstrosity for a dedicated hour.

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Post by ddingus »

eggy wrote: post #352
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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…

I have an Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo as my main home and travel computer. I am upgrading my Samsung Ultra Note 20 to a Samsung Fold 5. I can work off of my Note now, and leave the Asus laptop at the place I am staying. I spent 6 months in Saudi Arabia working this way. You can run MS 365 and Dex on the phone. I use the Note to annotate photos in the field and to annotate during Zoom calls. I've typed proposals, spreadshee…

I have an older Samsung phone, and have basically the same experience.

One can do a LOT on Android.

There are days when my phone can do all I need.

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Post by ddingus »

_fat_santa wrote: post #417
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Personal computers started open, the iPad started as closed. The author is trying to get the twain to meet. Myself, I've always seen the iPad as a "media consumption device" (despite the amazing Procreate) and never bothered to try to shoehorn it into another role. My laptop and desktops will remain my primary devices forever I suspect.

> Myself, I've always seen the iPad as a "media consumption device" I see it that way too, but I also see some confusion in their product line towards "the top". The iPad mini or even a regular iPad makes for a fantastic media consumption device, the only place any other device has those beat is a Kindle for books but that's another conversation. But when it comes to the iPad Pro, I always had a hard time figuring ou…

I agree with this. Every so often, Apple puts out a machine I like.

The Air I have is an M1 machine and it is crazy fast and battery frugal.

Fusion 360 is now built for Apple silicon too! Makes the Air a great travel machine!

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Post by joshspankit »

philistine wrote: post #553
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A 360 MX Macbook with all the benefits of an iPad (run iOS apps, cellular data, both cameras, excellent touch response, maybe even lidar) would absolutely kill iPad sales, but it would also be the best all-in-one device Apple ever made.

Your dream is an interesting thought experiment. Let's reflect on if Apple would provide all these experiences. 0. 360 MX. This is the least likely. I'm sure Apple has been testing flippable hinges for decades at this point, but even if they could make the best one, they need a marketing reason for users. What's the point in a flippable laptop if you can't use everything when it's flipped like Windows? 1. Running iOS…

Ok, let’s go.

0. You bring up some points I fully agree with. Since we’re talking about Apple who can’t do anything mundane, for the hinge let’s just assume they come up with a new tech (maybe a single pivot point and the keyboard spins freely, or a mechanism that detaches it entirely so it can be snapped in flush on the back, or some other solution I can’t imagine yet)

1. Agreed

2. I can’t imagine this would actually stop them if they decided to cannibalize the iPad and build an MX 360

3. Agreed

4. Personally I would probably never use it, but it’s a notable iPad feature and might as well have them all

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Post by deaddodo »

throwaway2037 wrote: post #435
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Only Apple iPads as far as I could see, but by no means only the most expensive or newest. Non-Apple tablet devices really are not often seen in the UK (some convertible PCs, the occasional Samsung tablet). If you spend a lot of time on public transport, an iPad isn't really that much of a luxury item. It's a really pragmatic choice, and at least in the UK an entry-level or recent secondhand iPad is not much more exp…

So is a very cost effective way to make use of what might be 2+ hours of every working day. Here is the first mistake. Get rid of the ridiculous commute. Then, you will not need an iPad!

I used to commute 2-3hrs/day living in LA. It was just normal. Now that I can work from home, it irritates me even more that companies want to force that back on us.

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Post by tomjen3 »

inkyoto wrote: post #388
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Which is precisely what Apple wants. They want each devices to be their own, they want you to buy them all, and to carry them all.

Buy them all – maybe. Carry them all – hardly. Apple has invested a lot of time and effort into making full continuity across their entire computing ecosystem actually work, which allows the user to pick only one device that is the best poised for the task at hand. The user can switch devices as they please and carry on on another device from where they left off on the previous one. It is seamless. Of course, the use…

Not really. Handoff doesn’t work if my starting device is not on when I begin to switch. My flow is to put my MacBook in sleep mode and then grab my phone. No handover there.

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Post by gizajob »

gjvc wrote: post #526
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>We really get crammed into trains. Sincerely, from someone in the third world who has taken UK public transport. You don't. I don't say this to disparage your message, but hopefully to give some gratitude for the nice things you do have over there. I found it most amusing how people would get antsy and annoyed when a train was more than 5 minutes late in the UK. For years of me taking South African trains, if there…

The UK is becoming a third world country at a rapid pace, don't you worry.

I was in Malaysia in March and there was a big public artwork showing Malaysia’s commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and I thought “Sh*t we need those too!”

https://sdgs.un.org/goals

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Post by walthamstow »

gizajob wrote: post #90
oflannabhra wrote: post #18

I know Apple has a strong resistance to the two-in-one form factor, but an M-series MacBook Air with detachable screen that seamlessly transitions between macOS and iPadOS is basically my dream device.

I'm amazed the two haven't converged yet. I've no doubt apple have lurking in their labs a "double iPad" with a "screen" and a second screen where the keyboard now lives, running a version of iOS-like MacOS. Would love that device and think it'll emerge eventually.

That device exists, I saw it being reviewed on The Verge recently

https://www.theverge.com/23794761/lenovo-yoga-book-9i-review

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