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A Computer for Everything: One Year of iPad Pro

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

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Post by binaryapparatus »

coldtea wrote: post #74
binaryapparatus wrote: post #2

Decent writer looks for a niche that's not occupied and says 'hey this will do'. Then tries to convince us it is all well. It is not -- the emperor is naked. I like how Federico does his job but I really don't like 'lets pretend iPad can replace proper computer' approach. Matt Gemmell took the same path recently and it won't end well too.

Any particular sign that he's being deceptive, besides "that wont work for my workload"? > but I really don't like 'lets pretend iPad can replace proper computer' approach. Isn't that irrelevant personal preference? I like that approach, and it could have totally replaced "proper computer" for me (which it does) on trips and elsewhere away from work, if I wasn't also a programmer.

Key word is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance

There is at least 80% chance that author decieves himself too.

See file management and hardware sections and it should be obvious. In hardware section he buys razer keyboard case just to be able to use iPad more comfortably. See pictures there, if we don't know it is iPad it really looks like a proper laptop.

Jumping trough hoops to make something work does not constitute 'iPad Pro is, by far, the best computer I've ever owned'.

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

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Post by coldtea »

binaryapparatus wrote: post #81
coldtea wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Any particular sign that he's being deceptive, besides "that wont work for my workload"? > but I really don't like 'lets pretend iPad can replace proper computer' approach. Isn't that irrelevant personal preference? I like that approach, and it could have totally replaced "proper computer" for me (which it does) on trips and elsewhere away from work, if I wasn't also a programmer.

Key word is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance There is at least 80% chance that author decieves himself too. See file management and hardware sections and it should be obvious. In hardware section he buys razer keyboard case just to be able to use iPad more comfortably. See pictures there, if we don't know it is iPad it really looks like a proper laptop. Jumping trough hoops to make something work do…

>See file management and hardware sections and it should be obvious. In hardware section he buys razer keyboard case just to be able to use iPad more comfortably.

So? The idea behind using the iPad as your main computer is not "touch interaction for everything" but "I like the computing model" (self-contained apps that don't interact through a filesystem, no administration, etc).

Obviously you can (and should) still use a keyboard for writing longer texts, a stylus for drawing, etc.

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

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Post by mark_l_watson »

I take a different approach. I use a MacBook for software development and using OmniGraffle for creating technical diagrams for my books. Most everything else I do on an iPad Pro. I don't mind having two work devices, especially given that I also have several Linux laptops and a few old Mac laptops.

If I were ever to travel for a year, then I could live with just an iPad Pro (I use Prompt for multiple SSH shells, so I can program on an iPad), but for regular life and work, having two devices makes sense.

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

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Post by mark_l_watson »

watersb wrote: post #8
_Codemonkeyism wrote: post #4

I don't want to sound arrogant, but for everyone who used a ridiculously overpowered computer - 90% of people (?) - for surfing and using Word, yes the iPad Pro is fine - or even overpowered. Using it to develop Python looks intersting, I'd like to know more about what he does (I assume Python works fine, Webpack compile? How is the 'drive'?)

I use Panic Software's Coda: https://panic.com/coda/

That looks good. I use their SSH app a lot, and having an integrated coding editor looks good. I wish they would support Google cloud storage in addition to S3, but I could work around that.

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

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Post by [deleted] »

coldtea wrote: post #75
ebbv wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is my biggest problem. This article is a really long tutorial on how to make an iPad sorta kinda do the things my Mac already does out of the box. Why? There's never a convincing argument why I would want to do this.

> Why? There's never a convincing argument why I would want to do this. Lighter. Longer lasting battery. Dead easy app management. No "blue screens". Apps designed for direct manipulation. No configuration and maintenance hassle or sys-adminy stuff. Works great on a desk, on your lap, on a sofa, on the bed. But best of all: if you're a writer/journalist/etc, and mostly do writing, web, email, reading, IM, etc, it doe…

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