A computer is something that will run Logic Pro...
Sorry Roake, I posted before I read the comments - that's exactly right. But I'm sure that the iPad Pro could run Logic Pro. Apple chooses not to port it. For some reason. I use office on my iPad and it's a better experience than using a PC. GarageBand is great on iPad....but if it were Logic Pro I really would have no need for a PC. Over to you apple.
Well if you are dumb enough to choose an iPad to do such a task, then you can't really blame the iPad now can you?
So what is the iPad Pro for then?
it's a naming nomenclature to signify a higher-capability computer than the straight iPad. just like the MBP -- it's more than the MB/Air, but it's no replacement for an actual workstation with card slots, is it?
Not unless you can program one. I'd call it a calculator.
it is indeed a computer. computers predate electronics.
the "you can't develope on it!" argument is bogus. the original Mac required a Lisa for development at first, yet no one would be foolish enough to claim it wasn't a computer. same thing here.
Not unless you can program one. I'd call it a calculator.
it is indeed a computer. computers predate electronics.
the "you can't develope on it!" argument is bogus. the original Mac required a Lisa for development at first, yet no one would be foolish enough to claim it wasn't a computer. same thing here.
You are wrong. An abacus is not 'programmable' and can not perform calculations without human intervention. Just check the OSX dictionary definition. I know computers predate electronics - Babbage, Ada Lovelace - but they were programmable.
A computer is that thing you hook up your new 40" UHD screen to, so you don't have to surf the web in 1024x768 like its the 1900's or something.
And its the thing you can run real software on, not just shitty little phone-apps.
A computer is that thing you hook up your new 40" UHD screen to, so you don't have to surf the web in 1024x768 like its the 1900's or something.
And its the thing you can run real software on, not just shitty little phone-apps.
A computer is something that will run Logic Pro...
Sorry Roake, I posted before I read the comments - that's exactly right. But I'm sure that the iPad Pro could run Logic Pro. Apple chooses not to port it. For some reason. I use office on my iPad and it's a better experience than using a PC. GarageBand is great on iPad....but if it were Logic Pro I really would have no need for a PC. Over to you apple.
No, it would only be Logic Lite, same as the other DAWs that have IOS versions. You'd be able to use it for making tweaks on the train but you couldn't record 12 inputs simultaneously, with 3 sets of monitor mixes and all the plugins you're used to. Plus, you'd be limited to Logic plugins unless your 3rd party vendors created IOS versions of their VST/AU ones, and that's already shown to be a market they're leaving to others to fill. So you could work on some of your sessions but not all.
The bigger picture, though, is that Apple isn't going to release any cool software that doesn't make people want to run out and buy, in this case, an iPad Pro. They're not going to make it just so people who use Logic can have a useful app to run on what they already own. And I don't think there's much of a union there, of Logic users and potential iPad Pro buyers, especially since we're not talking about all DAW users, just Logic users.
That's a great commercial they mocked up. I love the kickstand on the Surface Pro (I have the Surface 3) but wished it came with an LTE chip builtIn. The Cell connection or lack there of is what makes the Surface Pro a great lite laptop but not the greatest of Tablets - a Surface Book with builtin LTE in the screen section would be incredible.
The MacBook Pro and Mac Pro are computers. You know, those dusty neglected things in the back of the cupboard that you haven't updated for 2 years but still charge $2,000+ for.
Mac Pro is coming up to 3 years for a refresh. Pathetic that they let this one wither on the vine.
For me, a computer can manage files. ;-) I love my iPad pro though.
Yes.
Until the iOS ecosystem allows you to do local storage of files without using a mac it's not a mac/computer replacement. I do use iCloud Photo Library but ONLY in conjunction with a mac that does "Download Originals" and then keeps a backup on a TimeCapsule or external storage.
If I could replace the mac and JUST have the Time Capsule perform local backups of all my iOS documents, photos and iCloud Photo Library to my own external drive THEN I could see giving up the mac.
Otherwise you'll someday get ‘An error occurred while downloading a larger version of this video for editing.’ on your iPad Pro and realize you just lost your kid's first birthday photos and videos. Or you just want to stop paying $4 a month but want a copy of all your photos before they go *poof*. Or realize that your kid deleted old photos on his iPad to load a big game but that means that it deletes the photos EVERYWHERE and it was more than 40 days ago.
Today all my photos are copied to an archive on a fire and waterproof ioSafe, backed up to 4TB drives for local and remote backups and loaded into Photos for sharing.
Because Cloud Storage is as ephemeral as real clouds.
Apple COULD do all this but it chooses not to extend TimeCapsule and AppleTV to serve as the home cloud for iOS devices. Presumably because $1100 MacBook sales are more important than $1100 iPad Pro sales.
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thus your point is bunk.
it is indeed a computer. computers predate electronics.
the "you can't develope on it!" argument is bogus. the original Mac required a Lisa for development at first, yet no one would be foolish enough to claim it wasn't a computer. same thing here.
Use the appropriate tool for the job.
I love my iPad pro though.
The bigger picture, though, is that Apple isn't going to release any cool software that doesn't make people want to run out and buy, in this case, an iPad Pro. They're not going to make it just so people who use Logic can have a useful app to run on what they already own. And I don't think there's much of a union there, of Logic users and potential iPad Pro buyers, especially since we're not talking about all DAW users, just Logic users.
The Cell connection or lack there of is what makes the Surface Pro a great lite laptop but not the greatest of Tablets - a Surface Book with builtin LTE
in the screen section would be incredible.
http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#Mac_Pro
Until the iOS ecosystem allows you to do local storage of files without using a mac it's not a mac/computer replacement. I do use iCloud Photo Library but ONLY in conjunction with a mac that does "Download Originals" and then keeps a backup on a TimeCapsule or external storage.
If I could replace the mac and JUST have the Time Capsule perform local backups of all my iOS documents, photos and iCloud Photo Library to my own external drive THEN I could see giving up the mac.
Otherwise you'll someday get ‘An error occurred while downloading a larger version of this video for editing.’ on your iPad Pro and realize you just lost your kid's first birthday photos and videos. Or you just want to stop paying $4 a month but want a copy of all your photos before they go *poof*. Or realize that your kid deleted old photos on his iPad to load a big game but that means that it deletes the photos EVERYWHERE and it was more than 40 days ago.
Today all my photos are copied to an archive on a fire and waterproof ioSafe, backed up to 4TB drives for local and remote backups and loaded into Photos for sharing.
Because Cloud Storage is as ephemeral as real clouds.
Apple COULD do all this but it chooses not to extend TimeCapsule and AppleTV to serve as the home cloud for iOS devices. Presumably because $1100 MacBook sales are more important than $1100 iPad Pro sales.