Apple deserves this. That Apple ad was embarrassing to watch.
It's not ok to be a fridge/toaster until it's ok to be a fridge toaster. Right, Tim?
you seem to misunderstand his metaphor. it isn't about doing more work on a tablet with a keyboard (remember, the original iPad had a keyboard accessory from Day 1, I had it). it's about trying to force an entire desktop OS onto a touch oriented mobile tablet.
First of all, the original Apple keyboard was removed close to a year after it's release. So it looks like it didn't succeed or at the time SJ decided it wasn't the best thing because of ergonomics,
And the Cook comparison of the SP4 and the fridge/toaster was clear, 2 in 1 devices aren't good. My question is, how good is an iPad Pro as a desktop replacement? Isn't a SP4 a better option for desktop/laptop tasks? You say that MS force a desktop OS in a mobile tablet. But isn't Apple forcing a mobile OS as a desktop replacement?
Running a full version of Windows is not exactly something to gloat over.
LOL. My thoughts too. Nor is running antivirus scans, fixing Windows registry problems, and cleaning junk in your C: drive. I don't miss the "full PC experience."
Fuck this godamn "real" computer shit, it's a childish way to divide the population into two groups: the superior people (which *always* happens to be the one *you* are in, how convenient right?, is those who use "real" computers) and the inferior ones (everyone else, those who use "toys"). It's a stupid fucking willy waving contest, just stop it, it's beyond childish and so totally tribal and Manichean, you should all laugh at anyone that tries to make such a stupid characterisation.
You are never superior for the device you use or prefer, neither are you inferior, it's horses for courses and my choice is mine and yours is yours, and what works best for the person who uses it is the best one, whether you call it a fucking computer or a device or a tablet, it's just a name and this game is like children on a playground hurling insults at each other.
It's like watching a bunch of children argue whether a pencil or a pen is the best note taking tool.
Apple should run the same type of ad but running the surface pro focusing on the "sleep of death" where the surface pro can't wake up where Siri keeps asking "what's wrong? wake up! what's wrong?"
Of course the iPad isn't a computer. That's the point, that's why it sells. The surface may be more of a computer but it's still a shit one so why compromise? Why not have a decent tablet and a proper computer?
You are absolutely right. But it is Apple who markets the iPad Pro as a PC replacement. An iPad is a great tablet, but it lacks some really needed functionality to be make an iPad only a viable option in a business environment. I travel a lot abroad and iPad becomes a helpless device, if there is no affordable Internet connection available. Apple does not allow to sync all your data with your iPad in a convenient way and to continue to work in an offline mode. While on a Mac, this is a piece of cake The lack of an USB port is another weak point. I live in a country where for any official communication with the authorities a user is identified by his identity card, connected via a USB chip card reader.
Looks like the picture was taken at NASA's JPL facility in Pasadena. In the back of the picture is a NASA logo.
Whoops, you are right
This one is CERN (I think) at the press announcement of the Higgs-boson discovery - other shots of the room just show how popular real computers are (Macbook Pros) with this crowd, and not a computer-lite in sight.
Apple is merely suggesting to a certain element of the population to consider that perhaps an iPad is all they need. If they were certain it was all that anyone needs, they would discontinue the Mac tomorrow. As far as the Surface, it's not a great tablet and not a great laptop, but if you really need both in one device it might be right for you.
The word "computer" is from stone ages.... Not surprising from Microsoft
Computers have been replaced by tablets many years ago. Most people don't need to use "computers" anymore like they did before the tablets.
Very cute. but Apple is the one that started using the word "computer" with their tablet.
Yeah, this is absolutely embarrassing for Apple. They should have never gone down this particular marketing route. All it does is beg the consumer to compare the two devices, in which case, right or wrong, the Surface is likely to win.
Very cute. but Apple is the one that started using the word "computer" with their tablet.
Yeah, this is absolutely embarrassing for Apple. They should have never gone down this particular marketing route. All it does is beg the consumer to compare the two devices, in which case, right or wrong, the Surface is likely to win.
You won't give up on this one, will you? That's 3 times I've seen you attack Apple with this ad, and those are only the ones I've seen in the treads I've viewed. Give it a rest, will ya?!
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Computers have been replaced by tablets many years ago. Most people don't need to use "computers" anymore like they did before the tablets.
First of all, the original Apple keyboard was removed close to a year after it's release. So it looks like it didn't succeed or at the time SJ decided it wasn't the best thing because of ergonomics,
http://www.businessinsider.com/steve-jobs-touch-screen-mac-2010-10
And the Cook comparison of the SP4 and the fridge/toaster was clear, 2 in 1 devices aren't good. My question is, how good is an iPad Pro as a desktop replacement? Isn't a SP4 a better option for desktop/laptop tasks? You say that MS force a desktop OS in a mobile tablet. But isn't Apple forcing a mobile OS as a desktop replacement?
And what about Apple pushing iPad Pro as a desktop replacement? Is that a good idea?
You guys are funny!
Scientists and Engineers at NASA (edited)
Your turn.
The percentage that matters.
You are never superior for the device you use or prefer, neither are you inferior, it's horses for courses and my choice is mine and yours is yours, and what works best for the person who uses it is the best one, whether you call it a fucking computer or a device or a tablet, it's just a name and this game is like children on a playground hurling insults at each other.
It's like watching a bunch of children argue whether a pencil or a pen is the best note taking tool.
Grow the fuck up.
iPads have had keyboards for YEARS! The iPad Pro is just a Pro version of an iPad.
MS thinks they invented the keyboard.
Also remember when they showed off the first Syrface, they hyped the keyboard more than the Surface itself.
Surface Pro 4: Sleep of death
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/05/27/sleep_of_death_windows_10/
I travel a lot abroad and iPad becomes a helpless device, if there is no affordable Internet connection available. Apple does not allow to sync all your data with your iPad in a convenient way and to continue to work in an offline mode. While on a Mac, this is a piece of cake
The lack of an USB port is another weak point. I live in a country where for any official communication with the authorities a user is identified by his identity card, connected via a USB chip card reader.
This one is CERN (I think) at the press announcement of the Higgs-boson discovery - other shots of the room just show how popular real computers are (Macbook Pros) with this crowd, and not a computer-lite in sight.