Re:Apple Unveils the iPad Pro
by MBCook on Wednesday September 09, 2015 @05:16PM
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> For a device at that size, weight, and cost you would be better served buying an Macbook Air.
Unless of course you want a 12" screen with a digitizer, then that Air is useless to you without some very expensive 3rd party hardware.
> If you want a tablet form factor then you would be better served buying a Surface [...]
The iPad pro is a tablet.
> [...] since at least it runs a real operating system designed for "pro" use not the closed eco system that is iOS.
Yeah, there's the rub. The only thing is many people don't care. Do you know why businesses bought Macs in the early 90s? To run Photoshop or Quark Xpress or Pagemaker. The workers didn't need computers, they needed things that ran Photoshop.
What happened when Photoshop couldn't keep up on the Mac since Intel was racing ahead? Many companies bought PCs to run Photoshop.
Tons and tons of people don't care about the OS. In fact the simplicity of iOS may be a boon to them. They're probably using Adobe Creative Cloud anyway.
Tablet? Light? Runs software they care about? Works well? They'll buy it.
> My current generation Apple TV is unplugged and gathering dust while I use the Smart TV, PS4, Xbox 360 (In that order) for my on demand streaming.
That's because the current Apple TV sucks. It was fine once, but it's basically been unchanged for about 5 years. They're fixing that.
I don't know about you, but the "Smart TV" stuff built into my TV is terribly slow. And I don't want to boot a full console to stream a little video. Many people don't even own game consoles.
> Why Apple didn't put iTunes on Smart TVs
See previous paragraph about smart TVs sucking. Apple has learned it's lesson (see Motorola ROKR).
> Almost forgot to mention; this thing doesn't even support UHD?
And I'm sure the 1% of the population with 4k TVs and fast enough internet connections is really sad about that.
Of course iTunes doesn't even have 4k content, but surely their box should play it right? After all it will never be updated again.
They did the same thing with 1080p support. It will come when there is more demand.
Unless of course you want a 12" screen with a digitizer, then that Air is useless to you without some very expensive 3rd party hardware.
> If you want a tablet form factor then you would be better served buying a Surface [...]
The iPad pro is a tablet.
> [...] since at least it runs a real operating system designed for "pro" use not the closed eco system that is iOS.
Yeah, there's the rub. The only thing is many people don't care. Do you know why businesses bought Macs in the early 90s? To run Photoshop or Quark Xpress or Pagemaker. The workers didn't need computers, they needed things that ran Photoshop.
What happened when Photoshop couldn't keep up on the Mac since Intel was racing ahead? Many companies bought PCs to run Photoshop.
Tons and tons of people don't care about the OS. In fact the simplicity of iOS may be a boon to them. They're probably using Adobe Creative Cloud anyway.
Tablet? Light? Runs software they care about? Works well? They'll buy it.
> My current generation Apple TV is unplugged and gathering dust while I use the Smart TV, PS4, Xbox 360 (In that order) for my on demand streaming.
That's because the current Apple TV sucks. It was fine once, but it's basically been unchanged for about 5 years. They're fixing that.
I don't know about you, but the "Smart TV" stuff built into my TV is terribly slow. And I don't want to boot a full console to stream a little video. Many people don't even own game consoles.
> Why Apple didn't put iTunes on Smart TVs
See previous paragraph about smart TVs sucking. Apple has learned it's lesson (see Motorola ROKR).
> Almost forgot to mention; this thing doesn't even support UHD?
And I'm sure the 1% of the population with 4k TVs and fast enough internet connections is really sad about that.
Of course iTunes doesn't even have 4k content, but surely their box should play it right? After all it will never be updated again.
They did the same thing with 1080p support. It will come when there is more demand.
> Tim Cook needs a wake up call.
That's pretty hyperbolic, don't you think?