Re:Drawing on the new iPad
by qball on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @03:49PM
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>Since there is no alternative to inefficient software, products such as the 2019 iPad are praised because they can bludgeon through these tasks and still appear fast, but only due to their sheer power.
The iPad is the alternative to inefficient software. In this case, the inefficient software is a web page that doesn't just have to load the media you want, but the entire application to run it too.
It should be telling that a lot of shops use Electron, because even though it takes 500MB+ of RAM to run (for example) an IRC client, at least you don't have to download the code more than once.
Contrast that to a thin client devices that already have this feature, have had it for the last 10 years, and have it already done natively. This is why it should surprise nobody that iPads are "good enough" today.
Re:Drawing on the new iPad
by pickdenis on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @07:06PM
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I wrote that part of my comment in error. It wasn't my intention to blast the iPad's software suite as inefficient, but rather draw attention to the fact that the user's DESKTOP computer couldn't handle what the iPad could easily handle.
The iPad is the alternative to inefficient software. In this case, the inefficient software is a web page that doesn't just have to load the media you want, but the entire application to run it too.
It should be telling that a lot of shops use Electron, because even though it takes 500MB+ of RAM to run (for example) an IRC client, at least you don't have to download the code more than once.
Contrast that to a thin client devices that already have this feature, have had it for the last 10 years, and have it already done natively. This is why it should surprise nobody that iPads are "good enough" today.