The Failure of the iPad

Re:The Failure of the iPad by dreamcompiler on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @10:41AM (#22181706)

For me, real work means "realistically replace my laptop." The iPad cannot begin to do that. Apple could have designed IOS as a tightly integrated touch/keyboard-optional system, but they chose not to. Instead it's a bunch of app-centric silos that is decidedly hostile to most of my laptop-like keyboarding use cases.

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Re:The Failure of the iPad by compiler-guy on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @04:20PM (#22185957)

All true and mostly irrelevant. The iPad doesn't solve all use cases for everyone, it just solves some really good ones.

So it's a bit like saying that "this bandsaw doesn't is terrible for hammering nails." It's true, but that doesn't mean a bandsaw is a useless tool.

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Re:The Failure of the iPad by tomtheelder on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @06:38PM (#22187260)

Not irrelevant at all. The previous commenter's point was that many workflows have been made difficult/impossible by the design of the OS, and not for pro-user reasons. The iPad could support many additional uses cases without compromising at all on the ones it already serves. That is the frustration that is being expressed.

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