Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype?

Re:Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype? by hliyan on Thursday December 24, 2020 @09:31AM (#25527737)

Definitely this. To me, it's the most revolutionary thing they've done since the iPad.

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Re:Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype? by kzrdude on Thursday December 24, 2020 @09:50AM (#25527890)

I think the ipad is meh, so better than that. iphone?

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Re:Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype? by poulsbohemian on Thursday December 24, 2020 @11:58AM (#25529165)

I’ve gone back and forth about the iPad, but now that I’m in a non-technical field, it’s on the tipping point of being my daily driver. When I’m with clients and can hold it in my hand to share info it feels like I’m living in the future.

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Re:Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype? by e_proxus on Saturday December 26, 2020 @05:51AM (#25542631)

Good point. As a technical professional I’ve always been on the fence about the iPad because of its limitations. I love the form factor and specs, but it just isn’t good enough for e.g. programming.

If I was mainly writing and doing some simple graphical work I’d ditch my other devices in a heartbeat.

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Re:Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype? by skohan on Thursday December 24, 2020 @11:52AM (#25529101)

Same. I guess the iPad Pro is interesting for artists, but I have owned a couple of iPads and it turns out I would much rather have a laptop and an e-reader.

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Re:Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype? by webmobdev on Thursday December 24, 2020 @01:38PM (#25530098)

It's great as a "consumption" device to watch videos and read and play games.

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