The primary selling point for these larger tablets is as a laptop replacement, not just for use as a tablet. If I were to buy an iPad Pro or Surface Pro, it would be so I could do work on it. This means being able to run XCode / Visual Studio at a minimum.
It's irrational to use a tablet rather than a laptop for coding. Unless it's at the toy level.
I have never found a laptop keyboard that was good enough for long duration coding either. That is why having a docking station is also a prerequisite for any laptop replacement hybrid tablet.
Then it's doubly true for you that choosing a tablet for coding is irrational.
Generally speaking a phone that's off isn't much use for receiving phone calls. That's why they just go to sleep when they time out, or you tap the on/off switch. But for those time that you genuinely want an iPhone off, you hold down the power button for a few seconds, then swipe to switch off. Then it's really off. No phone calls, no Siri.
Desiring XCode on a tablet is irrational. A good keyboard is essential for any real coding.
Can I run the full versions of Photoshop and XCode on the iPad Pro? Can I use the desktop verson of Microsoft Office on the iPad Pro?
For "desktop" read optimised for indirect control mouse, trackpad or digitiser input. Not touch. There are iPad specific versions of Photoshop and Office, and that's obviously better. The iPad Pro is going to be very popular with designers.
The point is that there is nothing you need a stylus for. Because the stylus isn't included in the bundle. Everything is designed to be operated by finger touch just as before. It's an optional extra, that's all. Very desirable for artists. And a small number of other uses.
So you don't have any money in a savings or pension fund that owns Apple shares?
Nope. The stock market has been a terrible investment for years. I'm not in it directly or indirectly.
(Now watch some idiot highlight a winning stock - such as Apple- with 20-20 hindsight, and forget to mention that most people have lost money on the stockmarket.)
They're just in a transition. When current models have run their course they'll be back to two lines.
Apple's been down this road before. In the mid 90s there were so many different Apple models, Performa, Centris, Quada, God knows what else, that I had no idea what to get. You know which one I got? None of them. That's when I finally went to PC.
The choice argument makes no sense there as the choices were even bigger when picking a PC. The real reason they didn't sell well is that Mac were not good enough for the price they were charging at that time. Unlike now.
Jobs tiny number of choices made a lot of sense when Apple was small and they wanted to get bigger. But at the size Apple is now, they would be limited by saturation if they didn't make sure they covered most users needs. The large size 6 and 6+ (whilst retaining the 5s) were criticised last year for exactly what you are saying. Yet Apple was losing market share, and is now gaining it again, thanks to satisfying the people that wanted a bigger phone.
I think I do remember them saying if you bought an app for the phone you'd automatically get an AppleTV version if there was one, but I'm not sure about that.
I certainly hope not. That would mean yet more work for developers for no more money. It's hard enough already with the low prices on the App Store.
Many? Of course. Lots of people want a cheap phone, and that's what Android is for. However lots of other people want a good phone and are prepared to pay the price.
I for one bought my iPhone outright, because I don't like to be caught in a contract, and I'll keep it for perhaps 5 years.
Even if you were right, and there's at best a 50% chance of that. Why would it matter to anyone who doesn't have Apple shares. Which is nearly everyone.
And that was always a mistake for Android. I understand in the next version they are finally following the iOS model, and are asking for permissions individually at the time of first use. So if you never use a feature that requires GPS for example, the app should never ask for permission for it.
Climate change isn't a socialist principle, it's a scientific fact. If you're opposed to socialism, you just weaken your argument by denying science. It suggests all the other right wingers are ignorant too.
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The primary selling point for these larger tablets is as a laptop replacement, not just for use as a tablet. If I were to buy an iPad Pro or Surface Pro, it would be so I could do work on it. This means being able to run XCode / Visual Studio at a minimum.
It's irrational to use a tablet rather than a laptop for coding. Unless it's at the toy level.
I have never found a laptop keyboard that was good enough for long duration coding either. That is why having a docking station is also a prerequisite for any laptop replacement hybrid tablet.
Then it's doubly true for you that choosing a tablet for coding is irrational.
Generally speaking a phone that's off isn't much use for receiving phone calls. That's why they just go to sleep when they time out, or you tap the on/off switch. But for those time that you genuinely want an iPhone off, you hold down the power button for a few seconds, then swipe to switch off. Then it's really off. No phone calls, no Siri.
It wouldn't be much use as a phone if it was really off.
Desiring XCode on a tablet is irrational. A good keyboard is essential for any real coding.
Can I run the full versions of Photoshop and XCode on the iPad Pro? Can I use the desktop verson of Microsoft Office on the iPad Pro?
For "desktop" read optimised for indirect control mouse, trackpad or digitiser input. Not touch. There are iPad specific versions of Photoshop and Office, and that's obviously better. The iPad Pro is going to be very popular with designers.
The point is that there is nothing you need a stylus for. Because the stylus isn't included in the bundle. Everything is designed to be operated by finger touch just as before. It's an optional extra, that's all. Very desirable for artists. And a small number of other uses.
The Pencil will give you all the accuracy you need for driving a Windows screen.
Yes, the Pro is the most descriptive word possible. It's the iPad you buy to do work on.
Lame? You forgot the bit about it having less space than a Nomad.
You think Roku is going to fare any better than Nomad? No chance.
So you don't have any money in a savings or pension fund that owns Apple shares?
Nope. The stock market has been a terrible investment for years. I'm not in it directly or indirectly.
(Now watch some idiot highlight a winning stock - such as Apple- with 20-20 hindsight, and forget to mention that most people have lost money on the stockmarket.)
MacBook, Air, Pro?
They're just in a transition. When current models have run their course they'll be back to two lines.
Apple's been down this road before. In the mid 90s there were so many different Apple models, Performa, Centris, Quada, God knows what else, that I had no idea what to get. You know which one I got? None of them. That's when I finally went to PC.
The choice argument makes no sense there as the choices were even bigger when picking a PC. The real reason they didn't sell well is that Mac were not good enough for the price they were charging at that time. Unlike now.
Jobs tiny number of choices made a lot of sense when Apple was small and they wanted to get bigger. But at the size Apple is now, they would be limited by saturation if they didn't make sure they covered most users needs. The large size 6 and 6+ (whilst retaining the 5s) were criticised last year for exactly what you are saying. Yet Apple was losing market share, and is now gaining it again, thanks to satisfying the people that wanted a bigger phone.
I think I do remember them saying if you bought an app for the phone you'd automatically get an AppleTV version if there was one, but I'm not sure about that.
I certainly hope not. That would mean yet more work for developers for no more money. It's hard enough already with the low prices on the App Store.
What makes you think you can't mount an iPhone on a steadycam or tripod?
Of course it's self hosting. Have you been sleeping since 2009?
Many? Of course. Lots of people want a cheap phone, and that's what Android is for. However lots of other people want a good phone and are prepared to pay the price.
I for one bought my iPhone outright, because I don't like to be caught in a contract, and I'll keep it for perhaps 5 years.
Even if you were right, and there's at best a 50% chance of that. Why would it matter to anyone who doesn't have Apple shares. Which is nearly everyone.
The amusing thing behind your whinge is that you EXPECT Apple to do something revolutionary and magical every year.
Force touch: What happened to long-press?
Nothing. It's still there. Force touch (3D whatever) does something different.
Wanna bet?
No. People like me are why things ARE done. Because I act personally, and I campaign, and I congratulate those who do the right thing.
You do nothing. Because you couldn't give a shit.
Why are you so consistently wrong?
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And that was always a mistake for Android. I understand in the next version they are finally following the iOS model, and are asking for permissions individually at the time of first use. So if you never use a feature that requires GPS for example, the app should never ask for permission for it.
Predictive text is local. It doesn't require giving some corporation your data.
Try again.
Because it's Apple, and the typical slashdot denizen tries to frame everything Apple does as bad, even when it's good.
Climate change isn't a socialist principle, it's a scientific fact. If you're opposed to socialism, you just weaken your argument by denying science. It suggests all the other right wingers are ignorant too.
Well that's your opinion. Happily environmentalists aren't ruled by your opinion.