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My iPad (air 2) works for me as the perfect "consumption" device wherever I are. Reading blogs, kindle app for books (prefer it to the old kindle device by far)

My iPad (air 2) works for me as the perfect "consumption" device wherever I are. Reading blogs, kindle app for books (prefer it to the old kindle device by far), twitter, facebook, mails, and so on. Also a few games like fallout shelter for the 5 minutes in between, or even stuff like deus ex, quite immersive gaming experience for a tablet. For when I want to "produce" things, I grab my 13" mbp pro. Actually I have always both, my ipad and my macbook, in a bag with me. Bonuspoint for developers: the iPad can serve DashDoc remotely when coding on your mac! :D

geophile 11y ago
My wife started working for Apple retail a year ago. During training, they asked what an iPad would be used for, and my wife gave pretty much exactly your response -- it's for consumption. WRONG! There was an ad campaign at the time, showing iPads as an important tool in writing music, climbing mountains, etc. They were trying very hard to convince people that iPads were for people doing things, not couch potatoes. I'm not sure they really convinced anyone.
- msh 11y ago
  Ehmm somebody is using it for more than consumption: https://mobile.twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/616345992506540037 https://mobile.twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/616345992506540...
- anonyfox 11y ago
  Of course you can be productive on an iPad, no question. I have a keyboard-case for it, so writing a few letters or stuff like that is fairly straightforward and without much hassle. It comes down on what "producing" means for you. I am a developer. Yes, I can code even on my iPhone (code editor, ssh client, git client is installed), but i'm much more productive on an actual mac. If you're kinda office worker that uses mainly office software (word, excel, ...) and messaging (mail, slack, ...), an iPad with optional keyboard is perfectly capable as a primary working device, plus it's extremely portable and may even have mobile data plans attached.
  - geophile 11y ago
    The question was what people actually do on an iPad. And the consensus among people who don't get paid by Apple seems to be: couchsurfing.

geophile 11y ago

My wife started working for Apple retail a year ago. During training, they asked what an iPad would be used for, and my wife gave pretty much exactly your response -- it's for consumption. WRONG! There was an ad campaign at the time, showing iPads as an important tool in writing music, climbing mountains, etc. They were trying very hard to convince people that iPads were for people doing things, not couch potatoes. I'm not sure they really convinced anyone.

msh 11y ago
Ehmm somebody is using it for more than consumption: https://mobile.twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/616345992506540037 https://mobile.twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/616345992506540...
anonyfox 11y ago
Of course you can be productive on an iPad, no question. I have a keyboard-case for it, so writing a few letters or stuff like that is fairly straightforward and without much hassle. It comes down on what "producing" means for you. I am a developer. Yes, I can code even on my iPhone (code editor, ssh client, git client is installed), but i'm much more productive on an actual mac. If you're kinda office worker that uses mainly office software (word, excel, ...) and messaging (mail, slack, ...), an iPad with optional keyboard is perfectly capable as a primary working device, plus it's extremely portable and may even have mobile data plans attached.
- geophile 11y ago
  The question was what people actually do on an iPad. And the consensus among people who don't get paid by Apple seems to be: couchsurfing.