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Tablets are for consumption. Computers are for creation. It's been the case since the iPad 1 came out. Perhaps it'll change in the future, but this really shou

• spdustin 10y ago
  Respectfully, I've "created" on every iPad I've owned since the first. I write docs in Pages, create music in GarageBand, design web site graphics in Pixelmator, and edit code in Coda (and Prompt/Emacs). Tablets make it easy to consume, but do not fool yourself into thinking that's all they can do. My iPad Pro is more capable than the laptop I owned two years ago, and costs less as well.
  • halviti 10y ago
    You're definitely an outlier though, and no one is saying that it's not possible, it's just that the interface of a tablet (or lack thereof) presents an un-necessary hurdle that needs to be overcome. My company is responsible for a number of different school districts, and I've seen this happen at all of them, despite them being warned about the outcome beforehand.