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All the iPad reviews on youtube, Marques, Dave2D, the Verge...they were all crying out for a chance to fully exploit the blindingly fast A12 chip with software

by exergy 8y ago

All the iPad reviews on youtube, Marques, Dave2D, the Verge...they were all crying out for a chance to fully exploit the blindingly fast A12 chip with software to match. Specifically multiple displays and mouse support.

coldtea 8y ago
So, no touchpad mentioned.
- exergy 8y ago
  Ah, sorry, did you mean a Macbook with touch capabilities? In which case Linus has shouted himself hoarse begging for MacOS to adopt touchscreens. And I agree with him. I own a Surface. Having a touchscreen is one of those things that, for some at least, becomes a must have. For me it helps it walk the line between productivity machine and Youtube-while-cooking-dinner tablet.
  - coldtea 8y ago
    Linus (for other readers: not Torvalds) is a random YouTuber, not an "Apple technoratti", which was the original claim -- that would be someone like Gruber, Jason Snell, the guys at The Loop, 9to5 Mac, Apple Insider, and so on). Original claim: "There's no touchpad Yet... with many of the Apple technorati asking for one and saying it's a necessary next step" Have actual "apple technoratti" asked for a touchpad? I never read one do so. Have they asked for touchscreens? Some did, some are against. In any case, I don't exactly see the reasoning. iPad is criticized because it doesn't have mouse support, and the Mac is criticized because it doesn't have touch support. As if a hybrid model wont have all the problems the Surface has -- (touch not that useful when using a keyboard, and mouse-based apps not that useful with touch) --and presumably the kind of lackluster sales the Surface has compared to the iPad.
    - shaklee3 8y ago
      I don't know who those people are, so I googled. It does look like Gruber proposed a track pad: https://daringfireball.net/2017/05/ipad_trackpad https://daringfireball.net/2017/05/ipad_trackpad
      - coldtea 8y ago
        Nice find, hadn't seen that. Note that while he does propose one, he does it contrary to the spirit discussed here (of getting desktop OS X parity), even adding: "Even if users expect a mouse cursor when they first see the trackpad, they’ll adjust quickly when they realize it isn’t there. If they wanted a MacBook they’d be using a MacBook. By definition anyone using an iPad is not expecting it to act like a Mac."
bunnycorn 8y ago
And all the examples you cited are NOT Apple technoratti. In fact, those three (Marques, Dave2D and The Verge) are profoundly anti-Apple. Just because they show them using MacBooks and iMacs in the background, doesn't mean anything.

by exergy 8y ago

coldtea 8y ago

So, no touchpad mentioned.

exergy 8y ago
Ah, sorry, did you mean a Macbook with touch capabilities? In which case Linus has shouted himself hoarse begging for MacOS to adopt touchscreens. And I agree with him. I own a Surface. Having a touchscreen is one of those things that, for some at least, becomes a must have. For me it helps it walk the line between productivity machine and Youtube-while-cooking-dinner tablet.
- coldtea 8y ago
  Linus (for other readers: not Torvalds) is a random YouTuber, not an "Apple technoratti", which was the original claim -- that would be someone like Gruber, Jason Snell, the guys at The Loop, 9to5 Mac, Apple Insider, and so on). Original claim: "There's no touchpad Yet... with many of the Apple technorati asking for one and saying it's a necessary next step" Have actual "apple technoratti" asked for a touchpad? I never read one do so. Have they asked for touchscreens? Some did, some are against. In any case, I don't exactly see the reasoning. iPad is criticized because it doesn't have mouse support, and the Mac is criticized because it doesn't have touch support. As if a hybrid model wont have all the problems the Surface has -- (touch not that useful when using a keyboard, and mouse-based apps not that useful with touch) --and presumably the kind of lackluster sales the Surface has compared to the iPad.
  - shaklee3 8y ago
    I don't know who those people are, so I googled. It does look like Gruber proposed a track pad: https://daringfireball.net/2017/05/ipad_trackpad https://daringfireball.net/2017/05/ipad_trackpad
    - coldtea 8y ago
      Nice find, hadn't seen that. Note that while he does propose one, he does it contrary to the spirit discussed here (of getting desktop OS X parity), even adding: "Even if users expect a mouse cursor when they first see the trackpad, they’ll adjust quickly when they realize it isn’t there. If they wanted a MacBook they’d be using a MacBook. By definition anyone using an iPad is not expecting it to act like a Mac."

bunnycorn 8y ago

And all the examples you cited are NOT Apple technoratti. In fact, those three (Marques, Dave2D and The Verge) are profoundly anti-Apple. Just because they show them using MacBooks and iMacs in the background, doesn't mean anything.