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This may sound crazy, but I would consider my iPad Mini 4 (with cellular) to be my primary computing device. To be fair, I have multiple desktop computers, lap

This may sound crazy, but I would consider my iPad Mini 4 (with cellular) to be my primary computing device. To be fair, I have multiple desktop computers, laptops, and servers in my house. And for work we each get a development laptop and a desktop with multiple monitors. So I'm no luddite by any stretch. But it fits in the front pocket of a pair of Dockers type pants. Meaning, I often leave my phone at home and carry just my iPad. It travels with me to work and home. I bring it to meetings instead of my laptop, unless I am coding. I leave it open to skype so that conversations don't break my typing flow. It sits in front of my computer while I am home playing youtube. I bring it onto the front porch on a cool evening for kindle and carcassonne. And it goes with me to the hot tub. I originally bought it as a travel companion device. But found it fit so well, that I just carry it with me pretty much anywhere.

Marsymars 8y ago
> I leave it open to skype so that conversations don't break my typing flow. Even though I use it, I'm seriously considering uninstalling Skype on my iPad, since the idle battery drain of Skype is more than everything else on my iPad combined.
- lotsofpulp 8y ago
  My main incentive to cut out Google/Microsoft/Facebook products is to save on battery life, it makes a material difference.
reaperducer 8y ago
This may sound crazy, but I would consider my iPad Mini 4 (with cellular) to be my primary computing device. Not crazy at all. For millions of people around the world, even in developed countries, a phone or tablet is their main computing device. There was an Apple presentation about it once that mentioned some crazy percent, and I bet it's only gotten larger since then.
cheeze 8y ago
I'm with you but with my S10+ at this point. I use it for browsing the internet casually. As soon as I get to work I hook it up trough my USB-C hub to DeX to watch plex. When I get home, if I want to get some work done I hook it up over DeX and boot ubuntu on it. I don't bring a computer with me when I travel, I use RDP from DeX if I need to do some real heavy lifting that the Ubuntu distro I have can't do (which rarely happens, but does happen.) At this point I could go months with my phone, a USB-C PD charger, an HDMI cable, and a cheap ($20) USB-C hub. DeX is criminally underrated and the major reason I'm going Android (Samsung more than Android even) over iOS this generation. Granted, I'm losing out on security/privacy :(.
- kkapelon 8y ago
  How do you run Ubuntu on the phone?
  - saagarjha 8y ago
    Using DeX?
  - wvenable 8y ago
    https://www.linuxondex.com/ https://www.linuxondex.com/
- ianai 8y ago
  I definitely wish Apple would go this route. Seems they could get a lot of mileage with the bandwidth of usb-c.
anongraddebt 8y ago
Not crazy or I'm crazy along with you. My primary computing device for work and personal tasks is a six inch smartphone. I've actually developed a marked annoyance when working on a laptop or desktop.
nine_k 8y ago
So, it's a primary communication and consumption device. Very much like a smartphone, but with a bigger and better screen. Apparently it's the "phablet" of a few years back, finally implemented well.
- ianai 8y ago
  Except my gen2 mini was my favorite “back when” too ;) I learned and read quite a lot on it!

Marsymars 8y ago

> I leave it open to skype so that conversations don't break my typing flow. Even though I use it, I'm seriously considering uninstalling Skype on my iPad, since the idle battery drain of Skype is more than everything else on my iPad combined.

lotsofpulp 8y ago
My main incentive to cut out Google/Microsoft/Facebook products is to save on battery life, it makes a material difference.

reaperducer 8y ago

This may sound crazy, but I would consider my iPad Mini 4 (with cellular) to be my primary computing device. Not crazy at all. For millions of people around the world, even in developed countries, a phone or tablet is their main computing device. There was an Apple presentation about it once that mentioned some crazy percent, and I bet it's only gotten larger since then.

cheeze 8y ago

I'm with you but with my S10+ at this point. I use it for browsing the internet casually. As soon as I get to work I hook it up trough my USB-C hub to DeX to watch plex. When I get home, if I want to get some work done I hook it up over DeX and boot ubuntu on it. I don't bring a computer with me when I travel, I use RDP from DeX if I need to do some real heavy lifting that the Ubuntu distro I have can't do (which rarely happens, but does happen.) At this point I could go months with my phone, a USB-C PD charger, an HDMI cable, and a cheap ($20) USB-C hub. DeX is criminally underrated and the major reason I'm going Android (Samsung more than Android even) over iOS this generation. Granted, I'm losing out on security/privacy :(.

kkapelon 8y ago
How do you run Ubuntu on the phone?
- saagarjha 8y ago
  Using DeX?
- wvenable 8y ago
  https://www.linuxondex.com/ https://www.linuxondex.com/
ianai 8y ago
I definitely wish Apple would go this route. Seems they could get a lot of mileage with the bandwidth of usb-c.

anongraddebt 8y ago

Not crazy or I'm crazy along with you. My primary computing device for work and personal tasks is a six inch smartphone. I've actually developed a marked annoyance when working on a laptop or desktop.

nine_k 8y ago

So, it's a primary communication and consumption device. Very much like a smartphone, but with a bigger and better screen. Apparently it's the "phablet" of a few years back, finally implemented well.

ianai 8y ago
Except my gen2 mini was my favorite “back when” too ;) I learned and read quite a lot on it!