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Apple sells iPad Pros which they call “computers”. Those are powerful devices, but there is not much productivity software available, and UI is very different f
by ajconway 7y ago
Apple sells iPad Pros which they call “computers”. Those are powerful devices, but there is not much productivity software available, and UI is very different from traditional desktop interfaces.
Apple could offer an Air-class machine powered by ARM with a familiar macOS, and most developers would be able to support it in a matter of weeks, if not days.
- coldtea 7y ago>but there is not much productivity software available Huh? There is more productivity software available for iPad's than for a PC in 1995.
- tpush 7y agoThe iPad doesn't compete against PCs from 1995 though, and PCs from 1995 didn't compete with PCs from 2019.
- scarface74 7y agoThere is Microsoft Office and Adobe has previewed full Photoshop on it. What other mainstream productivity software do most people need?
- colejohnson66 7y agoVisual Studio?
- scarface74 7y agoI did say “mainstream”. Despite the HN bubble, development is not in the “mainstream”. Besides, personally, I can’t stand developing on just a laptop screen. I need at least one external monitor and preferably two. If I had to do a lot of development on the go, I would have invest in a portable USB monitor or use my iPad as a second display.