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I don't think HN is the target audience for the iPad. I have one and use it as a reading device. Others use it for games and social media, where the many accur
by jseliger 7y ago
I don't think HN is the target audience for the iPad. I have one and use it as a reading device.
Others use it for games and social media, where the many accurate deficiencies you point out don't matter much. The average person seems to use it within a narrow sandbox where it works. The minute you try to do something else with it, you'll struggle and be disappointed.
- JauntTrooper 7y agoIt’s the device of choice for most public company directors and senior executives I meet. I know of a few companies that issued them to their directors for board use. Senior investment bankers also use them extensively while traveling. It’s the corporate lawyers and junior investment bankers that rely more on laptops (mostly for Word, PowerPoint and Excel).
- babypuncher 7y agoYeah a lot of the comments here just don't make a lot of sense to me. I use mine to read books, and watch TV/Movies when traveling. It's a consumption device, not a work device. I guess where the confusion comes from is the iPad Pro, which Apple pitches as a device for creators. However, they've been pretty unambiguous about targeting artists, not developers. I don't think they expect anyone to start programming with an Apple Pencil.