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I believe this is simply because people doing serious coding work always want to have a proper permanently attached keyboard. So they would use a MacBook Air wi
by fxtentacle 7y ago
I believe this is simply because people doing serious coding work always want to have a proper permanently attached keyboard. So they would use a MacBook Air with ARM CPU, but not a tablet.
- freehunter 7y agoIf that was the case no one would write code on a Surface, a laptop with an external keyboard, or even a desktop tower.
- cyberbanjo 7y agoI do consider my desktop towers keyboard "permanent". I don't swap keyboards, I always use that one.
- CarlRJ 7y agoOf course, by that standard, someone with an iPad with a keyboard attached (the ones that are part of a case/cover) could just as easily consider their keyboard "permanent".
- arsome 7y agoOkay but how many people run iPads with keyboard attachments yet don't have a desktop or laptop that would be better for the purpose anyways? I'd wager few. If that market were larger it would be catered to.
- freehunter 7y agoSounds like a chicken and egg problem. No one does it because the software they need doesn’t exist. The software they need doesn’t exist because no one uses the iPad that way.
- arvinsim 7y agoIt's definitely not about the hardware, given that the iPad has. mouse/trackpad support now. It's about the software.
- int_19h 7y agoSoftware is written for hardware. So long as most people don't use iPads with a mouse, few iPad apps will bother optimizing UX for it.