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It’s surprising, or at least very interesting, that the move to work from home did not result in people using iPads, but actual desktop computers. Turns out peo
by underseacables 6y ago
It’s surprising, or at least very interesting, that the move to work from home did not result in people using iPads, but actual desktop computers. Turns out people actually need “big trucks” to get work done, and the “post-pc” world is actually dependent upon PCs.
Reference: “Steve Jobs on the Post PC era”
https://youtu.be/YfJ3QxJYsw8 https://youtu.be/YfJ3QxJYsw8
Was Steve wrong?
- fakedang 6y agoThe majority of office work is on the Office stack, or coding, neither of which can be done optimally on an iPad. Not at all a surprise. When those two change, say somehow no-code platforms become popular, or Office with Touch becomes more convenient, then we'll see the post-PC shift.
- forgotmypw17 6y agoit,s not about the form factor, but about the available software. the ios environment is a pathetic consumption sandbox, little more than a tv. i regularly do web dev on my phone size android 7 and 8 devices, even without a dedicated keyboard, where i can have something resembling a full *nix via termux. if ios offers anything resembling general purpose computing, i,m not aware of it.