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It's basically "pro" for a bunch of uses that take advantage of the sensors, input methods, and form factor, a tolerable-to-good replacement for a few other use
by intergalplan 5y ago
It's basically "pro" for a bunch of uses that take advantage of the sensors, input methods, and form factor, a tolerable-to-good replacement for a few other use cases with the addition of a keyboard, and useless for a few cases where you either need a no-bullshit very powerful local workstation or a very open operating system (or both).
Folks on HN have a strong tendency to label any computer-thing not serving that last use case, for which the iPad Pro is it no help at all, as a toy or "just a consumption device" (not saying you are, but it's a common sentiment on here). It's a kind of occupation-induced blindness, I think.
- perardi 5y ago(not saying you are, but it's a common sentiment on here). It's a kind of occupation-induced blindness, I think. Oh I am 100% guilty of that, and I admit that. I have been using Photoshop in some capacity since 1994, and I am 37 years old. So that “teeny tiny click targets and lots of keyboard chording” is just baked into the interaction homunculus in my head. It is admittedly difficult to for me to think of an iPad as a “Pro” tool. A blind spot I am working on, but once you get to be my age, you get set in your ways. You kids and your TikTok…
- intergalplan 5y agoOh, you didn't do it like some do, you just expressed that you didn't understand something, which is something everyone should probably do more often. Almost every time iPads come up on here there are several much more angry-seeming "LOL they're just toys for stupid consumer couch-potatoes to watch Netflix while conspicuously consuming Apple products, it's impossible to create things using a computer if you don't have root access" posts, which isn't at all the kind of thing you posted.