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It’s not like there is much of an alternative. Android isn’t that much better, and its hardware offerings suck. Apple has an effective monopoly on quality table

by Siira 5y ago

It’s not like there is much of an alternative. Android isn’t that much better, and its hardware offerings suck. Apple has an effective monopoly on quality tablet hardware, as far as I know. (I don’t understand why, but then again, I don’t understand how there can be years-long shortages of PS5 either. Why don’t they just increase the fucking price? ...)

justinclift 5y ago
Possibly interestingly, I just bought a 2nd hand MS Surface Pro 3 tablet for about US$300 (8GB RAM, i5 Cpu, 256GB SSD). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_Pro_3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_Pro_3 Specifically because I'm looking for something to run Blender (blender.org) on. The iPad Pro could only run it via Sidecar from a real Mac (eg tethered laptop or similar). Android has an ancient version (circa ~2013), which isn't a real option. Could have spent money on a new Surface Pro, but trying things out on an older model seems to be working so far. :) From my point of view, there are more options than just iOS and Android for tablets. Apparently Linux can be installed on Surface Pro's too, though that's a future "maybe" item for this one.
tomp 5y ago
Microsoft Surface Go is a technological marvel. Full-blown x86 computer in tablet form. I’ve used it for the past year as my only machine (I’m a fulltime + hobby software developer). It’s 100% on par with Apple hardware (including the foldable keyboard & trackpad, and the lack of RAM). Software is a different issue, but for development work it mostly doesn’t matter that much (I use IntellJ, conda, Jupyter & Chrome, and all of those are completely cross platform). I haven’t tried Surface Pro but I imagine it’s equally good, just bigger.
- smoldesu 5y ago
  +1 for the Surface line. Apple can eat their heart out honestly, Ubuntu plus Surface is a pretty killer combo.
justinclift 5y ago
In addition to the MS Surface tablets, Lenovo makes a 2-in-1 laptop with detachable keyboard that can be used as a tablet, and apparently is pretty good at it. eg: https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpad-x/X12-Detachable-G1/p/22TPX12X2D1 https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpad-x/X12... Depending on what you're after, a modern 2-in-1 laptop like the Lenovo Yoga (they have a range), HP Elitebook x360, or similar might work well too: https://www.lenovo.com/au/en/laptops/yoga/yoga-2-in-1-series/c/yoga-2-in-1-series https://www.lenovo.com/au/en/laptops/yoga/yoga-2-in-1-series... https://store.hp.com/au-en/default/business-laptops-elitebook-x360 https://store.hp.com/au-en/default/business-laptops-eliteboo...

by Siira 5y ago

justinclift 5y ago

Possibly interestingly, I just bought a 2nd hand MS Surface Pro 3 tablet for about US$300 (8GB RAM, i5 Cpu, 256GB SSD). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_Pro_3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_Pro_3 Specifically because I'm looking for something to run Blender (blender.org) on. The iPad Pro could only run it via Sidecar from a real Mac (eg tethered laptop or similar). Android has an ancient version (circa ~2013), which isn't a real option. Could have spent money on a new Surface Pro, but trying things out on an older model seems to be working so far. :) From my point of view, there are more options than just iOS and Android for tablets. Apparently Linux can be installed on Surface Pro's too, though that's a future "maybe" item for this one.

tomp 5y ago

Microsoft Surface Go is a technological marvel. Full-blown x86 computer in tablet form. I’ve used it for the past year as my only machine (I’m a fulltime + hobby software developer). It’s 100% on par with Apple hardware (including the foldable keyboard & trackpad, and the lack of RAM). Software is a different issue, but for development work it mostly doesn’t matter that much (I use IntellJ, conda, Jupyter & Chrome, and all of those are completely cross platform). I haven’t tried Surface Pro but I imagine it’s equally good, just bigger.

smoldesu 5y ago
+1 for the Surface line. Apple can eat their heart out honestly, Ubuntu plus Surface is a pretty killer combo.

justinclift 5y ago

In addition to the MS Surface tablets, Lenovo makes a 2-in-1 laptop with detachable keyboard that can be used as a tablet, and apparently is pretty good at it. eg: https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpad-x/X12-Detachable-G1/p/22TPX12X2D1 https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpad-x/X12... Depending on what you're after, a modern 2-in-1 laptop like the Lenovo Yoga (they have a range), HP Elitebook x360, or similar might work well too: https://www.lenovo.com/au/en/laptops/yoga/yoga-2-in-1-series/c/yoga-2-in-1-series https://www.lenovo.com/au/en/laptops/yoga/yoga-2-in-1-series... https://store.hp.com/au-en/default/business-laptops-elitebook-x360 https://store.hp.com/au-en/default/business-laptops-eliteboo...