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I'm baffled. The entire iPad ecosystem is extremely expensive portable TVs. They are also decent (but very expensive) e-readers. For messaging, web browsing, ga

by tootie 4y ago

I'm baffled. The entire iPad ecosystem is extremely expensive portable TVs. They are also decent (but very expensive) e-readers. For messaging, web browsing, gaming it's much easier to use a phone. For doing real work, you need a keyboard and a mouse/trackpad.

criddell 4y ago
If your real work involves reading or writing or sketching, an iPad is a pretty great choice. I use mine all the time for marking up PDFs, drawing, and note taking (I prefer handwriting to typing for notes).
- Aachen 4y ago
  But how does it do this better than any other brand out there? Is it the software (and then base OS or third-party), hardware that is better (not durability or so, but the accuracy of the pen I guess is relevant here), something else? As a non-apple user, forgive me for being skeptical but it sounds like (and I'm probably missing something) you're saying one needs an Apple tablet specifically for the grand task of drawing on a touchscreen. Or maybe you're using the word iPad to mean tablet in general and I'm reading too much into the comment?
  - criddell 4y ago
    The Apple Pencil is the best stylus I’ve ever used. The 13” size is perfect (it’s basically an A4 page). The handwriting recognition on the iPad is amazing. But mostly, it’s the software. GoodNotes and Procreate are my two killer apps. There’s nothing as good on any other platform. For me, the iPad Pro I have is justified by those two apps alone. Aside from an iPod a bunch of years ago, the iPad was my first Apple platform product. Last year I switched from a Google Pixel to an iPhone, so now I have two Apple products. The phone is fine but I was pretty happy on the Pixel too. The iPad though us my favorite computer to use.
yreg 4y ago
$329 is not extremely expensive. Apple sells both cheap iPads and expensive iPads. That's a good thing.
- tootie 4y ago
  You can get a Kindle Fire tablet for under $100. If you're just streaming video, absolutely anything with work.
  - gardenhedge 4y ago
    I bought a Kindle Fire tablet for my mother a few years ago. It had thousands of 5-star reviews. It turned out to be the biggest piece of junk I have ever used. There was one awful browser available. Everything took 10s of seconds to load. Awful, awful experience.
Gigachad 4y ago
Apple sells a rather expensive but high quality keyboard + trackpad stand for the ipad which gives it pretty much the same form as a laptop. It just requires better software for this use case.
- tootie 4y ago
  And they all cost an arm and a leg. For high portability and battery life, you'd easily be better off with a Chromebook.

by tootie 4y ago

criddell 4y ago

If your real work involves reading or writing or sketching, an iPad is a pretty great choice. I use mine all the time for marking up PDFs, drawing, and note taking (I prefer handwriting to typing for notes).

Aachen 4y ago
But how does it do this better than any other brand out there? Is it the software (and then base OS or third-party), hardware that is better (not durability or so, but the accuracy of the pen I guess is relevant here), something else? As a non-apple user, forgive me for being skeptical but it sounds like (and I'm probably missing something) you're saying one needs an Apple tablet specifically for the grand task of drawing on a touchscreen. Or maybe you're using the word iPad to mean tablet in general and I'm reading too much into the comment?
- criddell 4y ago
  The Apple Pencil is the best stylus I’ve ever used. The 13” size is perfect (it’s basically an A4 page). The handwriting recognition on the iPad is amazing. But mostly, it’s the software. GoodNotes and Procreate are my two killer apps. There’s nothing as good on any other platform. For me, the iPad Pro I have is justified by those two apps alone. Aside from an iPod a bunch of years ago, the iPad was my first Apple platform product. Last year I switched from a Google Pixel to an iPhone, so now I have two Apple products. The phone is fine but I was pretty happy on the Pixel too. The iPad though us my favorite computer to use.

yreg 4y ago

$329 is not extremely expensive. Apple sells both cheap iPads and expensive iPads. That's a good thing.

tootie 4y ago
You can get a Kindle Fire tablet for under $100. If you're just streaming video, absolutely anything with work.
- gardenhedge 4y ago
  I bought a Kindle Fire tablet for my mother a few years ago. It had thousands of 5-star reviews. It turned out to be the biggest piece of junk I have ever used. There was one awful browser available. Everything took 10s of seconds to load. Awful, awful experience.

Gigachad 4y ago

Apple sells a rather expensive but high quality keyboard + trackpad stand for the ipad which gives it pretty much the same form as a laptop. It just requires better software for this use case.

tootie 4y ago
And they all cost an arm and a leg. For high portability and battery life, you'd easily be better off with a Chromebook.