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I, and most of us on here, are likely power users of computers, and beyond my job, they are a big portion of my hobby as well. I acknowledge I'm in a unique si
by ar_lan 4y ago
I, and most of us on here, are likely power users of computers, and beyond my job, they are a big portion of my hobby as well.
I acknowledge I'm in a unique situation where I run a home lab and so I have a local cloud, but because of that, I can effectively do 100% of my job off an iPad Pro (I don't want to for quite a few reasons, but I could). If I didn't have my home lab, I could get close by deploying my OS on AWS/Digital Ocean/etc. and have the same effect (though latency would drive me nuts eventually + internet connectivity issues - though this would break my job anyway).
If I weren't coding, I'd probably entirely switch to the iPad. I do all my document editing on it. I do my code reviews on it, architecture planning, etc.
I could realistically see the average consumer never needing anything more powerful than something like an iPad Air. I complpetely believe we will head to the era where the only hardware the average consumer needs includes:
* Great resolution screen
* Great internet connection
* Great input controls
* Minimal CPU/RAM to run a robust, hardened portal to cloud services
iPads are basically beefier versions of even that.
- ghaff 4y ago>iPads are basically beefier versions of even that. I'm happy using a good Chromebook for most things but I've never found an iPad--even with external keypad--to be an adequate substitute for anything involving text editing.
- ar_lan 4y agoYeah - it's a specific implementation of the general idea. Chromebooks essentially fit the same bill. I just happen to have an iPad (and I do most arch design with a stylus so the Apple Pencil is fairly crucial to my workflow). I'm fairly happy with the magic keyboard with it, but understand different preferences!
- ghaff 4y agoYeah, I don't really draw much and I'm used to a mouse/touchpad for editing so it's probably a matter of what I'm used to. Also, at events I often want a laptop on my, well, lap and tablets+keyboard don't work as well for that.