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I never had the same feeling about tablets. If anything, I am still somewhat surprised that they have (in relative terms) flopped. I was really expecting much m

I never had the same feeling about tablets. If anything, I am still somewhat surprised that they have (in relative terms) flopped. I was really expecting much more widespread use given it is quite a sweet-spot form factor (small and lightweight to carry around to far more places than a laptop yet offering a good fraction of the laptop functionality)

irrational 3y ago
I was listening to a famous shoe designer give a talk today. While telling a story, he mentioned in passing that he no longer uses paper but does all his design work with a stylus on an iPad. This guy has to be in his 60s or 70s. I was kind of surprised.
sangnoir 3y ago
> I am still somewhat surprised that they have (in relative terms) flopped. I am not - Apple's "Post-PC" vision was clearly not viable to me, despite initially out-selling the entire desktop industry initially. The "What is a computer" ads were cringe.
- coffeebeqn 3y ago
  They never stopped their PC lines so I don’t think they believed it either.
Al-Khwarizmi 3y ago
In my view it's the opposite: the worst of both worlds. If I need to do work involving lots of typing, precise clicking or sitting for a long amount of time, I'd rather use a laptop (or desktop). And for less demanding stuff, the smartphone (which I'm already carrying everywhere by default) is enough. The tablet sits in an awkward middle and I don't really find much use for it.
- nologic01 3y ago
  I think the tablet market share agrees with you. We've also got touch sensitive notebook screens that removed the edge from a pure tablet experience. Which is something important to keep in mind when discussing VR adoption. A few people getting overly excited (or overly dismissive) is not necessarily a good predictor.
- mavhc 3y ago
  Tablet is for playing touch based games and watching Youtube
pmontra 3y ago
Phones got larger. 6" or 7" phones are normal now, they are always with us, no need to also buy a 8" or 10" tablet. As a data point, I do own a tablet. It's mostly a mobile TV screen: a TV Headend client for broadcast TV, NewPipe for YouTube and VLC to a shared disk on a server at Home. Not having to sit in front of a fixed TV set it great. My TV is mostly forgotten in a corner of the living room. I rarely bring the tablet with me outside home. When I do it's with a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse. Example: I'm on vacation but I need some sort of work connectivity in case nasty things happen. Ssh works better on a 8.4" screen than on a phone. That doesn't happen every year luckily. My laptop is larger, weights more and I'll cry if it breaks or gets stolen. Damage to the tablet will only piss me off a bit.

irrational 3y ago

I was listening to a famous shoe designer give a talk today. While telling a story, he mentioned in passing that he no longer uses paper but does all his design work with a stylus on an iPad. This guy has to be in his 60s or 70s. I was kind of surprised.

sangnoir 3y ago

> I am still somewhat surprised that they have (in relative terms) flopped. I am not - Apple's "Post-PC" vision was clearly not viable to me, despite initially out-selling the entire desktop industry initially. The "What is a computer" ads were cringe.

coffeebeqn 3y ago
They never stopped their PC lines so I don’t think they believed it either.

Al-Khwarizmi 3y ago

In my view it's the opposite: the worst of both worlds. If I need to do work involving lots of typing, precise clicking or sitting for a long amount of time, I'd rather use a laptop (or desktop). And for less demanding stuff, the smartphone (which I'm already carrying everywhere by default) is enough. The tablet sits in an awkward middle and I don't really find much use for it.

nologic01 3y ago
I think the tablet market share agrees with you. We've also got touch sensitive notebook screens that removed the edge from a pure tablet experience. Which is something important to keep in mind when discussing VR adoption. A few people getting overly excited (or overly dismissive) is not necessarily a good predictor.
mavhc 3y ago
Tablet is for playing touch based games and watching Youtube

pmontra 3y ago

Phones got larger. 6" or 7" phones are normal now, they are always with us, no need to also buy a 8" or 10" tablet. As a data point, I do own a tablet. It's mostly a mobile TV screen: a TV Headend client for broadcast TV, NewPipe for YouTube and VLC to a shared disk on a server at Home. Not having to sit in front of a fixed TV set it great. My TV is mostly forgotten in a corner of the living room. I rarely bring the tablet with me outside home. When I do it's with a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse. Example: I'm on vacation but I need some sort of work connectivity in case nasty things happen. Ssh works better on a 8.4" screen than on a phone. That doesn't happen every year luckily. My laptop is larger, weights more and I'll cry if it breaks or gets stolen. Damage to the tablet will only piss me off a bit.