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> Author buys a tablet, complains it’s too expensive, too powerful, and not a laptop. There is nothing wrong with this expectation. For example, Librem 11 tabl

> Author buys a tablet, complains it’s too expensive, too powerful, and not a laptop. There is nothing wrong with this expectation. For example, Librem 11 tablet runs a desktop OS without any restrictions. You can use it as a replacement for a laptop.

fetzu 2y ago
I had never heard about the Librem and PureOS, interesting. Microsoft also famously makes tablets that run a desktop OS. I guess my point is that Apple makes it pretty clear from their marketing material that you are getting a tailor made OS for your iPad (hell, they even renamed it to « iPadOS » a few years back), and 30 seconds of research would make it very clear that it is indeed « restricted » in its usage. If the goal of the author was to have full-fledged desktop experience Apple device, a MacBook Air would have been even less expensive than a tabled with a fancy $350 detachable keyboard. If the goal was a tablet with a full fledged desktop OS experience, there are a lot of options in both Windows and Linux ecosystems. This mis-purchase just felt like a springboard to complain about a myriad of tangentially related Apple gripes.
- fsflover 2y ago
  > I guess my point is that Apple makes it pretty clear from their marketing material that you are getting a tailor made OS for your iPad This is not clear at all from their video ads. > This mis-purchase just felt like a springboard to complain about a myriad of tangentially related Apple gripes. These complains are quite reasonable, see also the comments here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40349347 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40349347
  - fetzu 2y ago
    I would argue that it is, but then we are in a typical « he said, she said » territory. I also believe that some of the burden is on the customer when considering a purchase. Nobody ever bought a tractor and then complained it didn’t do 150 mph on the highway.

fetzu 2y ago

I had never heard about the Librem and PureOS, interesting. Microsoft also famously makes tablets that run a desktop OS. I guess my point is that Apple makes it pretty clear from their marketing material that you are getting a tailor made OS for your iPad (hell, they even renamed it to « iPadOS » a few years back), and 30 seconds of research would make it very clear that it is indeed « restricted » in its usage. If the goal of the author was to have full-fledged desktop experience Apple device, a MacBook Air would have been even less expensive than a tabled with a fancy $350 detachable keyboard. If the goal was a tablet with a full fledged desktop OS experience, there are a lot of options in both Windows and Linux ecosystems. This mis-purchase just felt like a springboard to complain about a myriad of tangentially related Apple gripes.

fsflover 2y ago
> I guess my point is that Apple makes it pretty clear from their marketing material that you are getting a tailor made OS for your iPad This is not clear at all from their video ads. > This mis-purchase just felt like a springboard to complain about a myriad of tangentially related Apple gripes. These complains are quite reasonable, see also the comments here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40349347 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40349347
- fetzu 2y ago
  I would argue that it is, but then we are in a typical « he said, she said » territory. I also believe that some of the burden is on the customer when considering a purchase. Nobody ever bought a tractor and then complained it didn’t do 150 mph on the highway.