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Haven't we put the "it's an accessory" bit to bed yet? It's awfully tired. Also, the second someone needs to use that keyboard's bizarre-o trackpad to drive t
by roc 14y ago
Haven't we put the "it's an accessory" bit to bed yet? It's awfully tired.
Also, the second someone needs to use that keyboard's bizarre-o trackpad to drive the software to write their term paper, you can bet the utility of having "traditional" apps on your tablet is going to be more carefully considered than simply assumed.
The argument against the surface remains that when you need a tablet, a 'full desktop OS' is not a feature you care about. And when you need a 'full desktop OS', the surface may not be a very good one.
So the comparison will, again (and as it almost always does) hinge on what people need or want these things for and how good each product is at performing those tasks in reality.
Also, pretending that all the iPad brings is ecosystem is just as silly as flatly stating the iPad as more elegant.
- Metrop0218 14y agoWe, as a collective community of tech industry members, have put it to bed. But that isn't at all true on the consumer side. For example: In one of my classes today, we were talking about how we're going to be taking our exam online. We come into class, bring our laptops, and write out essays and submit them. The teacher explicitely mentioned not to bring a tablet, even going further as to saying that doing that would be silly. A girl who usually brings an iPad to class on a regular basis agreed with the professor and mentioned that "yeah, it's better for consumption". That in itself, proves to me that it has not been put to bed yet. And on the ecosystem thing I agreed with someone else who posted below that I meant more than that.