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What is this guarantee based on? Apples DNA is to optimize the device for each use case. A tablet is optimized for finger touch and on screen gestures. A lapto
by hizanberg 14y ago
What is this guarantee based on? Apples DNA is to optimize the device for each use case.
A tablet is optimized for finger touch and on screen gestures. A laptop is optimized for portable productivity and keyboard input. You can't create a UI/UX that works best for both and Apple isn't about to start compromising.
My Air and iPad combined is lighter than most other laptops, when I want instant info + utility I whip out my iPad, when I need to do work I open the Air.
- Too 14y agoYou just explained the problem yourself. You are lugging two devices around, two devices that could easily be equally powerful but at the moment mostly are distinguished by different software.
- jkubicek 14y agoWe aren't normal people, though. The vast majority of computer users do not carry around a laptop to work on.
- ghshephard 14y agoMy 13" Macbook Air and iPad (Gen 1, 2, and 3) haven't been more than 35' away from me in two+ years except when I'm (A) Showering, or (B) going to the washroom. (And actually, because my shower is within 35' of my bed and gym locker, we can even eliminate that exception) So, you don't have to convince me of the utility of each, and where they are optimized. But, I would so love to just have one sub 16 ounce gadget to carry around with me, with some amazingly easy to manage keyboard/touchpad (with a bunch of USB3.x ports) when I need it. It would also make keeping my video/song files a lot easier to keep synced. Switch to OS/X when I've got the keyboard attached, and switch back to IOS when I don't. Or something. I don't know. But I really only want to carry / charge a single device.