Android has only 17 apps.

[Heilage]

YouTube is a massive chunk.

And forget your iMac. It's all about how it performs on your mobile/tablet device. Where it counts.

It works beautifully on the iPad, for example.

All Apple-centric sites are fan sites. There's no getting around that.

If I was to move to a tablet for work, my productivity would literally go down the *******. Do you have any idea how bad it would be to work on a tablet when you constantly have to shift between FileMaker, Mail, web surfing (to wich Safari is the absolute worst, remember?), working with documents, reports, scanning, printing and all that goes with it?

Tablets are **** for actual work. Get your head out of your ass.

 

[arkitect]

And forget your iMac. It's all about how it performs on your mobile/tablet device. Where it counts.

You can transition now, or you can transition later when you're forced to. Your call. But just understand where the market focus is shifting.

I would love to know what it is you do for a living.

There are only two work related tasks I can perform on an iPad (email & browser).
Where are the 3d modelling apps?
Photoshop? Illustrator… Maxwell render?
Hook up a scanner? A pressure sensitive Wacom tablet?
Hmmmm. Let me see… nope.

I need the power and expanability of a Mac. And if Apple goes all out tablet then I'll say bye bye to Jobs Inc.

 

[*LTD*]

I would love to know what it is you do for a living.

There are only two work related tasks I can perform on an iPad (email & browser).

Someone hasn't been to the App Store over the past year.

 

[OllyW]

Someone hasn't been to the App Store over the past year.

Can you link the apps which answer arkitect's questions?

 

[yg17]

Someone hasn't been to the App Store over the past year.

How do you know what he, or any of us do at work? I'm the same as well, e-mail and browsing are the only two work related things I can do on the iPad, and I have been to the App Store lately. IBM RAD isn't on there. TOAD isn't on there. HP QC isn't on there. A Java JRE/JDK isn't on there. Don't you dare act like you know what I do at my job, because you don't. If you think the iPad can do what I need it to do for my job, then it's obvious you haven't worked a single day in your life in a professional IT environment.

 

[arkitect]

Someone hasn't been to the App Store over the past year.

Oh do show.

Please.

And I mean production apps. Not toys.

*crickets*

Oh and while you're searching, let me know about how I can magically *chuckle* transform my 2 X 30" monitors onto a what is it now… 9.7" device.

By all means be a rah-rah fan and cheer leader.
But stay sane and realistic.

 

[lsvtecjohn3]

Does anyone know how many apps in the Android market for tablets? I know when the Xoom launched it had 17 but I would like to know how many it had as of today. I believe the iPad had 500 when it launched.

 

[Rodimus Prime]

Now, if only Apple and Google could agree to support the same video codecs.

I think you are hoping for a bit much. Right now I see Apple as the one who is really messing everything up as Safari is the only browser that will only work with h.254 for video.

With firefox and Opera not supporting it that is a huge chunk of the browser market. IE just needs the codex on the computer and safe to say most computers will have the WebM codex.
That covers 95% of all the browsers out there leaving just safari the one hanging.

 

[arkitect]

Someone hasn't been to the App Store over the past year.

Paging Mr *LTD*

Any news yet on those production apps I missed in the App store?
You know the full-blown 3D Modelling, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Maxwell render etc.

Because I just can't wait to throw my Mac Pros and 30" screens in the trash where they belong…

Thanks!

 

[OllyW]

Paging Mr *LTD*

Any news yet on those production apps I missed in the App store?
You know the full-blown 3D Modelling, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Maxwell render etc.

Because I just can't wait to throw my Mac Pros and 30" screens in the trash where they belong…

Thanks!

You might need some earplugs while you wait.

 

[ChazUK]

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Someone hasn't been to the App Store over the past year.

Paging Mr *LTD*

Any news yet on those production apps I missed in the App store?
You know the full-blown 3D Modelling, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Maxwell render etc.

Because I just can't wait to throw my Mac Pros and 30" screens in the trash where they belong…

Thanks!

Don't throw them in the trash, I'll have them!

I am skeptical that LTD will provide credible alternatives to your list so I won't hold my breath.

 

[*LTD*]

Paging Mr *LTD*

Any news yet on those production apps I missed in the App store?
You know the full-blown 3D Modelling, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Maxwell render etc.

Because I just can't wait to throw my Mac Pros and 30" screens in the trash where they belong…

Thanks!

Yes, I'm here.

Unfortunately, there are no equivalents for those applications on the iPad. Yet.

We are, however, getting to a point when the only time you'll ever need to use your Mac Pros or any "computer" for that matter, is for that sort of work almost exclusively. Until they're replaced completely, of course.

As for your 30" displays, Apple's almost got you covered:

http://www.apple.com/ipad/features/mirroring.html

Now use *that* with *this*:

https://www.macrumors.com/2011/05/1...nion-apps-for-photoshop-eazel-nav-color-lava/

or even this:

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/item?id=15119465&siteID=123112

We're getting there.

So you won't be getting rid of your Mac Pros just yet. But have your eBay account info ready, packing material on hand. The wait might not be as long as you think.