Apple Releases New 'What's a Computer?' iPad Pro Ad

[Hieveryone]

A computer with no ports!

 

[b0nd18t]

Touch friendly macOS is a computer. A damn good one.

 

[killawat]

So is still wanting a new Mac considered thoughtcrime?

 

[RobertPS]

"What's a computer?"

It's not a mirror.

 

[iMcLovin]

I know what it can NOT do, make that commercial.... Maybe the leadership in apple should start asking the designers and engineers internally if they would be satisfied working on an iPad from now on?

 

[dominiongamma]

iPad is a tablet, until it can use a cursor and macOS it will never be a computer.

 

[chrismail627]

While I love my iPad Pro, there's NO way it can replace my Mac.

 

[Chair-Sama]

Put macOS on it, then maybe...

knowing apple they won't.

pretty soon there won't be IOS either.
there will just be OS
One operating system to break ALL of our devices as once.

 

[jonblatho]

My iPad Pro's pretty good as something to check Facebook, check email, etc. when I'm away from my iMac (a bit tough to tote that 20-pound monster around, as one might guess) and want a bigger screen than my iPhone.

There's a narrow market, but keep improving iOS on the iPad and it'll get there.

People keep wanting Xcode on the iPad. No. It would be an unmitigated disaster.

I have a 27" iMac running higher than native resolution and I still want more screen space for Xcode.

 

[apple_iBoy]

A computer is a thing that you can use to get onto web systems that still don't render properly on mobile Safari after all these years.

 

[keysofanxiety]

"What's a computer?"

*looks at the MacBook Pro line*

 

[Andres Cantu]

There's no denying it's a computer, but is it a more useful computer than a regular desktop or laptop?

That can depend on the use cases, but for most people, the answer is no. Fundamentally, the iPad hasn't changed since it's debut in 2010. It has a long ways to go before it can truly replace laptops.

 

[JoEw]

The interesting thing is the iPad hardware wise is capable of so much it could be a viable PC replacement, it's a shame the software is so lacking.

Hey Apple, Why don't you port over your pro software onto iOS to show the potential? Final cut, logic.. Instead of Pages and iMovie..

 

[Mal67]

"What's a Mac Dad?"

 

[addicted44]

I wonder if at this point Apple is gonna start selling OS X for PCs?

The best possible result is probably to have Dells running OSX, because Apple clearly doesnt GAF about macs. The Mac lineup is embarrassingly bad at the moment.

 

[pgwalsh]

Well.... I love the hardware design of macs, but I'm just about ready to move over to Linux Mint and if this is an indication of Apple's direction then they've made that decision easier. I already have Mint one of my desktops and I really like 18.

 

[a.gomez]

A keyboard that gets out of the way... A screeen you can touch and even write on. Hmm, I cant think of any real computer that can do that

Welcome to 2012.

 

[4God]

My computers can run Logic Pro & Ableton Live.

And FCPX.

EDIT: Oh, and OSX

 

[keysofanxiety]

The interesting thing is the iPad hardware wise is capable of so much it could be a viable PC replacement, it's a shame the software is so lacking.

Hey Apple, Why don't you port over your pro software onto iOS to show the potential? Final cut, logic.. Instead of Pages and iMovie..

Because even the most powerful iPad wouldn't hold a candle to Logic Pro X running on a 2012 15" MacBook Pro with an SSD & 16GB RAM. Wouldn't even be close.

 

[zombierunner]

Apple ads have been so ****** over the past few years. The people behind the ads need to be replaced.

 

[ShadovvMoon]

Apple Engineer - Sir, we need to update our computer line!
Apple Executive - What's a Computer?
Apple Marketing - Genius!

 

[MacHiavelli]

An iPad with a flappy keyboard is a badly designed wanna-be laptop. And a poor user experience.

 

[dannyyankou]

it can do this

They should really sell a female lightning adapter.

 

[keysofanxiety]

"What's a Computer?" - Apple Executive to Engineer

"It's … it's thin, right?"

 

[JoshDoug]

Not that.