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

[MagnusVonMagnum]

Basically.

For some its just they like the setup. I do. It be nice to stay brand loyal and have that brand put the effort in.

You don't have to tell me (you're preaching to the choir). I just get sick of people basically telling others to go back to Windows if they don't like every single thing Apple does. I like UNIX. I like less Malware. I like Logic Pro. I don't like Apple making the GUI more obtuse just for "flatness" sake or whatever (a busy indicator again for Spotlight would be helpful, for example regardless of how flat it is. You can't even tell if it's doing anything if it's taking a long time). Even so, I'd seriously consider Windows 10 at this point as the OS isn't nearly as bad as older versions of Windows, IMO, but the fact it's pretty much Microsoft holding your computer hostage lately (forced upgrades, forced reboots, etc.) and them pretty much admitting to piping your every keystroke straight to the NSA that I don't like their attitude even as much as I did 15 years ago and I didn't like it then either. And no, Linux isn't really a viable option if you like commercial software.

 

[oliversl]

Sorry, but hence the surface is using a full featured OS, the surface pro 4 is much more like a macbook pro with a detachable keyboard then an ipad pro.

For the plain user is the same thing, same OS or different OS. They just want to have Facebook on it.

 

[villicodelirant]

You don't have an obligation to point out the obvious either.

I think anybody who has ever owned an Apple product knows very well that it's not obvious
We all like to complain, but the truth is that you get so used to Apple's eye for detail that minor glitches and seams in other stuff seems like a deal breaker.

That's probably especially true old timers who were there when Apple hardware with Jaguar or Panther was literally the only sensible buy, unless you wanted to get stuck with either pre-SP2 Windows XP, totally unusable Linux distros or IRIX on its last legs - and on insanely expensive hardware (i.e. not just Mac Pro-expensive, O2-expensive).

I love the Mac as much as the next guy, but - these days you can buy a reliable business laptop from Hp or Lenovo, slap either Windows 7 or a Linux distro of your choice (Fedora with GNOME, Ubuntu or the various boutique distros all actually work) and enjoy decent productivity.

That's from a purely practical standpoint, of course.
From an emotional standpoint: I, too, miss these days.

Oh, do I.

And no, Linux isn't really a viable option if you like commercial software.

That's a non sequitur.
There's plenty of "commercial" software for Linux, including heavyweights like Mathematica, Matlab, CATIA or Siemens NX.

Certainly it depends on what are your requirements, but if your livelihood depends on a particular piece of software or hardware - and that's something not unheard of - the entire discussion is probably pointless, IMHO.

You just buy whatever the thing runs on and that's it.

That's partially true also of software for which alternatives exist but you are much more productive with by sheer force of habit - like I guess Logic is for you.
Hell, Oscar winner David Arnold used to keep a bunch of Ataris running well into the 2000s precisely for this reason, he had the keystrokes for some decrepit Atari sequencer burned into his fingertips.

 

[Rossatron]

"Whats a computer" - my CS lecture tells "A system that takes in information that produces other useful information" to have one student reply "Is Stonehenge a computer then?"

Yes, it was built to *compute* movement of stars

 

[villicodelirant]

Yes, it was built to *compute* movement of stars

As in "to be an instrument of the humans that actually did the computing" - more like an abacus than a computer