I am almost iPad-only. I use my MBP Touch for World of Warcraft, ripping DVDs, managing media on my iPhone and iPad, and a few other things that iPad just can't do yet. Close though. So close.
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Are you iPad only? Or going that way?
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Once I buy the iPad Pro, I'll be very, very close to iPad only. That said, my MBP is barely three years old. Will keep it for the time being.
I am now. I sold my 15" rMBP and iPad Air 2 and picked up a 10.5" 256bg iPad Pro.
I do have a windows laptop for work, which is very necessary....but as for my consumer use, I'm iPad/iPhone only now. I rarely used my MBP, so I don't anticipate missing it.
I do have a windows laptop for work, which is very necessary....but as for my consumer use, I'm iPad/iPhone only now. I rarely used my MBP, so I don't anticipate missing it.
That's the one drawback--I've had to say goodbye to my Steam library. But I do have a PS4 with PSVR if I really want to get crazy.
If OOTP ever makes a real program to run on iOS I am 100% iPad.
Until then, still stuck with my rMBP
Until then, still stuck with my rMBP
I'm trying to,get there as fast as I can. I'd love the iPad + iMac combinatin. But Apple needs to get their act together on software. Yes, iOS 11 goes a long way, but they need to get iWork to desktop,quality, full,keyboard shortcuts, and better first party apps is a pre-requisite.
Now my 12.9 pro has arrived I will look to sell my MacBook and pro 9.7. Bring on IOS 11. I know download it now but tempted to wait for the all the bugs to be sorted.
There are two things that I can think of that keep me from going from a computer.
First, is I am a developer. Until Terminal comes to iOS and apps like Xcode, Visual Studio Code / Atom / Sublime Text, Android Studio make their way to iOS then I am still stuck on a Mac. It would also be great to have proper multi monitor support like in macOS, so I could come in and dock my iPad to my two 24" monitors. I do think that sort of functionality will come eventually. I also use apps like Nicecast which are just not possible on iOS yet (Nicecast is an audio streaming app that can take the source of any app audio, whether it is iTunes, Spotify, Djay Pro, Virtual DJ etc and play it over a stream).
Second, is gaming. I am not a big gamer, but there are some games I can only play on Windows. So for this it is better to stay with Windows or use a PS4 or Xbox One. I think iOS devices will only ever be casual gaming devices.
First, is I am a developer. Until Terminal comes to iOS and apps like Xcode, Visual Studio Code / Atom / Sublime Text, Android Studio make their way to iOS then I am still stuck on a Mac. It would also be great to have proper multi monitor support like in macOS, so I could come in and dock my iPad to my two 24" monitors. I do think that sort of functionality will come eventually. I also use apps like Nicecast which are just not possible on iOS yet (Nicecast is an audio streaming app that can take the source of any app audio, whether it is iTunes, Spotify, Djay Pro, Virtual DJ etc and play it over a stream).
Second, is gaming. I am not a big gamer, but there are some games I can only play on Windows. So for this it is better to stay with Windows or use a PS4 or Xbox One. I think iOS devices will only ever be casual gaming devices.
I'm not, while I'll be getting an iPad Pro, it will not replace my laptop. While the iPad does some nice things, it just cannot do what a laptop can - at least for me.
For instance, using remote desktop apps, such as gotomypc and Microsoft's RDP. I can run gotomypc on an iPad but its not fun. I spend about 10 to 12 hours on that and the laptop does it better. Desktop type apps are definitely better as well.
I'm looking forward to the iPad but its will compliment my laptop not replace it.
Same here, returned my 2016 MacBook Pro and picked up a 12.9 256g ipp with keyboard and pencil. Will wait until later public betas to get iOS 11.
Just selling my MacBook on a comparison site now. Basically getting half of what I paid for it but can't be bothered waiting on gumtree. Same with my 9,7 pro will sell that today also
Personal use, yes. Mail, music, GarageBand, video, browsing, taxes, purchase...
Professional use, no.
Excel, number crunching will not work with fingers. (Until some genius comes up with a magical interface)
Professional use, no.
Excel, number crunching will not work with fingers. (Until some genius comes up with a magical interface)
I think Excel is quite good. I'm sure interface will improve over time, and of course added features for power users from the desktop. But when I worked in accounting their use of Excel used basic calculations and formatting which gives me the confidence that even today, in my job, iPad Excel can do the job
Same. I don't use GoToMy PC or RDP much these days, but I do use proprietary conference call software for work and it requires flash, which makes it impossible for me to do my day job on an iPad. But I always look at it like this: my company will give me the computer I need to do my job--it's not a device I personally own or had to pay any money for, so they'll give me whatever they're going to give me to get the job done. Right now, that's a Macbook Air that I hook up to a couple of big monitors with a Magic Keyboard and Magic Mouse and use basically as a work desktop computer.
But when the question comes up, "Are you iPad only?" I say yes. For the device I need to have in my personal life for all the computing needs I have, an iPad gets ALL of those things done without breaking a sweat. It also sits on my desk during the work day and acts as my legal pad for note taking, and is my go to machine if I get an emergency work issue to take care of during the weekend. So it's my only personal machine, and also compliments my work machine nicely. If it weren't for that pesky Flash-based software I'm forced to use, I could more or less do my day job on it as well.
I think Excel is quite good. I'm sure interface will improve over time, and of course added features for power users from the desktop. But when I worked in accounting their use of Excel used basic calculations and formatting which gives me the confidence that even today, in my job, iPad Excel can do the job
I work with files of +40k lines with pivots, power pivots, power queries and so. I can't even do that in MacOS.
It's gonna take a while before something like that will come to iOS.
Even more, I bet Microsoft's strategy will make it impossible. For every Excel used on iPad a Surface should have been sold.
I don't think pivot will ever come to iPad.
I can't imagine a reason why I'd want to constrain myself to one device, or even one type of device. For me, the sweet spot is a Mac Pro, an iPad, and a phone. For my wife, it's a MBP and a phone. Trying to do everything on an iPad is like having only a Swiss Army knife for tools. Yeah, it's handy for a lot of things. But for those things that it can't do... you'd best have some other tools.
I can't even see an iPad-only model working for someone of limited means--Windows laptops are a better single-device if one doesn't have the money to do it right. Perhaps for someone who really just wants to check mail and browse the web, an iPad would be fine.
I can't even see an iPad-only model working for someone of limited means--Windows laptops are a better single-device if one doesn't have the money to do it right. Perhaps for someone who really just wants to check mail and browse the web, an iPad would be fine.
Actually yes. I have a MacBook, but I only use that for building native iOS apps. I use my iPad exclusively for everything else.
Different people need different things. And for me the iPad is starting to surpass the Mac in the quality of the end product. Major example--I'm using Ferrite on iPad Pro to create podcasts. Aside from ease of use in editing and syncing, the sound quality that I get out of iOS on those recordings is FAR better than anything I ever got on the Mac. It might just be that I'm not a skilled enough audio engineer to do what I need to do on the Mac, but that just speaks even more to the iPad's strengths. I didn't have to mess with sliders or dials at all in Ferrite to get the best sounding audio files I've ever created. It just kind of happened that way.
Not criticizing anyone one way or another. Some people need a Mac or PC, some don't. More and more every day, I really don't.
As I wrote in another thread, I've been working on an 11" MacBook Air (company owned; I haven't owned a traditional computer of my own in years) for the last 3 and a half years, and just switched to the new 10.5" iPad Pro two days ago and didn't find it a problem. I mostly do Customer Support via email, and with the Smart Keyboard I didn't find myself working much if any slower than I did on the MacBook. There are a couple things that I've had to do to adjust my workflow in places, but nothing that made it particularly difficult to do my job. There's a good chance the only time I'll turn on the MacBook again from now on is when I need Mac screenshots to send a customer.
As I said, though, I haven't owned a computer of my own in years (although I've been using Macs at work since 2006, I haven't owned one of my own for so long now that I can't remember when it last was), and have been iOS only for my personal life for as long as I can remember now. I've had the first and third iPad, as well as the iPad mini 2, along with every other iPhone since the iPhone 4 (so all the non-S models except for the 3GS which I did have as my first iPhone), and have got the iOS workflow down pretty pat for what I do at this point.
I realize that there are jobs the iPad wouldn't work for, but to say that nobody could use it for their job or as their only computer is quite disingenuous since plenty of people, including myself, do it.
As I said, though, I haven't owned a computer of my own in years (although I've been using Macs at work since 2006, I haven't owned one of my own for so long now that I can't remember when it last was), and have been iOS only for my personal life for as long as I can remember now. I've had the first and third iPad, as well as the iPad mini 2, along with every other iPhone since the iPhone 4 (so all the non-S models except for the 3GS which I did have as my first iPhone), and have got the iOS workflow down pretty pat for what I do at this point.
I realize that there are jobs the iPad wouldn't work for, but to say that nobody could use it for their job or as their only computer is quite disingenuous since plenty of people, including myself, do it.
No, no way. The iPad is for me mostly a media consumption device, although I do expect to be able to type text on the 10.5" reasonably comfortably.
It doesn't compare to my laptop otherwise, not even to my 2011 13" Air, for general usefulness. I cannot do software development on the iPad, I can't do my taxes on it, no Steam games, the web browser is not quite there in my opinion either. To give you an example: on this very website, I cannot properly use the external keyboard I have on either the 10.5" or the Mini 2: pressing an arrow key to move the cursor when editing text scrolls the web page all the way down, which is very annoying.
It's fine for Netflix, Amazon Video, Twitch, general web browsing, and hopefully, for playing Hearthstone. My Mini 2 wasn't doing so well for the last one, with random disconnects and overheating shutdowns.
Definitely not
Depends on mood, and if i want to get another work done, always computer
I love my 9.7 pro though, its a neat little 'kit' with ASK, pencil, silicone back, and jailbreak
I dont know why people want to simplify their device roster at heavy expense to the end user
Different tools/toys for different uses
Nothing beats ipad for surfing when laying in bed. Nothing.
Depends on mood, and if i want to get another work done, always computer
I love my 9.7 pro though, its a neat little 'kit' with ASK, pencil, silicone back, and jailbreak
I dont know why people want to simplify their device roster at heavy expense to the end user
Different tools/toys for different uses
Nothing beats ipad for surfing when laying in bed. Nothing.
Ditto on that annoying keyboard glitch with the arrow keys. I hope they iron that out. It's when not if with apple.
I think they’ve basically given up on this and realized that they’ll never be able to compete with Word/Excel/PowerPoint - and I’m fine with that.