Dual boot

[mattpreston11]

Hypothetically of course,but if you could dual boot your iPad and have a partition for windows or osx,would you?

 

[MacDawg]

Hypothetically of course,but if you could dual boot your iPad and have a partition for windows or osx,would you?

Nope
Neither are written to support the touch screen interface

 

[seajay96]

What purpose would that serve? As mentioned, those OSs aren't adapted to the touch interface, and the processor and ram is underpowered to do anything useful.

 

[robbieduncan]

Nope
Neither are written to support the touch screen interface

Or, a lot more importantly, the ARM CPU in the iPad. They simply would not run at all.

 

[MacDawg]

Or, a lot more importantly, the ARM CPU in the iPad. They simply would not run at all.

That is quite true, but I think his point was if it could... would you

Trying to turn an iPad into a netbook is an exercise in futility
If you want a netbook, buy one

 

[vastoholic]

The OP said hypothetically, as in pretend that your iPad can dual boot. Would you?

 

[GoCubsGo]

The OP said hypothetically, as in pretend that your iPad can dual boot. Would you?

Lord no.

 

[seajay96]

I would definitely not dual boot into a desktop OS, but I might think about booting into Windows Mobile or Android if there was a compelling application and the OSs were written for the hardware.

 

[poloponies]

Your "hypothetical" is in the "who's stronger, Superman or Mighty Mouse?" range.

 

[Blondie :)]

Hypothetically speaking, I still wouldn't do it either. I've never found a use for anything other than OS X on my Mac, so why would I need to use anything else other than iOS on the iPad? So yeah haha

 

[bluedog3401]

Well:
1. Windows (no!)
2. MacOSX (not really...)
3. Android (maybe?)

As much as Android is compared to the iOS, it has its own strengths and weaknesses. Weakness primarily being the App store and purchasing selection. But as a developer, its an open system.

Any OS not designed specifically with touch in mind doesn't belong on an iPad.

 

[Shoesy]

I'm quite keen to try a little bit of jollicloud at the moment. Looks quite fun.

 

[PBG4 Dude]

I'd give Android a shot if I could dual boot.

 

[vastoholic]

I don't believe I would want to either. The only reason i put windows on my mac was to play a few pc games that hadn't crossed over to the mac yet. I've only used android for a few minutes on a friends phone and didn't like the UI that much really. The iPad was made to be simple, why try and clutter it up?

 

[saberahul]

256MB Ram isn't enough, but I'm sure you knew that before posting the thread. Well I guess I could load DOS on the iPad but that will be stupid.