Things can happen anytime. My life is not so simple that I could give up computers.
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If you only have an iPad - how does Apple expect you to sync your iPod?
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Things can happen anytime. My life is not so simple that I could give up computers.
When did I say it was shocking? I totally understand it but as the iPod was the product that put Apple into the stratosphere it's a shame that it's all but dead. I still use mine almost daily so I'm not ready to move on
Sorry but you lost me there. LOL!
Not a valid statement. The business world is still very dependent on full computers. Tablets like iPads could do more but not going to happen as long as they are so constricted by Apple.
Love it when people use the term "vast, vast majority"
With the ipod touch, via the iTunes store.
If you're talking about ancient iPods from before 2011 or so, then they always listed a PC or Mac as a requirement for the device. Current hardware trends with new devices don't remove pre-existing hardware requirements.
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RMA it. Get apple to fix it? Get a nerd friend to fix it? In future, same way you reinstall macOS on a Macbook? Boot it from the internet and reinstall?
Computers WILL be replaced, for most, by an iPad, iPhone or equivalent device.
Most people don't fix iPhones needing DFU reset either. They get a nerd friend to do it.
Most people want to chat, browse facebook/twitter/intagram/etc., do their internet banking/shopping, play games and consume media. The iPad handles that fine. In fact, better than a computer as it is lighter, better battery life, no fans, far more difficult to get malware on, etc.
Computers won't go away, no. But they'll be less and less common as time moves on. Fact is, most people, even if they don't know it yet - don't want a computer. They want to do the things that they've used a computer to do.
Once they realise that the computer is not required to do the things they do, they won't want one any more. As it is, tablets are computers anyway. And laptops and tablets are merging.
What will happen is that the desktop will likely become extremely uncommon, and the laptops/tablets that remain will effectively merge to be the same sort of device. Microsoft is coming at it from the Laptop -> Tablet line with the surface, Apple is approaching it from the other direction with the iPad Pro.
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I think it's funny that you responded to my post twice...
Perhaps I should have been more clear in my original post, but I meant for personal use. If you require a computer at work, your work will provide one. But once people go home and are off the clock an iPad is sufficient for a vast majority of people.
That being said, honestly I could imagine a workplace where iPads absolutely could replace computers in a vast majority of situations. However, since the work environment has been built around a PC-like computer workflow for decades, there is a lot of baggage that isn't always easily replaced with an iPad.
Again, I still use my MacBook Air a lot of the time, but that's more out of habit and ease of typing. I also just upgraded from iPad mini 2 to iPad pro within the past week so I'm still learning how powerful/useful my iPad pro can be. If my MacBook and iPad both were destroyed today, I would almost certainly just get another iPad pro. At half the price it provides a much better value than a MacBook.
I did my job, as a network administrator using only an iPad (with VGA adapter and keyboard - the keyboard being the biggest requirement) for 1-2 weeks (as a test) back in 2012.
I managed to deal with it. I gave it up because there were a few hitches back then (e.g., Horizon view client would not pass through particular key combinations to Windows - but apparently that has now been fixed) that could be worked around but were a bit annoying. I'm keen to try again with an iPad Pro and see if i can do it - because the benefits of just being able to pick up a lightweight device and keep doing my job exactly as if i was at my desk were great. So was the lack of noise, light weight, all day battery, touch friendly applications for when on the move, etc.
People think they need computers, but for the most part, they don't. iWork and even Office 365 run in a web browser now, people are moving their apps to the cloud, even old on premise ERP packages are adding web front ends.
You won't need a computer in the next few years, you'll just need a web browser.
If you already have an old-world iPod, you would need a source to get music from, which would mean you have a computer.
If your first computer is the iPad, your source of music is from Apple, through the iTunes store. In that case, Apple would ideally want you to use an iPod with the iTunes store app, and then your music would "sync" independently of the iPad over Wi-Fi.
If your first computer is the iPad, your source of music is from Apple, through the iTunes store. In that case, Apple would ideally want you to use an iPod with the iTunes store app, and then your music would "sync" independently of the iPad over Wi-Fi.
Then don't? You choose what you share with companies. If they need info for you to use their service, you don't need to use it if you're that paranoid.
Unfortunately you can't program and compile an iPad app on an iPad "Pro" yet :\
The old debate about computers vs tablets, "real work" vs light use, consumption vs creative work etc will never end will it?