Not even close.
Some of the reasons:
Websites the land you on on the mobile version with reduced functionality and don’t have an option to going to the desktop version.
File operations- reduced functionality.
In general, slower operation for many tasks, you have to jump though hoops and have 3rd party apps to say, download, unzip a file, grab something inside, open it in word, export it to pdf and mail it.
Did I say common tasks are slower?
Controlling a laptop is faster. Trackpad, pointer is more accurate, more gestures are available.
Larger screens on laptops.
Pro Apps that are not available on the iPad.
You are living in the past man, you need to get with the times!
- IOS is more progressive and secure than MacOS by a million miles,
- “Request Desktop Site” gives you full functionality, if you are still battling use one of the billion apps like Puffin etc.
- “reduced functionality” what else do you need? Why do you want such unessasary complexity for your files? Simplicity is the way of the future.
- “open it in word, export it to pdf and mail it“ these are done intuitively and are the simplest of tasks on iPad?!?
- “common tasks are slower” this is simply not true!, take the most common task (controling the cursor) for example, you have to manipulate a secondary device like a mouse or track pad just to move the cursor to where you want it to go, on iPad you don’t have to do any of this... u simply touch the screen.
- “Trackpad, pointer is more accurate, more gestures are available“, you need a cursor because of the software design, you talk about “more gestures”, gestures are nice aren’t they because its intuitive and its touch, with iOS you can make gestures virtually on the software itself and you don’t need to memorize as many.
- Autocad, Affinity Photo, Numbers, Pages, Keynote, Office, these are Pro.
IPad and iOS feels like the future, Steve Jobs, Tim Cook & Apple say it too. An easy way to tell is to simply look at the younger generation and see what they are adopting and want to work on and the answers are right there.
IPad and iOS are;
- easier and more intuitive to use
- more secure
- more versatile
- better App Store
- talks better to the device you carry around with you most
- better cameras
- better battery life
- doesn’t require WiFi
If you could, why would you want to do your computing on anything else?
