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Rumor: Apple launching iPad Pro (tablet/laptop hybrid) in the Fall
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Yep
I feel like a snapping like multitasking will come soon to iOS.
Buddha Beam
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Everyone said that about the iPad back when it was rumored, too. "It's just a big iPod Touch!"
I'll jump on this if it has a digitizer and good palm rejection for note taking and, more specifically, drawing.
Yuck, please no.
As for the tablet, if it runs full OS X (meaning an Intel chip and I can install Windows with boot camp) color me interested. If not, it's just another worthless toy like the iPad.
Stumpokapow
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No, it was immediately clear to me why the iPad was a good idea at the time, and any nagging doubts I had got put to rest within about 10 seconds of using one. I used one within a week of release date (a coworker imported one from the US) and got one through work within a month or so of launch.
There are definitely device categories that I've mis-estimated the appeal of--Phablets, for instance, although once I used one I had a better sense of why they're popular even though they're not for me--but let's not revise history and pretend that everyone is always negative about everything and no one gets it and then success comes out of left field and everyone eats crow. Lots of us have open minds for new product categories and assess them pretty much correctly at an early juncture.
I do not believe this is an actual product, and if it is an actual product, I do not believe it is an appealing one. I've used convertible tablets (Surface Pro with the keyboard attachment), and I think intrinsic to the form-factor is a level of unpleasantness. Apple might well be able to make a sleeker, more polished product, but I just don't view it as an approach that is fruitful. I don't imagine such a product would be joyful to use, and I think that's at odds with Apple's approach to things.
Wow, wow. Slow down there, cowboy. How about just Galaxy S3-4 sized iPhone for now?
badcrumble
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I don't think it would have a touch screen either. But a Retina MacBook Air is gonna happen at some point as Apple slowly tries to cycle the entire Mac ecosystem up to high-density displays just like they've done with the iOS ecosystem.
I love how you can claim that you can kill a product that isn't even one yet. Not only that but then to claim they're killing a fictive product that it seems they are just putting more and more resources into.
The Maverick
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Word. Especially on the file system bit. No idea who they are trying to fool.
You mean the analyst and not Apple, right?
This is analyst speculation and not something that Apple is likely releasing nor if there any reliable source saying it's in work. iOS pro - something needed for a hypothetical iPad pro - is an idea that's pretty much opposite to every move Apple has made with iOS.
I'll say it again. I think it's more likely we'll see Mac OS on ARM than iOS change direction and become a pro OS with traditional desktop features (or that apple will release a third, hybrid OS that has both )
And the carnival of stupid has begun.
You've probably heard this before but the 13" retina pro is a pretty good buy now. Only slightly heavier and pricier than the Air but you get the awesome screen, more power, and sufficient GPU for the screen now.
When it first launched the 13" retina was an awful deal. But tech has caught up with a good integrated GPU and Apple has pried it much more aggressively now.
minor effort
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If this is running stock iOS, LOL.
I like iOS but there is no way it's a suitable desktop OS.
I like iOS but there is no way it's a suitable desktop OS.
I concur. Not only is there lack of compatibility because there's no x86 processor, but anyone running heavy professional apps isn't going to run it on ARM or Apple's chips. Intel's x86 is nearly 10x faster per core and IPC.
Tertullian
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Yeah, this is my main question re: the iPad Pro. I'm not seeing how iOS is going to shoulder "enterprise" use or whatever. You don't even have a real file system. What good is an iPad Pro with an operating system that's only good for playing mobile games and watching Netflix?
I actually think iOS 7 works better on the iPad than the iPhone.
Agreed. I'm just not interested.
AHA-Lambda
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It makes sense in a way, I've never honestly thought of tablets as practical for work purposes.
As prohibitively expensive as they are, the Surface is a good idea.
As prohibitively expensive as they are, the Surface is a good idea.
This doesn't make any sense.
OS-wise OSX or iOS? OSX would suck for a tablet and iOS sucks for a notebook (why not just get an ipad with keyboard?).
12-inch? So it's more expensive than an MBA or cheaper? And if it has iOS it has far less functions, so why bother?
Hybrid laptops or laptops with touchscreen still don't make any sense.
I'd rather have a good trackpad.
OS-wise OSX or iOS? OSX would suck for a tablet and iOS sucks for a notebook (why not just get an ipad with keyboard?).
12-inch? So it's more expensive than an MBA or cheaper? And if it has iOS it has far less functions, so why bother?
Hybrid laptops or laptops with touchscreen still don't make any sense.
I'd rather have a good trackpad.
Mercury Land-Snake
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Apple isn't going to make a hybrid device. It's too niche of a market.
The key is to integrate it in. This is a pretty weak rumour because it doesn't talk about the large scale product and OS revamps they would have to do to accommodate such a move.
It will be interesting to see how Apple attacks it, and what market they try to push first. They've been talking about it forever, but Microsoft beat them to the punch and was pretty successful in creating an OS that can cater to both desktop needs and tablet needs, and nailing down a ton of imperfections in 8.1. They just didn't choose a demographic for it to explode and fucked up their initial launch.
It's a logical progression. You could've called the tablet market niche way back then.
The Faceless Master
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minor effort
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I'm still wondering why I'd want to use this as a work device over a Macbook Air.
LowEndTorque
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I hope that's what it is. A retina MBA with 12+ hour battery life would be delicious.
kurtrussell
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Anybody else here remember when Apple used to innovate rather than just copying competitor's ideas?
Black Door
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Wasn't he against gaming on apple products at first too, which is why the app store has absolutely no quality control?
I want this device. I have an iPad 3 and wish it had a bigger screen for reading pdf files. Retina helps but when the original file was an A4 or larger piece of paper that text gets pretty small on the iPad. And I hate reading pdf files on laptops since the screen is fixed. Turning a laptop on it's side is plain weird.
No need for a Macbook Air since I just don't need a keyboard attached 100% of the time. But having that option would be nice. Sometimes I would like to be able to have a keyboard for the iPad so I could type something. Plus if this is using an A# processor it's guaranteed to be cheaper than a Macbook Air.
No need for a Macbook Air since I just don't need a keyboard attached 100% of the time. But having that option would be nice. Sometimes I would like to be able to have a keyboard for the iPad so I could type something. Plus if this is using an A# processor it's guaranteed to be cheaper than a Macbook Air.
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iPad with touch friendly OSX? Even a MacBook Air Retina with a touch screen? I'd be interested in either. iOS is just too limiting for anything but casual smartphone use. Even on my phone I'm starting to get tired of the restrictions.
So true. I have an iPad 3 and refuse to upgrade until Apple releases an iPad that operates like a Cintiq. They day they do that, I'll be first in line to buy.
Like when they put out a desktop computer as tall as an iPad with a 12-core processor and dual GPUs cooled by a single fan? Or when they came out with a 10" tablet as thin as most of their competitors' 7" devices and with double the per-core CPU performance of Qualcomm and Samsung's best chips when they weren't even designing CPUs five years ago?
badcrumble
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Since it's come up in this thread, I *do* think that iOS will likely be getting a simple document file system (most probably using an "all my files" view and tags, a la Mavericks, instead of folders) to replace the current too-limited app-silo model used for that right now. Probably in the left-of-Home screen that Spotlight used to occupy.
Jill Sandwich
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Give examples.
what? almost everyone is doing it now. Samsung, Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo etc
i would love a hybrid macbook. but i'm not sure if OSX works well with touch
Apple has a patent for it anyway.
I still don't know how apple is getting all these ridiculous patents.
BeastLeeAdams
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I was actually just suggesting this to my friends recently that I would buy this day one if it came out, then I realised that it would be at least $700, maybe $800 and was like nope too expensive for not a premium product. They would only be competing with the Microsoft Surface RT. Their best bet is to create an OS hybrid for the iPad and have a keyboard come with it, along with all of the office type applications they sell for it. That is IMO their best bet, but they probably won't introduce a hybrid one until 2015. 2014 is all about iTV and iWatch.
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