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by hmottestad 3737 days ago
I felt the same, especially after the ubuntu phone stunt on kickstarter which had 4GB of ram.

Maybe what we are both looking for is a tablet like the microsoft surface, but running essentially ubuntu.

For that matter, any tablet that can compete with the microsoft surface and run an operating system that is both great for developing and great for touch and mobility.

Apple is only a few steps away in my opinion. If only they would open up the iPad Pro so that developers could use if for development. It might even bring with it a new shift in UI for developers :)
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progman 3737 days ago
They likely won't open up any iPad. It seems they will merge (replace) OSX with iOS. I saw this coming years ago. If I were a developer using OSX I would seriously ocnsider a switch to another unrestricted OS.

http://www.osnews.com/story/29134/Today_s_Apple_event_spells...

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hmottestad 3737 days ago
I really hope this doesn't happen.

I love Apple hardware, and OSX is much nicer to use as a polyglot developer than Windows. A workmate of mine runs linux on his macbook pro, and it's really a pain. Apple has put so many thousands of hours into getting the trackpad working smoothly, while the linux drivers seem to have been hacked together during a weekend and are truly awful. Things like ignoring thumb input, scroll speed and tracking speed are terrible, just to mention a few.

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