[gigatexal]

> The only reason that "iPads are just unserious computing devices for real work" is because Apple chooses to limit them.

That’s their choice to make. As consumers it’s on us to make the right choices. What the author wants is a laptop not an iPad if they want a general purpose computing device

The article is just a way to poke the giant that is Apple just like we used to when we wrote Micro$oft

[goosedragons]

What the author wants is a 2-in-1. The iPad is that, it's just hobbled to be a really bad laptop. All the hardware pieces are there, the power, the keyboard/trackpad accessory, the touch screen, the pen. If you go look at the marketing for the iPad line it really does seem like maybe you can do anything with them. It's only once you get serious that it all falls apart due to the software.

The iPad Pro was designed to compete with the Surface Pro and it simultaneously does and doesn't. Anybody who expects more than a tablet with pen input will be disappointed or frustrated eventually.

[gigatexal]

So get educated on its limitations and shop accordingly. Not sure why that’s so hard for folks.

I wish my iPads were more like laptops. But I’m not Tim Cook and I bought one anyway. So I didn’t vote with my wallet and I don’t have enough money to buy enough shares to vote with my money.

What I can do is buy something more appropriate or even something else entirely like a Surface.

[Terr_]

> As consumers it’s on us to make the right choices.

Which involves more like this, so that consumers can recognize kinds of dissatisfaction and share that it exists, rightly or wrongly.

[gigatexal]

Exactly.

Folks downvoting my comment are effectively saying “no I think everything thing should do everything. It has a CPU that can run MacOS then it should! Open up the os, let me do whatever I want. Let me impose my thoughts on a private company. Rawr!”

When instead just don’t buy the iPad if that’s what you want. The MacBook Air is what you want. Or… adapt your computing to use the iPad as it was designed.

The spoon doesn’t bend you bend ;-)

[beeflet]

We live in a world where the production of computers is largely guided by economies of scale, so if a handful of big companies lock down their hardware (and they do) that reduces my options significantly.

Apple is one of the largest computer companies and sells some of the fastest hardware on the market, yet it's totally gimped by their market segmentation. That space could easily be occupied by a different kind of company.

iPads are a waste of silicon. Yes, I do know better than the consumer.

[gigatexal]

And? You could go protest in front of Apple holding signs saying open up the iPad or make the iPad run macOS. Or… buy a laptop.