“As previously noted, I’m very close to being able to go with the iPad as my main computing device. Yes, as someone who writes quite a bit (both email and posts like this one), I prefer a physical keyboard — but I found one for the iPad that I quite love: the Logitech variety,” MG Siegler writes for ParisLemon. “So there must be something else holding me back.”
“One thing is specialized VPN access to certain things I need for work. But I suspect that sooner rather than later, that will be resolved,” Siegler writes. “So what else holds me back? Well, habit.”
“While the physical keyboard aspect gets most of the attention2, I actually believe the tendencies many of us have formed using PCs these past 20 to 30 years are just as important when considering what is holding us back from entering the tablet-only world,” Siegler writes. “The first step in breaking these habits is acknowledging them. Hence, this post. The second is correcting them. Hence, this post (posted from my iPad).”
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MacDailyNews Take: You have to force yourself to break old habits. They won’t break themselves.
Posted via iPad Air.
Infrastructure.
Give me an Apple-branded home cloud so all my iDevices can play, sync and work together.
I need a larger screen and larger RAM that what is available on an iPad. No matter how much memory is on the iPad now, but I believe there was something like 512MB before. Apple may have doubled that by now. You can’t work with full versions of Painter or ArtRage or even photoshop elements on an iPad. Just not enough RAM. I have to say that the iPad has become my web surfer of choose more often than not.
Ability to use scanners wirelessly and USB, Printers and even label printer with USB and wireless; at least 500 onboard gig, ability to open and create LARGE Office files; Mouse or track pad.
Technology IS moving forward, but access to data, graphics and old files from onboard storage is a necessity for me.
I bought a first gen mini specifically for travel. I travel excessively on long haul overseas flights. I loved it so much I gave it to my wife and bought a tricked out Retina Mini. What surprised me is how much more I use the rMini over even my iPad3 for daily work. What really surprised me is that I am now using it even more than my MacBook Air, which I obsessively love to use. With Dropbox and iCloud I may soon only use the rMini. Ive taken just the rMini on two trips and had zero problem.
Well, a number of things… Primarily, EVEN APPLE’S WEBSITE will NOT function on an iPad sometime versus bringing the page up on a Mac.
Take for example THIS LINK…..
https://idmsa.apple.com/IDMSWebAuth/login.html?appIdKey=58ef9db8ff4d201409e7270a68e4408ae1678e1618204c476572a1b5e5fb3518&baseURL=https://supportprofile.apple.com/homePage
TRY THIS UNTIL You’re pink in the eyes TO GET YOUR PASSWORD ‘pasted’ into the correct field.. Good luck…
There are only two things that I still get my old MacBook out for. 1 ripping CDs into itunes. 2 moving amazon mp3 purchases to itunes. I have iTunes Match so these things still find thier way into my ipad. I doubt that there will ever be a way to connect a cd drive to an ipad. I just wish there was a way of importing stuff into itunes that didn’t involve a computer. Most of my music and video purchases are from itunes nowadays but I will sometimes impulse buy CDs from the record shop (particularly as they are often less expensive than itunes, amazon similarly often beats itunes on price).
i just want fonts. I hope I never see “the font ____ is missing. your text will look different” message again!
usb port for multiple reasons would be welcome
Battery. Battery. Battery.
I’m on my computer all day long when at home, it’s my entertainment center basically and I do everything on it. I simply need a computer plugged in the wall (in my case, a MacBook)
Plus, I wouldn’t be able to stand all the fingerprints on the screen at all times. I do like my iPad and iPhone while being in bed before going to sleep or in the mornings, and especially when I’m traveling. But that fingerprint resistant screen would sure be a beautiful thing…
I’m fine with the actual typing on an iPad, however – I even quite like it.
File system. I want ot orgnize my files where i want them and find.. Move them., copy them, rename them.. Transfer them.. The whole enchilada !
Precision and accuracy in pointing .. For precision graphic work !
“You have to force yourself to break old habits. They won’t break themselves.”
Many habits exist because they work best for the situation.
All the reasons I’m held back from making my iPhone my main computing device.
iOS as a main platform is great for super non-tech people who require zero control over how they use their “computing device”, and, whom only use *basic* web browsing and email.
precision copying, editing, pasting. make a pointer so a keyboard can have a trackpad. the finger, though fine for basic things, is nowhere near as good as a mouse or trackpad. every single time i want to write more than a few sentences i grab my macbook. it’s just too frustrating.
why they are being stubborn on this is beyond me. because of it my ipad is used for nothing more than consumption.
Excel and only excel …. If that was made available sales of iPad would skyrocket !!!!
Let me ponder this as I sit in front of my 15″ retina MBP and my 27″ HD display using InDesign, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Remote Desktop, Word, Excel, Acrobat with Pitstop Pro…
It’s a long, long way off for me.
(Cue someone that doesn’t actually work in graphic design mentioning Pixealtor)
*Pixelmator – damn mah fingaz!
The iPad is indeed awesome! However, it doesn’t even compare to my iMac in umpf. They are two very different devices and should be embraced as such, IMHO.
I’m right behind you. My ipad is nearly my frontline device. I went through my MBA and found a ton of apps out of date that have been replaced. There is very little keeping me tied to my Macs. The biggest thing is my Omni apps.
I am never going to use my iPad as my main computing device because it isn’t a main computing device. Apple is obsessed with the iPad and iOS, as you are now. This obsession is making me dislike my iPad and use it less and less. It’s the harbinger of a future computer dystopia and I don’t want to help bring it on.
Those of us who are not spending every waking hour trying to turn our iPads into desktops, can openers, tweezers, cake slicers, cafeteria trays, and pliers still need iMacs to be iMacs and MacBook Pros to be MacBook Pros. The iPad is not, was not, and never will be a main computing device except for those who are obsessed.
When Apple changes OS X to make MacBook Pros and iMacs into giant, overpriced iPads (which is not far off), they will collapse their product line to a single product. My fervent hope is that a few Apple employees will leave the company and take up where Apple quit.
3 things:
1. Either my iPad Air, iOS 7 or combination thereof keep throttling download speed to .6 Mbps which Apple basically denies.
2. The new iPad screen is less sensitive than before which makes certain tasks difficult. Apple denies.
3. I need full apps like Adobe suite.
4. I tried replacing my MacBook Pro with my iPad and couldn’t fully function, but there are some areas where I love my iPad over a full computer.
Typing. Can’t type fast without feeling the keys. So instead of adding keys to an iPad, better to just use a MacBook Pro or Air.
Someday, as iPad matures, I think it might be possible. But it’s a long way off.
I agree the new screen is not as sensitive and feels softer / less durable. Feels like plastic not glass compared to my iPad1. Sensitivity actually improved with one of the iOS 7 updates but don’t recall which one. But on the original iOS7 shipped with iPad Air (got mine launch day), holding down on a link in Safari was really flaky to get the pop-up menu, same for holding down on selected text in apps to get the pop-up menu.
Why I don’t have iPad or any other tablet, and never will:
1) Pad won’t “stand up” by itself so other hands are free to
open mail, drink coffee, write with pencil, etc.
2) Won’t print (at least not simply) via conventional (non-Wifi) printer
3) too easily stolen from public places, car, etc by crackheads
Lame reasons.
1) a stand can be very cheap, I converted on from a 5$ Staples book stand and it works great
2) if printer had physical NIC plug it into a cheap router, or get a new printer they cost very little these days compared to the awesomeness of an iPad.
3) Really ? That’s a reason?
The answer is very simple: practically everything that I functionally wants to accomplish via iOS is simply faster and easier on OS X.
iOS = increased portability with severe functional limitations. OS X remains the real deal.
We would shed no tears if iWork for iOS was abandoned and Apple instead concentrated on continuous MacBook Air improvements with a much more capable office software suite.
I already use my iPad Air more than my “main computer”, on most days anyway, but I don’t consider it my main computer. Funny…
Here’s my list of what its lacking:
– Access to the file system with a “common files” type of folder or area with subfolders, where any apps can share (save & read) files with each other and also have shortcuts to UNC shared network folders for file transfers.
– Skins, color schemes and themes so I can “get used” to iOS7 more easily
– Lack of forward-delete key, like the dedicated Del key in Windows (moving the cursor with finger drives me nuts). Its ridiculous this hasn’t been implemented on iOS via a simple shift-Del combination or something, but not too surprising considering it was an afterthought on Mac too (also ridiculous that they took so long to support it there!)
– easier I/O for copying files to/from iPad. I know the USB port is an old tired complaint but there are times I’ve needed to copy files to/from a USB key. Why not with the camera kit’s USB connector at least ?
– Stereo speakers in landscape orientation, like notebooks etc.
– Better photo management. Apple have f-ed it up again with iOS7. With the photo app and in the camera kit there’s no way to multi-select many photos, for import or multi-delete etc. This makes a process that took a few seconds on iOS 5 & 6 take several minutes. Damn frustrating.
– Etc. there’s more but I am out of time
What’s holding me back from iPad being my primary device?
Final Cut Pro X is not there or the three 4 TB video drives I use.
Email, I want it linked to Daylight and I only do email in one place. I am not going to waste my time going through an email twice. I also prefer POP as I spend many hours on airplanes without internet.
In Design is not on iPad and I am not using Pages for that.. I didn’t even like the old version, let alone the new crippled for iPad version.
I have libraries of graphics, proposals, customized flyers that constantly get repurposed. I wouldn’t have that on my iPad.
Writing is a small part of what I do but I think cut, paste, select on the iPad is slow. I am the co author of 4 McGraw-Hill books.. There is no way the editing back and forth with them could happen on a iPad.
Take note I have owned every generation of iPad except 4. I have the air and new mini. I love my iPads for a multitude of things. But not any of my work. They are consumption devices and specialty devices controlling my lights with Hue, my home theater with Harmony.