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    can iPad Pro be a desktop/laptop replacement

    Discussion in 'Smartphones and Tablets' started by kenny1999, Sep 20, 2016.

  1. kenny1999

    kenny1999 Notebook Evangelist

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    IMO a mobile device like smartphone or tablet is usually a ''passive'' device that we mostly only GET information conveniently with it , it's not something that we can conveniently use to make creation, the most ACTIVE thing I can think of is to text with your device. However, even typing a text passage with iPad is quite painful, compared to using a PC keyboard.

    Some said iPad Pro could be a desktop replacement.
    I have an iPad mini, I do not have an iPad Pro.

    I don't understand, how could it be a desktop replacement?
     
    kenny1999, Sep 20, 2016
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    Spartan@HIDevolution Company Representative

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    beauty lies in the eyes of teh beholder
     
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    only if that "beholder" is blind, deaf, and mute
     
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    Starlight5 Yes, I'm a cat. What else is there to say, really?

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    @kenny1999 it can't be considered as a laptop/desktop replacement because it doesn't work with mouse or similar pointer devices without jailbreak, and jailbreaks are not reliable.
     
    Starlight5, Sep 20, 2016
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    Had Apple dropped a quad-core Atom or Jaguar SoC and used Mac OS X in iPad Pro it'd have been a decent desktop replacement, hey it'd be a Mac OS X tablet that many people have been waiting!

    But nope they decided to lock down such a nice big tablet with iOS... even M$ has learned the mistake back in Surface 1 & 2 and changed back to full-blown Windows in Surface 3.
     
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    No
     
    Krowe, Sep 20, 2016
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