iOS 11 on iPad Pro falls short of being a laptop replacement due to lack of precise pointer input, but side-by-side view and multitasking are getting better
This article is part of a series on going iPad-only. John Gruber / Daring Fireball : ‘Your’ vs. ‘My’ — Tom Warren's review for The Verge … Evan Selleck / iPhone Hacks : The iPad Can Replace Your Laptop, Maybe Tweets: Federico Viticci / @viticci : “It won't replace your laptop."pic.twitter.com/DtoVIPLB0F @jason : iPad is fantastic for email, movies, games & social media — still basic for productivity software due to lack of mouse. Add mouse? Boom! http://twitter.com/... Kevin Fox / @kfury : Next week: Laptops are inferior to desktops in every way, unless you like hauling your computer around like a chump. http://twitter.com/... Steve Kovach / @stevekovach : This is the correct take. iPad is inching (slowly, very slowly) towards its goal, but it's not there. http://twitter.com/... Steve T-S / @stroughtonsmith : If this was in iOS 11 beta 1, I completely missed it, but iPad split-screen finally has side-swapping! It finally is better than Windows 8pic.twitter.com/kTaNgGShZt @stevesi : 15/ Takes time. But 2B mobile, growing with all new ppl getting their first computer, means the “natives” will change work to fit tools. @stevesi : 10/ What changed were not tools (finally) emulating a past generation but that workflow, work products, and work changed with new “natives”. @stevesi : 6/ What iPad can't do (precision pointing, specific workflows, random UX, “speed”, etc.) implies that work doesn't change. That is flawed. @stevesi : 12/ Today the “never” perspective in PC/mobile read like car enthusiasts: electric, autonomous, shared will never replace my 454hp or F-150. @stevesi : 17/ New natives don't know better and do. The tech buzzsaw is not going to slow down change or make new products work the “old” way. // EOTS