Michal Ždanský On the lists of expectations for 2014, we can find quite a few items on the list at Apple, among them the iPad Pro. Unreliable Asian sources have started to hear that after the iPad Air we will also have an iPad Pro, the main feature of which will be a larger screen with a diagonal of around twelve inches. However, it seems that only some analysts and then the media got carried away, and it doesn't even change the fact that yesterday Samsung presented new tablets with just this diagonal.
Although the iPad legally falls into the category of computers, its purpose and way of use are different from ordinary computers, namely laptops. The iPad is clearly more intuitive than a laptop with a desktop operating system, but it will never beat a laptop in one respect - speed of work. Of course, there are some circuits where the same results can be achieved more quickly with the iPad thanks to the input method, but those are more of a minority.
The magic of the iPad, apart from the touch screen, is its portability. Not only is it lightweight and compact, it also does not require any special placement such as a table or a lap. You can hold the iPad in one hand and control it with the other hand. That's why it fits perfectly in means of transport, in bed or on holiday.
Apple offers two iPad sizes – 7,9-inch and 9,7-inch. Each has its own, the iPad mini is lighter and more compact, while the iPad Air offers a larger screen, while still being pleasantly light and easily portable. I've never seen a demand for Apple to release something with an even bigger display. Nevertheless, according to some, the company should present such a device for professionals, or perhaps for the corporate sphere.
It's not that there isn't a use for such a device, it would certainly be interesting for photographers, digital artists, on the other hand, so far you've had plenty to do with the 9,7-inch version. But do you think screen/monitor size is the only thing that matters for professionals? See what differences you can find between MacBooks in the Air and Pro series. More power, better screen (resolution, technology), HDMI. Sure, there's also a 15" MacBook Pro, while the Air will only offer a 13" version. But does that mean he's less professional?
The truth is that iPad professionals don't need more screen space. If something bothers them, then it's an insufficiently efficient workflow, which is related to, for example, multitasking, the file system, and the system's capabilities in general. Can you imagine professional video editing or editing in Photoshop only on iPad? It's not just about the screen, it's also about the input method. Therefore, a professional will prefer a more precise combination of keyboard and mouse than a keyboard with a touch screen. Likewise, a professional often needs access to data on external storage - how does screen size solve this problem?
Aside from the issue of purpose, there are several other cracks in this theory. How would Apple use more space? Does it just stretch the existing layout? Or will it release a special version of iOS and fragment its ecosystem? Will it be a hybrid device with both iOS and OS X that Tim Cook laughed at at the last keynote? What about resolution, will Apple double the existing retina to an absurd 4K?
In fact, the problem with professional use is not the hardware, but the software. Professionals don't necessarily need a 12-inch tablet that's uncomfortable to hold. They need to create a top-notch workflow that won't hinder their work against the computer, or a slight slowdown will be an acceptable price for mobility that they can't achieve even with a MacBook Air.
After all, how did Samsung solve the use of the 12-inch display? He completely ditched the whole of Android, which now looks more like Windows RT and the only meaningful use is to have multiple windows open at the same time or to draw with a stylus on a large screen. Bigger is not always better, although the trend of phablets and oversized phones may suggest otherwise. However, they have their purpose as a device between a phone and a tablet. However, bridging the river between tablets and laptops doesn't make much sense yet, and the Microsoft Surface is proof of that.
I agree with the author, I'm just afraid that the jobs-wannabe Cook is a fool, who sooner or later drove from Apple USAmsung.
Are you sure that jerk is Tim Cook?
The CEO always takes 100% responsibility for EVERYTHING the company did - it's common in the Czech Republic that no one is responsible for anything - you can see it all around! So yes COOK is responsible for the fact that APPLE is gradually starting to copy blindly - for example.
Stupid are pretty strong words from a person who only knows about Apple what is written in the media, i.e. nothing. (As do the rest of us.) And besides, Cook is behind the best-selling devices in Apple history, if nothing else, and the redesign of iOS from a payback to a graphically advanced OS, and… Etc.
But we see what is happening, we see it under our hands. Assumptions as to what we will learn where are nonsense. It could be stopped just like it used to be with maps. they could have made a clear step but this only leads to USAmsung.
I admit that stupid is not the right word and does not describe exactly what I wanted to say. My opinion is that Apple is going out of inertia, not because people say wow, that's cool. Not even because Cook tries to imitate Jobs at Keynotes..
let him have his opinion, even the person who runs apple could be stupid, right? (even if I don't agree) :)
I would love to have such an ego. The author obviously knows best what is Pro and what is not, what Pro users need and who is a Pro user, after all he knows and meets them all. If I look away from the ego that I have been noticing for a long time, it would at least be reasonable not to be ultimate, then it can happen that the impossible becomes a reality and then the ultimate is there. Not to mention the view. I don't know what Apple is planning, but I know for sure that neither does the author. Liking Apple products and knowing them is not the same as having a patent for everything.
The author has no stew in his head. I totally agree with him.
And may I ask what this proves?
hey, the word PRO is a big bluff, macbookPRO is bullshit.
I had a macbookPRO for work. The result was that I was cursing the whole time that it was just bullshit. Now I'm working on a 27 mic and it works. And I'm on Airk for mobile phones. and Airko is a great workhorse. Not everyone works with emails and excel... If you want these notes, buy PRO, that's all. Occasional PRO-editing of family videos, I'll be happy with anything. And the improved external surfaces on Mavericks are ridiculous, semi-robot again, and be happy that it's not the shit it used to be...
It hasn't been that long since there was an article about why the iP 5S won't have a fingerprint reader :)
I don't know about such an article, can you link it?
I wouldn't completely rule it out. I guess I have a very vivid imagination, but how about a 12″ iPad PRO with a touch version of MacOS X? Maybe Apple will surprise us.
Touch version of OS X? Like the "successful" Windows 8? Nope.
WIN8 are not bad because they are touchscreen. They are bad because they were awarded by MS. I believe that Apple is capable of providing a much better touch OS.
I have stopped trusting APPLA - they lack a visionary and a pedant = JOBS. I don't know how business is - it will probably work for them (but who knows), but we simply can't expect the so-called user experience like during his lifetime!!!
There are obviously so many visionaries out there that they rush through the windows. The fault of the pedant who would kick their ass and run out into the street. I don't believe it anymore since the new OSX. Too bad he didn't last a few decades...
one fine day we'll remember how different it was and we'll have a happy android in our hands because it'll be identical shit
iOS and OS X already have a common core, they differ in the presentation layer and the resulting control method. I can easily imagine a 12″ iPad with a removable keyboard, touchpad and ARM processor, which when the keyboard and touchpad are connected will work like OS X, and when the keyboard is disconnected, I can run iOS programs on it and it will be controlled by touch. Developers will be able to decide whether their programs allow both control methods or only one.
Is it true that they have the same core?
Yes. Apple even had two teams developing iOS. One used the OS X kernel and the other the Linux kernel. In the end, they decided on the OS X kernel.
very good thought, I agree with the author. but we will see later how it will really be. :)
The big screen iPad is something I've been waiting 20 years for. I'm a musician, and in that area the big touch screen is a genius thing.
I use my iPad daily for remote desktop access. I've already poured and formatted text into InDesign remotely like this in an emergency. :) People who "live" by remote access would take a 12″ iPad with all ten. (And remember "there will never be a smaller iPad, it doesn't make sense and it goes against Apple's logic" - and lo and behold, we have the best-selling model in history.)
I agree with everything except the last sentence. Let's be happy that MS has finally introduced something new that is usable as a normal PC. Although I usually stick to MS, here I have to defend him.
Thanks for the article, I totally agree. The iPad is primarily a thing intended for consumption (content). I don't have it myself, I don't need it for life and work (I don't use means of transport, I prefer "other things" to bed and only without a computer on vacation). Each device has its buyer, but for me the ailments mentioned in the article are more and more on the negative side...
Getting data from MBP to iPhone (iPad) by simply dragging your finger is pointlessly complicated (on purpose). Also, there are applications like Dropbox, WeTransfer, Evernote, etc. And I'm not talking about working with other data (zip, rar, indd, raw, irdata).
For the PRO version :) for me, as a graphic artist, it would have to have a Wacom Stylus layer like the Wacom Cintiq (Samsung Note) has. In that case, I would want all of the above and use it as a digital sketchbook. Of course musicians, editors would see the PRO version differently.
Pro is a bluff. The only machine from Apple that is Pro as a professional is the Mac Pro. The rest at most Pro as Prosumer.
The author really believes in himself when he writes this. I'm probably also waiting for a bigger tablet and for tablets to generally be replaced by a classic PC. Who said I have to hold them in my hand? And just like that, a 27″ tablet on a stand like an LCD is nonsense, but smarter people can imagine how to use them. And the 12″ size is really good for something. Only if the function of two windows next to each other is added.
Well, there wouldn't be a problem with a 12-inch tablet, but it won't be a tablet from Apple and IOS...
I can't imagine using it.