Comment by bigyabai

8 months ago

iPads seem gimmicky to me. Somehow, they sell...

It's great for watching shows on a stationary bike, reading manga, and as a drawing tablet. There's a bunch of artists that only use procreate.

  • It's a hard sell for curmudgeons like me with a laptop that does everything you listed and more.

    Maybe I'm the idiot, but you won't catch me dead paying laptop money for a neuter-computer.

    • I don't think this is fair. Of the uses listed:

      iPads are better for watching shows on a stationary bike, since they fit on the bike

      iPads are better for reading manga, since you can hold them vertically

      and iPads are clearly better for drawing--you can't draw on a laptop.

      There are some hybrid laptops that do these things, but they're bad at them. Especially drawing, I've used enough HP convertibles with "stylus support" over the years to know that.

    • This, especially nowadays that Mac OS has an ARM target, and there’s essentially (literally?) no difference between an iPad and MacBook hardware

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Are you serious? For anything that needs more screen estate - reading, browsing, photo/video watching/organizing, or simply if your sight is not as good anymore, it's so much better than phone. And with the pricetag around $350 that is amazing value.