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1 posted on 11/05/2014 11:19:24 PM PST by Swordmaker
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Fortune Magazine says the iPad 2 is an excellent PC replacement — PING!


Apple iPad 2 Review Ping!

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2 posted on 11/05/2014 11:21:18 PM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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If it can’t play the same games I play on my pc with same mods, which include extremely high resolution texture pacs, then it will never replace my pc.


3 posted on 11/05/2014 11:46:20 PM PST by chris37 (heartless)
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The key point of this article is that the author says once he removed his Bluetooth keyboard from his iPad Air 2, its usefulness as a productivity tool stopped. This fact undermines the premise of the headline.


13 posted on 11/06/2014 4:09:15 AM PST by montag813
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To: Swordmaker

when you buy apple products you are supporting the sodomite activist ceo.

no thanks!


14 posted on 11/06/2014 4:30:12 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied .. the economy died.)
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Not till I can plug in an external drive, or at least an SDXC card.


15 posted on 11/06/2014 4:31:25 AM PST by Eric Pode of Croydon
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OK Apple fanbois——

How many Firefox tabs can you open up on the most advanced iPad? Give me a number. This will dwarfed by what a legitimate computer can do such as a Microsoft Surface Pro onto more conventional laptops and computers


18 posted on 11/06/2014 5:34:06 AM PST by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: Swordmaker
Howdy Sword!

Tablets are useful when you want to be mobile, but I still don't see them replacing the beast of a desktop I use as my daily worker.  They simply don't have enough ram or power to run a multi VM environment. They definitely have a place in the world, and for many folks they could easily replace everything a desktop would do for them, but I suspect power users will be depending upon desktops for a while yet.

Of course, even within the desktop paradigm there are options. I have a friend who has a beefy server in a closet, and KVM type hookups elsewhere in his house for access. VNC/rdesktop  protocols can give you desktop access even over wireless connections.  Lots of options for folks out there no matter how you use a computer.

19 posted on 11/06/2014 7:37:42 AM PST by zeugma (The act of observing disturbs the observed.)
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