Well, they didn't signal the end for laptops. I don't see that anywhere. They looked at the fact that many iPad users buy a keyboard and then they added one of their own to their product line that is better than most of the competition.
But if they want people to keep making apps for their devices, they are going to need people to have computers that aren't locked down with iOS.
If what you want to say instead is -- Apple's hardware is now getting so good that you could almost imagine running some kind of version of Mac OS on it, then I agree. Though I wouldn't want to try to do anything too processor intensive.
But then what that would really mean is that Microsoft has been right in the long term about having laptops that turn into tablets and vice versa, and Apple has been wrong, wouldn't it?
There's a huge amount of aluminum and engineering that goes into each one of those. That still wouldn't account for the cost, but then you have to realize that it's aimed at institutional buyers that want a very good stand, and they don't want to have to screw around with finding options. It makes sense when you think about this being sold to some sort of studio, and they just want a complete package that takes no effort to set up, and they'll pay whatever.
Anyone that's paying the money to buy the monitor p
There's a huge amount of aluminum and engineering that goes into each one of those.
Not $1000 worth.
Also, aluminum is one of the cheapest metals to use in fabrication, if not the cheapest. I'd bet I could create a beautiful monitor stand from design to production for a couple of hundred bucks or so. And even that would be overpriced in my opinion.
Now it's true that I wouldn't have the panache of a team of sweet-bearded hipster tech bros in flannel shirts planning it out, but I bet I could still come up with something every bit as nice for ~ $200.
Tablets are an ergonomic disaster for doing serious work on. Tiny screen, and you would need an arm to hold it up at eye level so you aren't hunched over it.
"If what you want to say instead is -- Apple's hardware is now getting so good that you could almost imagine running some kind of version of Mac OS on it,"
iOS is and always has been some kind of version of Mac OS. LITERALLY. iOS is based on OSX, and always has been.
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No they didn't* (Score:4, Insightful)
Well, they didn't signal the end for laptops. I don't see that anywhere. They looked at the fact that many iPad users buy a keyboard and then they added one of their own to their product line that is better than most of the competition.
But if they want people to keep making apps for their devices, they are going to need people to have computers that aren't locked down with iOS.
If what you want to say instead is -- Apple's hardware is now getting so good that you could almost imagine running some kind of version of Mac OS on it, then I agree. Though I wouldn't want to try to do anything too processor intensive.
But then what that would really mean is that Microsoft has been right in the long term about having laptops that turn into tablets and vice versa, and Apple has been wrong, wouldn't it?
I'm writing this on an iMac, by the way.
Re:No they didn't* (Score:4, Insightful)
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....until you consider $1000 monitor stands
I honestly thought that was a joke the first time I heard it. I figured The Onion had done it again, but nope...
For $1000 you can buy one hell of a laptop, but on Planet Apple that just gets you the thingy that holds the monitor.
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There's a huge amount of aluminum and engineering that goes into each one of those. That still wouldn't account for the cost, but then you have to realize that it's aimed at institutional buyers that want a very good stand, and they don't want to have to screw around with finding options. It makes sense when you think about this being sold to some sort of studio, and they just want a complete package that takes no effort to set up, and they'll pay whatever.
Anyone that's paying the money to buy the monitor p
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There's a huge amount of aluminum and engineering that goes into each one of those.
Not $1000 worth.
Also, aluminum is one of the cheapest metals to use in fabrication, if not the cheapest. I'd bet I could create a beautiful monitor stand from design to production for a couple of hundred bucks or so. And even that would be overpriced in my opinion.
Now it's true that I wouldn't have the panache of a team of sweet-bearded hipster tech bros in flannel shirts planning it out, but I bet I could still come up with something every bit as nice for ~ $200.
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Tablets are an ergonomic disaster for doing serious work on. Tiny screen, and you would need an arm to hold it up at eye level so you aren't hunched over it.
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There are these things called stands [thoughtout.biz]...
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"If what you want to say instead is -- Apple's hardware is now getting so good that you could almost imagine running some kind of version of Mac OS on it,"
iOS is and always has been some kind of version of Mac OS. LITERALLY. iOS is based on OSX, and always has been.