Roasting Toaster Fridges A longish exploration of two hybrid devices, Microsoft’s Surface Pro 4 and Apple’s iPad Pro.
The short version: The Microsoft product is a decent laptop but it’s better as a tablet. The iPad Pro is also not a laptop replacement, but it’s a substantial enhancement of the tablet genre, thanks to a better/bigger screen, a very good stylus, and plenty of processing power. This leads to a brief speculation on the future of OS X and iOS. What follows isn’t a product review in the official media sense. Here, I put my own money on the line, I play customer and take the time to let the Third Impression set in, unavoidable personal biases included. No pre-configured device, no hand-holding by a manufacturer’s rep, no direct line to a support person, no review guide, no deadline, no scramble for pageviews – it’s free as in Free Speech and Free Beer. … http://www.mondaynote.com/2016/02/08/roasting-toaster-fridges/ _______________________________________________ Medianews mailing list [email protected] http://etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews_etskywarn.net
