Comments - Happy Birthday Mac and Are Tablets the Future? - TechHui2024-03-28T15:19:47Zhttp://www.techhui.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=1702911%3ABlogPost%3A127805&xn_auth=noThe answer is the same as it…tag:www.techhui.com,2014-01-29:1702911:Comment:1279562014-01-29T18:50:38.427ZJustin Mayerhttp://www.techhui.com/profile/JustinMayer
<p>The answer is the same as it always is: the best tool for your use cases... today. Not tomorrow, not next year — today.</p>
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<p>Today, the best tool for my use cases is the 11" MacBook Air. Extremely portable, with access to all the dev tools I need to build things.</p>
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<p>If I want to read articles or watch video, the Retina iPad Mini gives me a great screen, long battery life, and LTE connectivity anywhere I go.</p>
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<p>Will these devices converge? Doubtful.…</p>
<p>The answer is the same as it always is: the best tool for your use cases... today. Not tomorrow, not next year — today.</p>
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<p>Today, the best tool for my use cases is the 11" MacBook Air. Extremely portable, with access to all the dev tools I need to build things.</p>
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<p>If I want to read articles or watch video, the Retina iPad Mini gives me a great screen, long battery life, and LTE connectivity anywhere I go.</p>
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<p>Will these devices converge? Doubtful. Convergence is often an overrated concept put forth by tech pundits who like to prognosticate — and who are almost always wrong.</p>
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<p>In the end, it doesn't much matter whether notebook or tablet computers become more prevalent. We'll likely have access to both for a long, long time.</p>
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<p>PS: You've tagged this with "latop" — being a typical self-absorbed LA native, I choose to take this as a compliment.</p> Convergence obviously has its…tag:www.techhui.com,2014-01-27:1702911:Comment:1278852014-01-27T16:38:04.665ZDaniel Leuckhttp://www.techhui.com/profile/dleuck
<p><span>Convergence obviously has its benefits, but I think you can sum up Apple's counterargument as, "We are optimizing the user experience for each device and, by extension, usage profile."<br></br></span></p>
<blockquote><p><span>Douglas: Besides your cell phone what device do you use the most? <br></br></span></p>
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<p>For business (at work and home) I use a MacBook with an external monitor. For leisure browsing and the occasional show I sneak in when little ones are asleep I use my…</p>
<p><span>Convergence obviously has its benefits, but I think you can sum up Apple's counterargument as, "We are optimizing the user experience for each device and, by extension, usage profile."<br/></span></p>
<blockquote><p><span>Douglas: Besides your cell phone what device do you use the most? <br/></span></p>
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<p>For business (at work and home) I use a MacBook with an external monitor. For leisure browsing and the occasional show I sneak in when little ones are asleep I use my iPad. When I travel for 3 days or less I take my iPad with a <a href="http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/ultrathin-keyboard-cover" target="_blank">Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover</a>. For longer trips I take my MacBook.</p>
<p>I do secretly like some things about the <span>Windows 8 tablet</span>, but don't tell anyone I said that :-)</p>