I didn't say that, what I said was that Apple's vision is that there's a market for tablets and that iPad will thrive as long as there's a market for tablets. Thrive as in 90%? 70%? 40%? 320% but 50% of the profit? Who knows.
But I don't define the tablet market as iPad and only iPad. And it's possible that Apple is wrong and that there isn't a tablet market. Maybe it's just that PCs suck so much, but given time and innovation we'll all end up with really lightweight PCs that have tablet interfaces.
This might just be a phase, just as PDAs were a phase until smartphones subsumed their functionality.
> the Surface Pro is a terrible iPad and an excellent PC laptop
Or maybe the iPad is a terrible Surface Pro :-P
But seriously:
> Maybe it's just that PCs suck so much, but given time and innovation we'll all end up with really lightweight PCs that have tablet interfaces.
Maybe given time and innovation we'll all end up with really open iPads that you don't need to pay for the privilege to run your code on and have touch screens actually deserving of the name "tablet" (meaning you can draw on them).
That would be awesome because those actually are the two main things like to do on my computer, coding and drawing :)
But with the iPad's battery life and (lack of) heat.
It will also have an eInk screen on the back, and a programmable strip of LEDs on the sides. Also a strong, retractable piece of string loop, for if you're in a pinch and you need a wall clock, lamp or as a painting: when you're done working, set it to the "HOME SWEET HOME" screensaver on the eInk side, and hang it on the wall.
Anyone got an idea of how to work a 3D printer into a tablet? Cause we need those, too.
(so that cybercriminals can infect it with a virus that makes it build legs and walk away into the thief's hands)
(and people will still be complaining "if this is the future, where's our flying cars??!")
> Maybe given time and innovation we'll all end up with really open iPads that you don't need to pay for the privilege to run your code on
Given the policies of Apple and Microsoft, I doubt it. Further, I would imagine that more and more machines will be locked down because security is now more important, generates link-bait headlines, and "failures" of security / privacy get your CEO dragged in front a congressional committee.
I am pretty sure you can install anything you want on the Surface Pro, and from any source you like. The Surface RT is locked down, but not the Pro as i understand it.
I think it is important that recognize that neither company here has a "vision" at all. Both companies are just attempting to steer computing in the direction of the thing that they have been most (financially) successful with. For Microsoft, it's PCs, for Apple it's devices.
But I don't define the tablet market as iPad and only iPad. And it's possible that Apple is wrong and that there isn't a tablet market. Maybe it's just that PCs suck so much, but given time and innovation we'll all end up with really lightweight PCs that have tablet interfaces.
This might just be a phase, just as PDAs were a phase until smartphones subsumed their functionality.