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		pjmlp 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple has locked me in the same cage Microsoft's b... Comparing Apples to Oranges. One is a device sold with a specific purpose that the buyers knowingly paid for, the other is a piece of isolated pieces pluggable hardware.

Apocryphon 5 months ago | [–]

Apple's actual marketing postures the iPad as a general computing device

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S5BLs51yDQ

“with iPad Pro + iOS 11, a post-PC world may be closer than you think.”

https://9to5mac.com/2017/11/16/ipad-pro-whats-a-computer-ad/

NotPractical 5 months ago | [–]

There is no specific purpose for an iPad.

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