"Ok, then how much and will it be as good as Adobe Photoshop? I think not."
Is anyone replacing their Uber-PS computers with Netbooks for PS these day?
Sure, some do, but the computer has to be powerful enough
Or their MBP or their latest I3 mobile HP 15" with Netbooks for heavy photo editing? I think not
If the netbook is powerful enough sure why not. But my point was, for the price, you can get a laptop for that price, even a netbook with a hard drive could be used in a pinch. Especially when you take a plane, do a shoot and post results from the hotel.
For PS, we all must (for optimum performance) spend some money on a computer, whether laptop or desktop...on the speedier, dual or quad core chips, .......To run PS, one still needs to spend some money on a decent computer/specs to get optimum, 64bit performace, regardless of your OS.
I disagree, I have used a slow laptop when my hard drive failed in my laptop (I dropped it) so I had to take my old slow one for backup. It worked fine, Not as fast but we were dealing with this slowness years ago when computers were not as fast, people run it without optimum performance or even a mac for years.
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You are speculating. You haven't seen it, touched it, played with it...yet you know already that it's "Overpriced,
It was in a presentation by Apple that it would be 500, at least the minimal model, we know this from them.
Flash is broken, and apps that don't = MS photo editors." To me, that seems a bit ridiculous...I've owned the iPhone for 2 years and the apps pertaining to photography on mine number in the dozens. Some are silly, some are excellent, ...Who is editing with PS on a Netbook, cheap PC?
People that can't afford and expensive laptop or would rather spend the money on lenses or a new camera.
Or even extensive editing on Macbooks? It's not aimed at "Pro" work....but I have faith that it's going to make a hell of an intermediary between cam and editing rig...with a Boat-Load of excellent and not-so-excellent photo editing apps....There is already a Photo Shop app on the iPhone....and it's FREE!!!! And, you can directly transfer to PS when you get back home to your main editor....and not necessarily pictures you've taken with your iPhone...
Who said anything about pro work. Pros use laptops all the time, not sure of your point. They edit their images in a hotel with a laptop. But if you are talking about using the Ipad for storage only to edit when you get home, there are better and cheaper methods of doing this, a laptop is one of them, and you can edit right there.
...But, in my case, from my 5d2 and 7d
There are plenty of apps that turn your phone into a little hard drive for storage...and to date, with the dozens of apps I have on my iPhone...the ONLY one I've spent more than 10 bucks on is the OnOne DSLR remote for my cams....Freaking incredible....directly to my Mac Pro, live view in the phone...work great for getting the kids and pets in position and snapping the shot from the front (with visual). The list goes on, but certainly, I don't find the apps expensive (and I'm pretty frugile)....Heck, I just bought Tiger Wood's PGA (From EA Sports) for $5! And I don't really play video games...just this one on our PS3 (I have kids)....and on Play station, it's 10 times that price!!!! (Actually, 12x on release at $60!)....
Good point, you can buy a ps3 now for games for 299 and get a $300 laptop, both of them will have more capability than the Ipad. And they are dedicated.
So again....I understand you are a MS guy and that's cool (I was for 18 years...until 2 years ago when Vista sent me over the edge)...but negative speculation will only keep you that much further from the Pearly Gates of Apple
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I am glad you are happy with your Iphone. I prefer a dedicated phone that I don't run down the battery playing games, music, videos, etc. I prefer a dedicated mp3 player that is tiny (I think it was 30 bucks, has a rechargable AAA battery that I can swap out if I have no way to charge it. And it sounds great on the plane and on the drive to the stadium
Getting to the pearly gates is going to cost you quite a lot of money when Nirvana can be achieved with a cheap laptop and windows on a budget. It leaves you more money to buy what you really want, better camera gear or money for other hobbies, at least for me.
You tried to put up an argument and it still did not convince me and I don't see the attraction. I am putting together an I5 system home system with a solid state drive, 10000 rpm HD for storage and a super fast video card for games, for under 1400 bucks. That is heaven to me, the only thing better is if it were less expensive so I could use that money for other hobbies. A computer is a tool. The Ipad is not even a computer will never be the tool that a good laptop will be. To me it is just eye candy and status sybol, I can read books on the laptop. At least the Iphone has a primary funtion as a phone, I don't see the attraction when you can get a PSP to perform similar functions for less)
I flew out to the Anaheim Supercross, took my old laptop (since I have not replaced the hard drive in my new laptop), edited my pic using raw, removed most of the terrible high ISO noise from my old 8mp camera and posted it that night, the laptop was cheap and did its job.
The Ipad is not for me before it was ever created. Most apple products are not for me because they are overpriced and I can have heaven on a budget.
