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nucmanchh said:
I've read a few articles this week where tech pundits are saying the PC is on it's way out - to be replaced by the Tablet. If so, someone is going to have to come up with a Photoshop app that has the same horsepower photogs have grown use to on their desktops/laptops
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Not a replacement yet, but I see my iPad as a satellite system and augmentation to my MacBook Pro.

Currently, the iPad simply lacks the power and flexibility of a full-blown Mac at this point. Sure I can dump memory cards into iPad's iPhoto and there are tons of photo-oriented apps, but I use my Mac for Vectorworks 2D and 3D CAD, so there's no way an iPad can replace that now.

I guess an intermediate step would be getting a MacBook Air. With that you can still connect an external monitor, hard drives for archiving, backup RAID, external Lightroom drive, etc.. That's what I do.

Windows and Android are simply too unstable and fragmented for my needs. Apple has every other platform beat in terms of total and near-seamless hardware and software integration.
 
They still make netbooks? My iPads screen is almost 10 inches, and my new one on Friday will have resolution that will blow your desktop monitor away. I find it funny that people who are all about the size and weight benefits of m43 negate it by lugging around laptops. Perfect? No. But until you've downloaded and edited you photos and movies while sitting on the beach in Aruba, or on a bus to the airport in Dublin or while sitting in a piazza in Rome, you don't know the convenience and flexibility you are missing.
 
PCs will become the equivalent of full frame DSLRs - specialized tools for those that need them, or think they do. For the vast majority of users a tablet will be fine.

The people who say they won't buy a tablet without card slots, usb/firewire ports, memory expansion slots, etc., are the same ones who said they'd never buy a PC without a floppy drive.

-Jeff
 
If you use an Olympus camera that supports the PenPal PP-1 and you have a Blackberry, the Playbook is the way to go.

Why? Because with the PenPal you can upload photo's from your camera to the Blackberry phone and then edit them using the Playbook. You can directly upload them to the Internet (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) in about 20 seconds. Basically no more bad quality camera phone shots.

The Playbook also supports Word / Excel docs, can be used to control a PowerPoint presentation and has all the other Internet and photo editing functionality. I've pretty much replaced my laptop, the only thing I need is Skype and the laptop is gone.
 
...how non technical tech pundits are. Most technical people who understand the issues are clueless when it comes to writing. Most good writers are clueless when it comes to technology. Technical people often have a very different mindset so take anything you read about technology with a grain of salt.

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What do u edit with? Every app I've seen for an iPad or Tablet is a "Lite" compared to PS on my desktop. This post characterizes the difference in users.
 
nucmanchh said:
I've read a few articles this week where tech pundits are saying the PC is on it's way out - to be replaced by the Tablet. If so, someone is going to have to come up with a Photoshop app that has the same horsepower photogs have grown use to on their desktops/laptops
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I have a PlayBook, and I really enjoy it for the everyday stuff (checking email, looking up info, etc.) but it's not something I would use for image processing, or, for that matter, composing long written work. I do have a portable bluetooth external keyboard which does make things easier, but when I really want to get work done, or communicate rapidly, I still pull out the laptop or use the desktop.

Unless a tablet can have a large display and lots of processing power, it's not going to work really well for detailed photo editing. The quick and dirty stuff, sure (basic color balance, some editing and cropping), but the higher level image editing, no.

On the other hand, if a tablet has a stand and a keyboard, it surely can be used for a bunch of everyday uses........just not the processor intensive ones.

-J
 
No doubt that iPad can do many things that PC can but it will never replace PC.
There are things that perform better on PC than on iPad or any other tablets.
I can list quite a bit of stuff that I'd rather do on a real PC than on an iPad.

For example, typing on areal keyboard is much faster than typing on a virtual kb on iPad.

iPad or any tablets are not designed for number crunching or serious multitasking works.

PC market share is shrinking to give tablets like iPad a larger market share much like MILC/CSC market share grows while DSLR shrinks.

PC can be much cheaper yet still much more powerful than any tablets out there.

My PC is running Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit, 8GB RAM, 1.5TB HD, powerful AMD Radeon 6570 with its own 2GB RAM and 24" Dell Ultrasharp.
All for only $250 (excluding the monitor).

At my workplace, we have probably around 7000 Dell PCs, several hundreds Blackberries, tens Android phones, a growing number of iPhones and iPads.

While there is a strong push to deploy more iPads but nobody believes it would ever replace PCs.
tigertiger said:
The iPad excels at music creation, art, and graphics design, and while you can argue that the respective software isn't as powerful as their desktop counterparts, they get more feature laden everyday, and for a fraction of the cost.
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A lot of people, including many in this thread, seem to not understand that a 'tablet' computer does not necessarily have to be confined to the one piece of hardware. The point is that a tablet will soon have enough processing power and memory for even quite high level applications like photo or video editing, AND there is nothing to stop you from simply plugging it into a high resolution screen, mouse, keyboard, whatever you want and basically using it in the same way as a 'desktop'.

The great thing is, you can take the tablet with you and be mobile as well.

A lot of people already use laptops in this way. Full blown desktop machines have been on the decline for some time now.
Personally, I still have a desktop. But in a few years, I'm pretty sure I wont.

Its pretty obvious that that is the future. And I'm not the only one who thinks so. If you've seen the beta version of windows 8, its pretty clear that microsoft has decided that mobile computing is quickly becoming the mainstream market.

I think devices like the Lenovo 'Yoga' prototype that was displayed a few months ago make a lot of sense. Google it. Its pretty cool.

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If what you meantas DSLR is those with 4/3 sensor, yeah, they may go extinct someday or at least no new products will be introduced anymore.

But if you count Canon and Nikon (and now the emerging Sony), they will never go away. Their market share may shrink, no doubt, but there are things that DSLR can do better than any MILC / CSC including the m4/3 variety.

For example, just go to any race tracks or major sport events, all the pros are using Canon or Nikon DSLRs. DSLRs also provide more affordable fast tele lenses for everyday shooters.

iPad is a cool gadget, no doubt, and it makes a perfect holiday gift, thus sold more than PC.

PC will still be selling a lot throughout the world. It is an essential tool at work and at home.
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Anybody who doesn't believe it is shortsighted. Same question if a micro 4/3 can replace a dslr.

Not currently, but someday for sure.

iPads sold more than any one pc last quarter. By the end of the year there will be 100 million of them in circulation.

Currently the font fill all my needs, but they most certainly can one day. Just a matter of time.
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My workflow includes a MacBook Pro and an iPad 2. I have the new iPad preordered.

I have used Photoshop since v. 5 on Windows. Which eventually evolved to Lightroom, Pixelmator. And now with iPhoto for iOS, Snapseed and Procreate, I'm slowly relying on the Mac less and less.

Do yourself a favour, buy a capacitive stylus and try the iPhoto, Procreate combo. You will be pleasantly surprised.

The Retina capable iPad that launches on Friday is going to be a revelation.

As for storage. Seagate makes a Wi-Fi connected external drive just for iOS. I also Wi-Fi sync with the MacBook Pro. Everything is transparent and seem less.
 
... is surf the internet and look at a few photos or videos, then yes, the tablets will begin to replace the notebook/netbook.

But for anything else, no. Think games. I mean real, heavy duty games. Games that push the limits, on even the most powerful desktop PCs.

How about photo and video editing? Desktop PC.

Office applications/uses? Still the desktop PC or portable (netbook/notebook) PC.

Storage and connectivity (and I am not talking about wireless)? Can I put a 1+ TB hard drive in there? How about ethernet/USB/Firewire ports? Or SD card slots? ExpressCard slot?

I am sure all these will be addressed as we move forward, but what we will end up with will (most likely) be a full fledged PC in a Slate (Tablet) like package and dockable to a real keyboard for non mobile use.

Or even something like the notebooks that have a rotatable screen, so the screen can be laid face up over top of the keyboard. Workable versions of these are coming, and soon.

Windows 8 will be the OS for the next generation of Slate like computers.

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Check out Colin Steel's blog, he's been featured on Steve Huff's site a few times.

http://phototravelasia.blogspot.com/

The guy basically shoots a Nikon V1 when he's traveling and uses Snapseed on an iPad for edits. If you scroll down a bit his entire Vietnam trip has been processed this way and they're great photos.
 
LOL, it has enough processing power to simply plug it in to a desktop PC and do all the things you want, duh.
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BungHole said:
LOL, it has enough processing power to simply plug it in to a desktop PC and do all the things you want, duh.
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well exactly
look at Apples fortunes and its profit drivers

laptops are the new desktops, ipads ate the new laptops

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Will a tablet replace a PC?

Guess that depends on what you use the PC to do.

I'm using a tablet right now!
Dave
 
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