Hey Carl,

I understand that, but in such cases, we should look at a particular tool as - a tool. We cannot generalize that iPad is (maybe it will be in the future, I doubt) a computer replacement (you should see what my desktop looks like right now).

You mentioned a specific case where you used an iPad’s processing power and the software’s capability.

Going that way, I might say that MacOS cannot replace Windows as an operating system and argument that with two things:

- I have no Microsoft Project na MacOS

- I have no Microsoft PowerBI on MacOS

Therefore, I have to have a Windows-based machine, but I would never state that Windows or MacOS is better.

As I am agnostic toward operating systems (a lot of tools I use are web-based), I would never say that some machine is better as long as it does for me what I need.

You suggested a specific scenario while an iPad’s OS environment still cannot replace simplicity in everyday desktop use. In that case, it is an applied machine doing a specific task—no more, no less.