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Originally Posted by island911
If you had a Cintiq 24Hd, then you could claim amateur night. But a Intuos5? pfft. You are drawing on pad, but looking at a different space (a screen.) ..and How portable are all of those devices? -- the comparison here is portable tablets - Windows vs iPaid.
Create when mobile: When I go to see customers (for product design stuff) I take a tablet which allows me to not only handle (spin/zoom)3D parts and assemblies, but also mark-up /sketch on existing models of in-work product. All the ipad is good for is flipping thru images. ..and the latest gen does have a beautiful screen for that. And I'll bet that Angry Birds is really smooth.
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Island - my clients easily mark up on the pdfs of their flyers/catalogs/ads on the iPad - there is no way I can have 50 layer 11x17 multiple photoshop files open on any tablet - it is hard enough on my older 17" macbook pro. And the iPad is great for previewing/marking up printed product, website captures, or video. You need real screen resolution to do that - and iPad is really the only tablet out there with close to print quality or HD resolution. And I would much rather draw on a pad - drawing on a screen is like drawing on a window - useless.
I don't play angry birds - I 'play' on our new Alienware... once again - I get the machine that fits the job. Computers really aren't 'one size fits all'.
I am sure your slate works great for your applications - but it isn't the best machine for what many people use tablets for, viewing content. And with how it looks like the Surface will be hitting the market (with 720p) it won't be a great interactive content machine - sort of an 'inbetween' that doesn't do anything 'great'. Apple has learned - do great with what the machine can best do. Do great with content if you produce a tablet, do great with communication if you do a phone, do great with interface if you have a laptop....