The future with iPad - really worth a look

[djanthonyw]

As to what the future is - Dell had this sorted out long ago :

http://www.dell.com/tablet

Isnt the ipad just a poor mans Dell?

Isn't a PC just a poor mans Mac?

[UltraJv]

Of course - its a premium product - now if it was Apples - youd be all about paying premium for quality wouldnt you?

[masstronaut]

But generally speaking, the more you can do natively, rather than through language mappings and abstraction layers, the better your performance.

Yup. So nearly anything in Flash is going to be less efficient than native code, was the point.

And you'd probably have to run any Flash based stuff inside a browser. Not ideal.

Flash is generally considered "web browser technology", but you can run SWFs or whatever through a standalone Flash player. I think there is also a way to create a standalone "projector" from a SWF without needing the (rather expensive) Flash dev environment.

Yes, so Apple would have to enable it in Safari and/or allow a standalone player / self-player. Same deal really, all academic for now wrt iPhone OS.

Also you're supposed to have Flash to make Flash apps, but I guess that's not a concern for everybody.

You could go with Flex...

Well that's great. So presumably you, anyone, can go with Flex, now. So who does? And if not, why not? I think that's what Henry was originally getting at there. There's more to determioning what works in the real world than what is available, technically possible, or even 'better' by some measures.

[djanthonyw]

Of course - its a premium product - now if it was Apples - youd be all about paying premium for quality wouldnt you?

Not really. I don't have much interest in a tablet / touch screen option at the moment, but that could change.

http://saitarasoftware.com/promosmall.png

There might be a great alternative to a JazzMutant Lemur soon.

When Apple comes out with a product they get it right.

[UltraJv]

Not really. I don't have much interest in a tablet / touch screen option at the moment, but that could change. When Apple comes out with a product they get it right.

Yes - we all know that nothing is wrong with OSX, its flawless :


http://news.techworld.com/security/1798 ... h-exposed/


http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jsp ... 3&tstart=0

[djanthonyw]

Funny, I don't even recall saying OS X is flawless. All I said was that I think it's superior to Windows.

I could go on with endless links about Windows just from KVR members and their problems with it.

It's also funny how you wind-up in every Apple related thread.

[UltraJv]

Funny, I don't even recall saying OS X is flawless. All I said was that I think it's superior to Windows.

Yes, I know - depite the facts - never mind

I better stop here - lest I be accused of derailing the thread.

[masstronaut]

http://saitarasoftware.com/promosmall.png

Rubbish. Why would I bother with that when I can download the Flex SDK for free and make the same thing to run in a Flash player on my Dell Tablet? I mean that's exactly what musicians want to do isn't it?

[UltraJv]

http://saitarasoftware.com/promosmall.png

Rubbish. Why would I bother with that when I can download the Flex SDK for free and make the same thing to run in a Flash player on my Dell Tablet? I mean that's exactly what musicians want to do isn't it?

Well, what you would do is run any major DAW or other Windows software on the Dell - different ballgame. The Dell has the power to run a DAW, no special development needed.

[djanthonyw]

http://saitarasoftware.com/promosmall.png

Rubbish. Why would I bother with that when I can download the Flex SDK for free and make the same thing to run in a Flash player on my Dell Tablet? I mean that's exactly what musicians want to do isn't it?

Who said you couldn't? Have fun.

[generalstargazer]

this thread went from bad to f**king horrible. mac vs pc bs

[masstronaut]

http://saitarasoftware.com/promosmall.png

Rubbish. Why would I bother with that when I can download the Flex SDK for free and make the same thing to run in a Flash player on my Dell Tablet? I mean that's exactly what musicians want to do isn't it?

Well, what you would do is run any major DAW or other Windows on the Dell - different ballgame. The Dell has the power to run a DAW, no special development needed.

Yes of course it's different. It's a wireless control surface application, not a DAW.

If you were running your DAW on something like that Dell, how would you expect to hook up your audio system or FW hard drives wirelessly? Not so easy is it. So it might make more sense to have a wireless remote running on something light and simple like an iPad that you can move about the studio easily / not worry about spacking the hard drive etc.

[masstronaut]

http://saitarasoftware.com/promosmall.png

Rubbish. Why would I bother with that when I can download the Flex SDK for free and make the same thing to run in a Flash player on my Dell Tablet? I mean that's exactly what musicians want to do isn't it?

Who said you couldn't? Have fun.

You did spot the irony didn't you. I know it gets tricky. Maybe I missed yours.

[djanthonyw]

[UltraJv]

http://saitarasoftware.com/promosmall.png

Rubbish. Why would I bother with that when I can download the Flex SDK for free and make the same thing to run in a Flash player on my Dell Tablet? I mean that's exactly what musicians want to do isn't it?

Well, what you would do is run any major DAW or other Windows on the Dell - different ballgame. The Dell has the power to run a DAW, no special development needed.

Yes of course it's different. It's a wireless control surface application, not a DAW.

If you were running your DAW on something like that how would expect to hook up your audio system wirelessly? Not so easy is it. So it might make more sense to have a wireless remote running on something light and simple like an iPad that you move about the studio easily / not worry about spacking the hard drive etc.

Well, you can limit yourself any which way. I could equally say, why use an ipad as the remote when your whole DAW could be multitouch. Cubase and others have graphical templates for controlling synths. I just wanted to point out that there are other devices out there and that ipad was nothing new and Apples idea of it being a game changer is optimistic.