Of course like all the other blogs I could just post a few shots of mine iPad being opened ( oh go on then check out the pic below … wow tech journalism has come a long ways ...) .
This is thegameveda , where we have been playing with full OS tablets since the first iPad launched , so here I am pitting an i5 dual screen Acer 6120 with Windows 8 against my New Ipad , and I have a few words to say on the subject ..but first the video
Is it fair to pit an iOS tablet against a Windows 8 dual screen tablet ? Well hell yes , the point of the iPad is it outshines the pc experience ,leaves it behind , people even use the words post PC experience , and way too often.. every time you speak to an Apple employee . The problem with all this post PC experience nonsense is that the PC fraternity has not exactly had a chance to put it's case across . Und so
It is absolutely fair and proper to compare the new iPad to Windows 8 tablet pc s , you see the PC platform has now reached a post Apple point , Windows 8 bringing Apps , touch and full OS , CPU and GPU power and the freedom to do all this with or without going through iTunes or an App store.... on devices powered by Atom CPUS up to our soon to be built Ivy Bridge desktops . and on single and dual screen tablets with real digitiser pen input.
In a couple of months time the iPad's competition will not come from Android tablets , but full Windows 8 tablets , that can be as light and elegant as Mr Ive's design , but also pack larger storage , CPUs and GPUs and maintain the freedom and legacy of a full OS , as well as having far more advanced tablet and touch input features . Using my new iPad after messing with Windows 8 on tablets for 5 months , is like a major retro computing experience. Apple really have not changed anything in the way you control the device save for the multitasking multi finger swipe. In contrast to this Win 8 feels like it is the future , and to your surprise Win 8 brings effortlessly intuitive control , the right swipe to bring up the metro and settings panel , the left swipe back gesture to bring up the multitasking menu , transitions accelerated by your GPU and 4 to whatever gig of Ram you have. It even has consideration for dual screen tablet users . Using iOS by comparison is like a quaint experience , and you need to hit that home button way too often for my liking. Win 8s flicks , multi pane app views , multitasking menu and uncluttered screen make iOS look more and more geriatric , and frankly right now iOS with its ancient tiles looks more like it came from the designers of Windows 3.1 than the alleged self monickered genii at Apple with their penchant for wild mountain cats.
The point is Apple's genius with the original iPad was halting our helpless year on year hardware upgrades. the iPad used a phone OS with a gpu incapable of running Flash , a memory size less than some Fridges , and it managed to wrap this up in a magical package that stopped me in my upgrade cycle ... no more tripple screen quad gpu dual cpu desktops for me ... as I finally had a device that let me do almost everything I needed to without initiating the mission control launch sequence it took to turn my desktop on .
Three generations into the iPad and we now see purchasing it is as much about hardware upgrading as our pc upgrading days ever were. The keynote packed hardware talk . all epenis stuff , faster gpu , cpu , bigger than the rivals and with an unheard of screen resolution.
Now whoooa there Tex , I thought this was supposed to be a post PC experience , well here we are upgrading our iPenises year on year .... which is different from upgrading our PC s every year ? How?
The tablet verse is about to be shaken by the arrival of Windows 8 , and it is such a departure and evolution from both prior desktop OS ( Windows 7/OSX) and mobile OS ( Android/iOS) that you can understand why Apple has had to emphasise it's success . 50 million iOS device sales is cool , but nothing compared to 500 million Windows devices able to install Windows 8 in about 20 to 30 minutes. And unlike Apple , Microsoft do not need to deliver new hardware , it is already in place .
So my Ipad may have that 2048 by 1536 screen , but come September there will be Ivy Bridge powered tablets with such screens , and even without that hi a res , Win 8 is built to have multiple Apps open and programs (remember those) running on one screen even at a basic res of 1366 by768 and can do so on an Atom powered tablet like the joojoo with videos , apps , reading , multitasking all happening in a way that the new iPad cannot let you .
For me not updating the iOS control interface gestures is criminal , I have a screen with so much real estate , why can't we have the multipane sfx of Windows 8 ... unless of course we really cannot due to lack of Ram .
Apple need to counter Windows 8 by releasing OSX touch merging it's desktop OS with iOS , iCloud is a beginning but will lead to users demanding more synergy between desktop and tablet platforms. If Apple does this and sooner not later , then they will avoid doing what they did in the 80s and 90s when they gifted the PC space to Microsoft . All this has happened before and all this will happen again.
Oh and some positives : What I love about the new iPad : Wireless N is dual band , many cool devices only handle a 2.4ghz band , the new iPad handles 5ghz , unlike the recently launched PS Vita for instance. The display is to die for , you really can read the smallest text , now all we need is the ability to output that res on our upcoming 4k monitors and HMDs...There are no real AAA games that can take on the likes of dedicated handheld console games , yes Sky Gamblers looks great , but it's no Uncharted or Mario . With all this hype about console beating performance we need to see some major softcos producing AAA games for this new hardware , and they have a few months left before iPad 4 rumours start circulating.
Most of all upgrading from the iPad ( 1st gen) I love the lack of checker board browsing!
More real world usage reviews and comparisons to follow
oh and here's the standard unboxing pic I promised at the start.....
it is heavy , heavier than I remember the iPad or iPad 2 , of course it might just be traces of Kryptonite in the new iPad's retina screen weakening me...
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