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Comment: Some techies in the ‘iPad as laptop’ debate are forgetting how atypical we are

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/ipad-pro-smart-keyboard.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1000&h=500)</div><p>The debate as to whether an iPad could be a viable laptop replacement continues, with a <a href="https://twitter.com/joshuatopolsky/status/879513526750072833" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter thread[/url] today a good example. The Outline’s Joshua Topolsky is a strong nay-sayer.</p>

<p>Couple of tweets about the new iPad and iOS 11. It is inferior to a laptop in almost every way, unless you like to draw. If you think you can replace you laptop with this setup: you cannot. Imagine a computer, but everything works worse than you expect. That is the new iPad [

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<p>This doesn’t come close to replacing your laptop, even for simple things you do, like email. And one other thing. Apple’s keyboard cover is a [retracted] atrocity.</p>
<p>He acknowledges that iOS 11 is a step in the right direction, but suggests it’s a small step …</p>
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