MorrisTheCat
iPF Noob
Having been a fan of the Apple iPad (have an iPad Air2 anyway ... after a history of previous units) for my hobby-time/work in electronics and engineering I finally stumped for the Pro....
It will not be used for Facebook or movie watching or personal emailing. It's going to be my goto data, design library store 'scratchpad' think place.
Yep, so far I really like it and promptly hunted down the Apps I already know and use such as iCircuit, and then went for Concept, Procreate, Shapr3D, AutoCAD360... etc.... and are in the midst of steep learning curves getting familiar with them in such a large visual space which I must say is really a great experience. I used to have old paper note books of sketches and scribbles but now the lot sits on the Pro thanks to the pencil interface. I tried for a year doing this with a Surface Pro 3 but it just didn't work the way I wanted.
My only concern so far is I discovered one App I had bought a year back and used a bit is now dead and won't run, and is no long available and (sorry about that)... is the message.
OK, so I paid around $20 (I don't live in the USA so everything is more expensive) but heck.... It begins to set off a few alarms : just how often does this happen when you buy an App in commitment to a Product and then one day poof it's gone and inaccessible? Effectively I kind of feel there needs to a monetary compensation should something purchased in good faith suddenly for any reason become killed-off... At least some kind of warning made so associated info you might have added can be backed up or recorded somewhere else.
The App in question was a bunch of electronics circuit diagrams for general amplifier equipment... which would be great on the bigger Pro screen....
I admit here that I have never read the mega fine print on Apple's agreement so it probably says they can stiff us like this but it really is a detractor now the workflow of using an App and iPads as tools rather than gadgets is becoming the norm...
It will not be used for Facebook or movie watching or personal emailing. It's going to be my goto data, design library store 'scratchpad' think place.
Yep, so far I really like it and promptly hunted down the Apps I already know and use such as iCircuit, and then went for Concept, Procreate, Shapr3D, AutoCAD360... etc.... and are in the midst of steep learning curves getting familiar with them in such a large visual space which I must say is really a great experience. I used to have old paper note books of sketches and scribbles but now the lot sits on the Pro thanks to the pencil interface. I tried for a year doing this with a Surface Pro 3 but it just didn't work the way I wanted.
My only concern so far is I discovered one App I had bought a year back and used a bit is now dead and won't run, and is no long available and (sorry about that)... is the message.
OK, so I paid around $20 (I don't live in the USA so everything is more expensive) but heck.... It begins to set off a few alarms : just how often does this happen when you buy an App in commitment to a Product and then one day poof it's gone and inaccessible? Effectively I kind of feel there needs to a monetary compensation should something purchased in good faith suddenly for any reason become killed-off... At least some kind of warning made so associated info you might have added can be backed up or recorded somewhere else.
The App in question was a bunch of electronics circuit diagrams for general amplifier equipment... which would be great on the bigger Pro screen....
I admit here that I have never read the mega fine print on Apple's agreement so it probably says they can stiff us like this but it really is a detractor now the workflow of using an App and iPads as tools rather than gadgets is becoming the norm...