These articles are such a load of crap, for a simple reason: Mac is still the development environment for iPad, and Apple is all about Apps, Apps, Apps.
OS X is better and faster than it has ever been. It's not any more locked down than it has ever been. It has more features than it ever has. Apple's laptops are less upgradable, but since when have laptops been particularly upgradable?
You can do "real work" on an iPad. It's a phenomenal machine for consuming and producing text. As a lawyer I spend my life reading or writing text. The retina screen is an absolute revelation for that. I can't run CAD programs on it, but then again I never did on my Mac either.
OS X is better and faster than it has ever been. It's not any more locked down than it has ever been. It has more features than it ever has. Apple's laptops are less upgradable, but since when have laptops been particularly upgradable?
You can do "real work" on an iPad. It's a phenomenal machine for consuming and producing text. As a lawyer I spend my life reading or writing text. The retina screen is an absolute revelation for that. I can't run CAD programs on it, but then again I never did on my Mac either.