Ipad
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@earthmover said:
Not too long ago I was considering dropping $400 on a palm sized projector for my laptop to do sales presentations. For an extra $100 I could put my whole portfolio and a clients renders on this puppy and have it to do all kinds of other stuff as well.
At first I thought I didn't need an iPad, but last night, while nodding off to sleep, it came to me in a vision......
Adam, Bang on! Great minds think alike!!
In fact, I was thinking, Unity 3D, which works with SketchUp and LightUp, has already been specifically written for iPhone too. Having a digital, touch-controlled, interactive portfolio on you at all times, simply cannot be ignored!
Have a look at this free Unity 3D-based app;
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/warehouse-walkthrough/id330217425?mt=8
Your model....in 3D.....interactive.....on an iPad.....
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@tfdesign said:
Having a digital, touch-controlled, interactive portfolio on you at all times, simply cannot be ignored!
That's the first thing I thought when I saw the device: sketchup + layout presentations to clients...
Google, can we have an iPad version of SU+LO please, to view models, walkthrough models and view presentations?
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To be honest Ronan, I'd rather not have SU on the iPad, as I'd rather Google write a Linux version of SU, and/or just improve SU more on existing platforms. The iPad wouldn't be here to replace my Mac, only to supplement it.
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Its nice, but whatever way you look at it, its really a big iPhone. I am not tempted to order one in March. I still see the MacBookPro as the ideal 'carry around' tool for presentations.
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@mike lucey said:
I still see the MacBookPro as the ideal 'carry around' tool for presentations.
I think that is a good point, because I have a late 2006 Macbook Pro, and my colleague Jim has the newer one, without that bloody awful catch bar at the front- "it just opens"!!
So I understand your reasons for this Mike. My next computer will be a desktop type (laptops give me neck ache, and monitor performance decreases slightly when a secondary display is plugged in, but I should point out that this is nowhere as bad as the performance using two displays when running XP). I intend to get a Mac Mini, which isn't that portable- just tiny, with a brick (but nice white shiny brick ) for a PSU! The Mini also, unlike my MBP, will run Windows 7, if I ever need to use it. So the iPad would fit very well. -
@tfdesign said:
...is nowhere as bad as the performance using two displays when running XP.
Off topic, but thats likely due to a slow graphics card rather than any inherent fault in xp.
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@remus said:
@tfdesign said:
...is nowhere as bad as the performance using two displays when running XP.
Off topic, but thats likely due to a slow graphics card rather than any inherent fault in xp.
Works absolutely great on Mac, with BOTH screens going. So is that the graphic card's fault, or just that the ATi XP driver for that particular card (X1600) just happens to be bobbins?
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Still cant really blame microsoft if vendors are writing bad drivers for their products.
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@remus said:
Still cant really blame microsoft if vendors are writing bad drivers for their products.
I'm not blaming microsoft. I would imagine that the X1600 was designed with a very close relationship between Apple and ATi. It was probably never designed to work with Windows. I would also imagine that there is also a special relationship going on now with NVidia and Apple. I think this is what always trips up the non-Apple users of this community (windows users), as they probably see those same cards as 'not as good' as other cards- ie 'underpowered', when actually, because they are running on a closed system under mac OS X, they behave just as well- if not better in certain situations (like rendering). I know I'm about to get flamed for that last remark, but so far i've found that to be true (I'm a user of both XP and Mac OS X).
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@solo said:
@unknownuser said:
I'm a user of both XP and Mac OS X).
Time to upgrade to Windows 7.
Why?
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Because it works great, and may reduce the negativity you have with MS.
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Steve Wozniak gives his opinion of the iPad and the future of the entertainment industry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zrs2V3MB4L8&feature=player_embedded
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@ronanr said:
@tfdesign said:
Google, can we have an iPad version of SU+LO please, to view models, walkthrough models and view presentations?
maybe some dimensioning/measuring capabilities as well...
i usually have a laptop out on the jobsite for doing just that and i'd rather have a $500 tablet getting covered in sawdust instead of $2500 computer..
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@solo said:
and may reduce the negativity you have with MS.
My negativity?! What about yours?! 
But seriously Pete, I have so much software for Mac, to now use Windows, I would have to start all over again. I'm in my 40's, and have been using Mac's for yonks, both as a designer, a photographer and as a musician. For example, I own the entire Logic Pro suite. It took me the best part of 5 years to work out how to use Logic (including the Environment). Now development for Windows has been dropped, there would be little point in buying into a new DAW (like Cubase for eg), and having to learn the whole shebang all over again.
Another copy of Windows will cost me another £170 or so (maybe less as an OEM off the bay?). The only reason I really need Windows is for software like AutoCAD. I'd rather spend that money on some more Apple software- or even an iPad, or another lens, or even buy something for my kids
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@unknownuser said:
@ronanr said:
@tfdesign said:
Google, can we have an iPad version of SU+LO please, to view models, walkthrough models and view presentations?
maybe some dimensioning/measuring capabilities as well...
i usually have a laptop out on the jobsite for doing just that and i'd rather have a $500 tablet getting covered in sawdust instead of $2500 computer..
I think it could be nice on a jobsite or to have drawings and pictures on. Many people are now sharing portfolios drawings etc. on laptops or iPhones and the iPad looks much better for this purpose. I'd like to see it usable for site sketching, managing photos direct from a camera, and maybe even linked to a measuring instrument.
I'm just curious which way it will go. Another Newton, or the first version of a new necessity? I don't think many people thought we "needed" an iPod or iTunes so badly 10 years ago. It depends on the "killer app" which may be "iBooks" in the end.
But can you call the "Chief" on it with video link? It needs a wristband.
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@mike lucey said:
Steve Wozniak gives his opinion of the iPad and the future of the entertainment industry.
I think he's right. I want to leave my computer at work, not bring it home with me (like I do right now with my laptop). But to have something to curl up with in the evenings while I write stuff on SketchUcation, or some fun interacting with my kids (my youngest loves Autodesk's Sketchpad), or watching a film, or writing email to my dad etc etc, then something like the iPad will be great. I also agree with Jeff, as at the moment, carrying around a laptop, is a risk, especially as it did cost me £1100 when I bought it. It's not insured (pretty stupid yes), and I'm really slack when it comes to Time Machine (yes really stupid- but I do back up though). It would be nice if it had a camera- but then again, there are those Wi-Fi SD cards out there....
PS, I do still prefer a 'real' book to a gizmo!
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@unknownuser said:
If it ain't broken, don't try to fix it ...
Philip Roth better pray I don't up a pic that has one of his books in it.
He said ominously.
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@unknownuser said:
Philip Roth better pray I don't up a pic that has one of his books in it.
He said ominously.
who's that? have any of his books been made into movies that i could watch on an ipad?
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The price that buyers pay for the iPad: The device is not as open as a standard PC or Mac. You can only install software from Apple's favor from the App Store. Free programs from the internet will stay outside. That will do to the average user certainly not hurt. But Apple will make money from it. If the iPad actually will be an Everymans computer, Apple is the gatekeeper for all software programmers as well as for book publishers, music providers, media companies and film studios, the iPad users want to sell something. It will be the same with Amazons Kindle.
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