iPad Windows on iPad, and the purpose being?

Chi Cygni · 01-10-2012, 05:03 PM

Just found this. Apparently you will be able to use Windows. But why? Would you?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...es-tablet.html

FlorenceArt · 01-12-2012, 08:46 AM

That kind of baffled me as well when I saw this, but I guess it can be useful to have access to MS Office apps on the go, for some people. But you have to be online, since it's all in the cloud. Dunno.

andym · 01-18-2012, 11:23 AM

In my experience if you want to exchange documents produced in Word then you need Word yourself - at least if the document involves anything like tables or revision marking (or you want to use revision marking). So I can definitely see how it might have an application. I wouldn't be surprised if the same applies to other Microsoft applications.

susan_cassidy · 01-18-2012, 11:35 AM

DocumentsToGo supports Word documents on the iPad/iPod just fine.

JSWolf · 01-18-2012, 11:44 AM

All it is is a remote access app so you can access your computer when not home. Nothing odd about that. There is already a Teamviewer app and it works well.

murraypaul · 01-18-2012, 11:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

All it is is a remote access app so you can access your computer when not home. Nothing odd about that. There is already a Teamviewer app and it works well.

No, this is a remote viewer to access OnLive's computer, not your own.
They provide the computing power and copy of Windows.

rcuadro · 01-18-2012, 12:11 PM

All my computers are Macs... I hated to pay for Windows. A pirated version of windows was a pain in the ass to use to I sprung for windows and Parallels.
As much as I wanted to avoid it, I have to use windows for some things. Being able to "use" windows like this would have saved me some money so, for me, I am down with it and welcome it

azazel1024 · 01-31-2012, 01:44 PM

As mentioned if you need to be able to use windows applications. The interface wouldn't exactly be ideal for a lot of those applications, but especially for something like excel you would want it. Though really, I'd rather sit in front of a desktop or laptop to run excel, but this and/or RDP to one of my windows boxes to run excel would be fine.

Some basic spreedsheets would run fine on an ipad or ipad2, but if you get in to heavy formula stuff like Monty Carlo simulations, an A4 or A5 chip does not have the grunt to handle intense math in any kind of resonable time frame. My basic Core 2 duo running at 3ghz can crank out something like 6-10x the processing power of the A5 in my iPad2...so a 60 second number crunching on my desktop would take something roughly like 10 minutes on my ipad2.

Of course, through online...at least right now, you don't have access to much other than the basic MS apps, so that limits the utility of what the extra processing power might get you.

Actual RDP though...I use that all the time on my ipad2 to connect to my server instead of RDP from my desktop or physically walking down to my basement, plugging the power cord in for the monitor and grabbing the keyboard and mouse down from on top of the machine when I need to do anything on the server.

01-10-2012, 05:03 PM	#1
Chi Cygni 秋子 permanently lurking Posts: 844 Karma: 6590735 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Europe Device: Oasis 3, Pocketbook Era	Windows on iPad, and the purpose being? Just found this. Apparently you will be able to use Windows. But why? Would you? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...es-tablet.html

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01-12-2012, 08:46 AM	#2
FlorenceArt High Priestess Posts: 5,761 Karma: 5042529 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Montreuil sous bois, France Device: iPad Pro 9.7, iPhone 6 Plus	That kind of baffled me as well when I saw this, but I guess it can be useful to have access to MS Office apps on the go, for some people. But you have to be online, since it's all in the cloud. Dunno.

01-18-2012, 11:23 AM	#3
andym Groupie Posts: 189 Karma: 793 Join Date: Oct 2006	In my experience if you want to exchange documents produced in Word then you need Word yourself - at least if the document involves anything like tables or revision marking (or you want to use revision marking). So I can definitely see how it might have an application. I wouldn't be surprised if the same applies to other Microsoft applications.

01-18-2012, 11:35 AM	#4
susan_cassidy Wizard Posts: 2,251 Karma: 3720310 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: USA Device: Kindle, iPad (not used much for reading)	DocumentsToGo supports Word documents on the iPad/iPod just fine.

01-18-2012, 11:44 AM	#5
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,749 Karma: 145864619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	All it is is a remote access app so you can access your computer when not home. Nothing odd about that. There is already a Teamviewer app and it works well.

01-18-2012, 12:11 PM	#7
rcuadro Wizard Posts: 1,686 Karma: 874275 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Device: Kindle DX	All my computers are Macs... I hated to pay for Windows. A pirated version of windows was a pain in the ass to use to I sprung for windows and Parallels. As much as I wanted to avoid it, I have to use windows for some things. Being able to "use" windows like this would have saved me some money so, for me, I am down with it and welcome it

01-31-2012, 01:44 PM	#8
azazel1024 Groupie Posts: 182 Karma: 346596 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Ellicott City, MD Device: Nook simple touch, iPad 2	As mentioned if you need to be able to use windows applications. The interface wouldn't exactly be ideal for a lot of those applications, but especially for something like excel you would want it. Though really, I'd rather sit in front of a desktop or laptop to run excel, but this and/or RDP to one of my windows boxes to run excel would be fine. Some basic spreedsheets would run fine on an ipad or ipad2, but if you get in to heavy formula stuff like Monty Carlo simulations, an A4 or A5 chip does not have the grunt to handle intense math in any kind of resonable time frame. My basic Core 2 duo running at 3ghz can crank out something like 6-10x the processing power of the A5 in my iPad2...so a 60 second number crunching on my desktop would take something roughly like 10 minutes on my ipad2. Of course, through online...at least right now, you don't have access to much other than the basic MS apps, so that limits the utility of what the extra processing power might get you. Actual RDP though...I use that all the time on my ipad2 to connect to my server instead of RDP from my desktop or physically walking down to my basement, plugging the power cord in for the monitor and grabbing the keyboard and mouse down from on top of the machine when I need to do anything on the server.

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