Too Long; Didn't Read
I hadn’t intended to become the patron saint of iPad skeptics with my “<a href="https://medium.com/@chipotlecoyote/ipad-only-is-the-new-desktop-linux-de88b61b6d99#.3ptdrkhvv" target="_blank">iPad-only is the new desktop Linux</a>” piece last year. (Or the newest bête noire of all the full-time desktop Linux users. Sorry, guys! I know you’re both still angry.) In actuality, I use the iPad a lot — it’s been my only portable computer since the 9.7″ Pro model came out, and my only computer, period, on a few long trips. I’ve posted blog entries, taken meeting notes, prepared story “cover” artwork, and sent story revisions with Word-compatible change tracking back and forth with an editor using Pages. I’ve even done a little work on Github-hosted source repositories. I’m no <a href="https://www.macstories.net/about/" target="_blank">Federico Viticci</a>, but by most standards I’m an iOS “power user.”