You plug it into your Mac or PC (64 bit) and boot directly to it bypassing your hard drive. It boots into Ubuntu. It also allows you to access a shared part of the USB.
The second OS is the native one on your computer.
--- In iPad@yahoogroups.com, Alice <whiterabbit32@...> wrote:
>
> Solid points, Tony. I'd get one.
>
> \
> \ /\ Alice
> ( ) whiterabbit32@...
> .( ). Sent from my iPad mini
>
> > On Jul 25, 2013, at 2:21 PM, Tony <tdale@...> wrote:
> >
> > Yep, sound points.
> >
> > It would be optional as you don't need to buy it or use it. Off course a suggestion as yours as Surface was supposed to be would be ideal, or in the form of a netbook, but the issue is cost. An Apple version of Surface would be expensive as would an Apple netbook. A dock that combined your existing processing power, memory and screen would be fairly cheap. Complicated, I don't feel so, no less so than setting iTunes to sync to our iDevices as now.
> >
> > I see it as an innovation rather than a fantasy. Its more or less been done now with Surface, that has failed due to cost and poor implementation
> >
> > To me, the issue is not about how many iPhones will we sell, its about getting users into the Apple ecosystem and having them contribute to revenue ongoingly, a low cost dock would add one more level of choice, integration
> >
> > From: David H. Bailey <dhbailey52@...>
> > To: iPad@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Friday, 26 July 2013 9:04 AM
> > Subject: Re: [iPad] OT: Ubuntu/Android Dual boot PC Phone
> >
> > On 7/25/2013 4:51 PM, Tony wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > I thought about this too.
> > > Imagine a dock, lets call it iDock.
> > > 1. It could just be a connector that when OSX is booted, it sees the
> > > iPhone and iPad CPU, GPU, Ram, and storage as one device.
> > > 2. Or it includes extra battery and flash storage where OSX may live.
> > > If OSX was synced from yours at home with checkboxes to sync what you
> > > want on the run (to reduce storage), wow, nice. iDock would include a
> > > keyboard, the iPad screen is used. Be same size as an iPad, a bit
> > > thicker, so still portable.
> > > Downside? The only one I feel is will this reduce sales of Air, base MBP
> > > or Mac Mini?
> > >
> > [snip]
> >
> > While I don't begrudge anybody else their fantasies, I would hope that
> > this would all be totally optional.
> >
> > Sounds way too complicated for what many of us bought iPads for in the
> > first place.
> >
> > It also sounds like it would just be easier/better for Apple to make a
> > notebook with a touchscreen which can be swiveled so it can act as a
> > tablet. Use an SSD drive so there would be no moving parts and the body
> > could be made thinner, then iOS could be dispensed with, OSX would be
> > all that would be needed, the device would have terrific battery life
> > and we wouldn't need to decide what we would have to sync to use on the run.
> >
> > --
> > David H. Bailey
> > mailto:dhbailey%40davidbaileymusicstudio.com
> > http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com/
> >
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