On Thursday evening when Apple CEO Tim Cook appeared on “Brian Williams’ Rock Center,” he said he spends some time on his Mac but spends 80% of his time on an iPad. He also love its virtual keyboard.
Either Mr. Cook is a much better virtual typist than I am (which ain’t sayin’ much) or I have a lot more typing to do (which is probably true). I love my iPad, but other than making quick Facebook posts, sending an iMessage or typing out a quick email replay, I prefer to use my Mac for most of my input.
I can’t imaging trying to write or edit “Apple Daily Report” articles using just an iPad. I can type on my Mac’s physical keyboard by touch. When I type on my iPad’s virtual keyboard, I have to look at the screen to make sure I’m hitting the right keys.
Does Mr. Cook have a virtual typing superpower that I’m unaware of? Perhaps his fingertips are embedded with special Apple-developed chips that interact with virtual keyboards. Or perhaps I’m just a dinosaur when it comes to typing and inputting data.
But when it comes to using a keyboard, I much prefer the Mac to the iPad. How about you?
I sometimes wonder about this.
Did you ever take a typing class? I never did–well, that’s not entirely true. One quarter in high school and I ended up just writing a computer program to print out my typing assignments on a Diablo 1620 teletype. The teacher never knew the difference.
That said, I’ve been typing since I was about 6 years old–better than 40 years. In that time, I’ve learned to type and do pretty well, just from the fact that I’ve been doing it fo so long.
So I wonder if it’s something that comes with time, practice, and patience. For those of us who never took a typing class, it did take awhile to learn to type efficiently. Perhaps it’s one of those things that if you bite the bullet, throw out your keyboards, and commit to the iPad for six months or so, by the end you’ll have figured it out.
Peter, I did take a typing class in high school. Maybe that’s why I’ve long been accustomed to a keyboard with tactile feedback and have trouble adapting to a virtual keyboard.