[fastaguy88]

I am very puzzled. Apple has locked you in a cage because you bought an iPad to replace a MacBook? What is the cage, and why weren’t you the jailer?

[frosting1337]

I mean the author explains his thoughts in the article, you should read it again.

[kelnos]

The author's thoughts don't make sense, though. He's expecting a locked-down tablet appliance to suit the same needs and use cases as a laptop running a general-purpose OS. Or at best, he's not expecting that, but is at least complaining about it, which feels a little pointless.

He can get what he wants by buying a new Mac, as he suggests. It's not like what he wants doesn't exist. He's just complaining that some other random product doesn't do what he wants, even though it's not designed to. Pointless.

[threeseed]

I read it and don't understand it at all.

He's bought something whose limitations and target demographic are well known.

And then complaining when he hits one of those limitations.