The argument isn't that iOS offers everything that a traditional computer does. The argument is that, for many many people and many many use cases, it offers ENOUGH while offering significant advantages over the traditional laptop.
Macros are a corner case. Sure, I use them sometimes, but they're only present in a small minority of my overall spreadsheets. I don't need them on the iPad.
Word functions BEAUTIFULLY on the iPad. I use it ALL THE TIME. Ditto PowerPoint.
"In my country for a couple of sites of some public administration you still need Internet Explorer!"
This is not a problem with the iPad.
Complaining about the email client on the iPad is REALLY rich considering most folks use a webmail client that is even MORE limited. I use iOS mail quite often, and while it can't do everything Outlook can do, it's more than sufficient for most people, and more than sufficient for ME most of the time.
You've made more of a case for "alerighi doesn't like iOS" than you have for "iOS isn't useful for real work," in other words.
Macros are a corner case. Sure, I use them sometimes, but they're only present in a small minority of my overall spreadsheets. I don't need them on the iPad.
Word functions BEAUTIFULLY on the iPad. I use it ALL THE TIME. Ditto PowerPoint.
"In my country for a couple of sites of some public administration you still need Internet Explorer!"
This is not a problem with the iPad.
Complaining about the email client on the iPad is REALLY rich considering most folks use a webmail client that is even MORE limited. I use iOS mail quite often, and while it can't do everything Outlook can do, it's more than sufficient for most people, and more than sufficient for ME most of the time.
You've made more of a case for "alerighi doesn't like iOS" than you have for "iOS isn't useful for real work," in other words.