Wouldn't it make sense to use the iPad Pro as eGPU and second monitor for a MacBook Pro/Air?
Duet display does this really well with my current iPad from a MBP.
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Yes, my wildest dream is that they will release XCode with developer's tools (i.e. compilers), my laptop will be gone that exact second.
Why are people so eager to leap from computer OS's (MacOS or even Windows) to these walled gardens like iOS? I can't imagine developing software on iOS, because you know the deployment procedure will be straight to the app store. This ends the ability to create, distribute and install software yourself. Is this really what we want???
Because the Bazaar is grating.
Out here in the free world, every time you want to use a library, you have to choose between 12 different options, all suck in one way or another, and you really have no way of making an informed choice. So you pick something by gut feel. Half the time you are wrong, and all of the time you worry that you have made the wrong choice.
But if you buy into Apple's cathedral, they tell you what to use, and you use it. End of story. It's always behind the times, and it won't run outside of Apple's stuff, but it works (for now, at least), it's well documented, and you don't have to spend days finding and comparing solutions. You can get back to writing code, which is the fun part.
Is it good business? Good for the world? Maybe not. But it's certainly attractive.
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> Scrolling 2.0 = left/right up/down directions are inverted respectively Man, this thing drives me nuts, and it's the first thing I change in every touchpad-equipped device I own. Scrolling is not swiping, people!
I'm the complete opposite. Touchpads not using reverse scrolling feels so weird to me.
It's the touchpad version of whether joystick-down means nose-down, or nose-up, in video games. Endless debates can be had!
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But iOS doesn't have a concept of swap like a traditional PC OS like macOS or Windows does, does it?
No, but iOS can kill apps in the background during times of high memory pressure.
So it can run xcode for about 4 seconds until the OS decides to kill it?
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#455"iPad Pro faster than most PC laptops"
As shown with keyboard and pencil, the apple care without which you will pay out the rear to replace the battery god forbid you drop it a TB of storage and cellular capability you are looking at around $2500.
The average pc laptop costs what $700 and is probably at that 1-3 years old, not exactly a compelling argument to spend thousands of dollars and replace the laptop with a tablet.
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> bring the next hand out or drop your phone.... This is not a great solution, but in "Accessibility Options" you can enable the gesture to swipe down on the bottom to bring the top of the screen down to the middle so you can reach it one handed. It's clunky but helpful. It's the functionality that used to be on a double tap of the home button or something, and I thought it was removed, but it was just turned off by…
The double tap has brought up the app switcher since iOS7. Maybe you're thinking of something else?
Yeah, I got really used to it! On the new devices without a home button it’s a little tricky to find that functionality since it’s disabled by default.
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Steve is rolling over in his grave on this.
*Flipping head-to-toe
No Steve, please don't do this. This will mess up everything.
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#458To me, the shift to USB-C signifies a fundamental change in how Apple is approaching the iPad and computing going forward. Those stupid "what's a computer" ads make a little more sense. With USB-C, developers will support whatever I/O standards they need to in iOS, and the ecosystem of monitors, keyboards, and peripherals we all bought for our laptops/desktops will now begin to work with iOS too. This feature alone g…
Jailbreaking will never be mainstream when people worry about the warranty on their 1k-2k+ devices. If you want people to own their own devices you will have to write it into law presumably in a more consumer friendly jurisdiction than the US which cares about business first last and only.
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#459As a heavy iPad Pro user, the number one thing I’m looking forward to is magnetic pencil charging. With kids around, the old way of sticking it into lightening port is just asking for trouble — and I never have the dongle around for cable charging when I needed it. The grooved shape of the pencil looks like an ergonomic improvement.
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#460Very impressive demos, but unfortunately the number of apps that can make full use of the increased power is still limited. A common complaint I saw during the presentation was the emphasis of the A12X for gaming, but Apple is still very bad at incentivizing developers to make games with premium experiences and prices (to say nothing of the lack of an official gaming controller!) Also, the new Apple Pencil will only…
Does the old Pencil work with the new iPads though?
Per the site, apparently not (guess the "can't charge" rationale works both ways)