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Re: iPad Pro as Development Machine

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Post by usaphp »

Razengan wrote: post #100

I've been using an iPad Pro (2018 12.9") as my main/only computer for 2 months on a sort of vacation. With the Apple Pencil 2, a detached bluetooth keyboard (because it's sometimes easier to keep it to the side instead of front, especially when working with the Pencil) and the Smart Folio to keep it upright. It's generally surprisingly capable for a vast number of tasks, and I love using this in bed/on the couch/outd…

Isn’t it easier to just carry a MacBook Pro 13” instead of an iPad, folio keyboard, pencil etc? You basically making it harder to carry and lose a lot in terms of productivity, since you were working anyway on your vacation

Re: iPad Pro as Development Machine

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Post by lecro »

You might find interesting those two articles by Mark O’Connor written over 7 years ago

I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode http://yieldthought.com/post/12239282034/swapped-my-macbook-...

iPad + Linode, 1 Year Later http://yieldthought.com/post/31857050698/ipad-linode-1-year-...

I followed his steps and enjoyed this approach much.

Re: iPad Pro as Development Machine

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Post by meddlepal »

laurentdc wrote: post #8

This topic comes up every month or so, and there's always this catch: > we need to first create a remote workstation which we can start using as our main development machine. A dumb terminal isn't a development machine. That's like saying "Using my DEC VT100 terminal to develop in Go", let me just hook it up to an actual computer

Yea but if you phrase it that way you don't get on the front page of HN and get all that sweet sweet self promotion marketing goodness.

Re: iPad Pro as Development Machine

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Post by arvinsim »

vlunkr wrote: post #23

Everyone is so defensive about laptops here that you’d think they feel threatened by this post. Isn’t it in the spirit of the hacker community to be open to new modes of using computers? This is an experiment, that’s why they documented it and stated clearly that it’s an experiment. It’s something to think about and discuss, not a statement that you should throw your laptop out.

> It’s something to think about and discuss, not a statement that you should throw your laptop out.

But that's exactly what the current marketing push is all about.

When the first iPad Pro was released, nobody batted an eye because it wasn't pushed as a laptop replacement.

Re: iPad Pro as Development Machine

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Post by arvinsim »

satysin wrote: post #61

Tried this a few weeks ago. The iPad Pro has the power but iOS is just too limiting still. You still need a remote system to do any real work on so it is just a £1000+ dumb terminal with a really dodgy keyboard (if using the Apple Smart Folio one anyway). I am hoping Apple will update the 12" MacBook this year so I can try that out for an ultra-portable dev machine. I like the current model but the CPU options are po…

> I am hoping Apple will update the 12" MacBook this year so I can try that out for an ultra-portable dev machine. I like the current model but the CPU options are poor/dated.

And drop the price while they are at it. The form factor is enticing but I won't pay that much for it if I can get the Air or Pro for a little bit more.

Re: iPad Pro as Development Machine

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Post by Terretta »

elagost wrote: post #84

These articles are always hilarious. The way most people use iPads as 'dev machines' could be just as easily configured using a $199 netbook from Best Buy and a copy of PuTTY. (Or, buying any not-broken laptop from Craigslist for $50 and saving yourself $1100.) Granted, as a sysadmin, most of my job could be done on an iPad too (SSH, RDP, web browser, and messaging applications), but every few days I need USB, Serial…

> could be just as easily configured using a $199 netbook from Best Buy

Except then when not using PuTTY, you aren’t able to use it as an iPad.

Re: iPad Pro as Development Machine

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Post by neals »

bochoh wrote: post #64
dana321 wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is a way of emulating an x86 machine on ios now https://ish.app/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18430031 Still doesn't convince me to swap my 8 core ryzen 1700 laptop with 32gb ram and 1.5tb ssd and a RX580 for an ipad pro.

What laptop is this?

I think it's a 8 core ryzen 1700 laptop with 32gb ram and 1.5tb ssd and a RX580

Re: iPad Pro as Development Machine

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Post by bg0 »

martin-adams wrote: post #76

I don't think the remote workstation idea is a bad idea. For me, in order to be a proper development machine it would need to have a fully local IDE with a remote terminal so I can run docker, test cases, database commands, etc. The VSCode Docker image recently discussed is a huge next step if the input and scroll were to be fixed. I used to use the dev version of cloud 9 on my VMs and code in the browser. It worked…

literally can't wait until the scroll and input get fixed

Re: iPad Pro as Development Machine

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Post by Razengan »

usaphp wrote: post #101
Razengan wrote: post #100

I've been using an iPad Pro (2018 12.9") as my main/only computer for 2 months on a sort of vacation. With the Apple Pencil 2, a detached bluetooth keyboard (because it's sometimes easier to keep it to the side instead of front, especially when working with the Pencil) and the Smart Folio to keep it upright. It's generally surprisingly capable for a vast number of tasks, and I love using this in bed/on the couch/outd…

Isn’t it easier to just carry a MacBook Pro 13” instead of an iPad, folio keyboard, pencil etc? You basically making it harder to carry and lose a lot in terms of productivity, since you were working anyway on your vacation

I actually sold my last MacBook before going away and got this because I loved the form factor and wanted to try it.

Now I've decided to keep it as a secondary display for my next Mac, which might be a Mini:

https://lunadisplay.com/pages/using-luna-with-mac-mini

Re: iPad Pro as Development Machine

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Post by benatkin »

Boulth wrote: post #24
laurentdc wrote: post #8

This topic comes up every month or so, and there's always this catch: > we need to first create a remote workstation which we can start using as our main development machine. A dumb terminal isn't a development machine. That's like saying "Using my DEC VT100 terminal to develop in Go", let me just hook it up to an actual computer

Agreed. I would be interested in seeing Samsung DeX reviewed for development as DeX can run regular Ubuntu.

Link for the curious: https://www.samsung.com/us/business/solutions/samsung-dex/

Ubuntu: https://www.linuxondex.com/ "Linux on DeX beta is only supported on Galaxy Note9 and Tab S4"

I'm thinking about getting a Tab S4 so I can play with it.

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