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I still wish I could run Xcode on it. It’s too nice of a machine to have to spin up a cloud server to develop on. One concern: my iPad Pro 1 smart Keyboard died after 2 years.
Are there alternative development environments?
Not going to buy something from Apple, as i am not interested in paying tons of money just for the brand name.
Samsung tablets are basically the same price. Your argument has been false for years.
The comparable configuration (256 GB/LTE/pen+keyboard) is around ~$670 cheaper for Samsung than Apple.
I.e. Apple: $1049 (11", 256GB, LTE) + $129 (pen) + $299 (keyboard); for Tab S6 bundle I paid £684.25 (before VAT), which makes it around ~$806.
So if by basically the same price you meant almost half the price, then yes, otherwise no.
Hard to say without knowing the component cost, but I would really like a non backfacing camera (or very cheap back camera) option in the future. I could see myself having a beefy desktop, this iPad with the keyboard, and my phone. But if you're not into the whole AR-scene, the camera seems redundant as I always have my phone with me. But I guess there's not enough people like me to justify that model...
Yes! I'm currently deciding between the new ReMarkable2 and an iPad Pro. Having a cheaper iPad Pro without these AR/Camera-Stuff as an option would make this decision easier.
The Remarkable2 seems rather expensive at $400 for a monochrome device that isn't as versatile as an iPad, let alone an iPad Pro.
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Apple user since 1985 here. Apple has made some marvellous things, but if we actually look at their entire history, innovation has happened in lurches, it’s not like every single thing they ship upends and redefines entire categories. Tons of stuff the do is incremental, and yes, lots of dead-ends happen. Just look at the history of their mice. Or Newton. Or their tepid ventures into consoles, Macs that doubled as TV…
Yeah, you've got a great point. It's easy to forget a lot of their quirky weird sometimes-dead-end experiments over the years. It could just be a memory bias. To this end, though: are there any Apple historians, inside or outside of the company?
Apple, please make the ipadOS eco system developer friendly. I'd buy it instantly. If Visual Studio Code was available there, that'd be amazing. There is some projects[1] going on but using some non-viable workaround [1] https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/70764
Apple, please make the ipadOS eco system developer friendly. I'd buy it instantly. If Visual Studio Code was available there, that'd be amazing. There is some projects[1] going on but using some non-viable workaround [1] https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/70764
Plus would it really be an "iPad" with you sacrifice the whole security model to allow debugging?
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Why on earth would they? My BIL married into our all iPhone family. We regularly harass him about getting one, and I suspect he eventually will. It's one of their best marketing tactics.
> We regularly harass him about getting one, and I suspect he eventually will. But... why? Are you paid by apple to harass people to buy their products... or why are you doing that?!
The Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro will be available for purchase in May for $299 (US) for the 11-inch iPad Pro and $349 (US) for the 12.9-inch iPad Pro Wow. This must be one hell of a keyboard..
That's more than even high end mechanical keyboards cost.
Input accessories are getting pricy.