Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro review: Living the dream

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Post by tosh » Mon, Apr 27, 2020, 10:02 PM UTC

Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro review: Living the dream
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Re: Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro review: Living the dream

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Post by lisper » Mon, Apr 27, 2020, 10:58 PM UTC

> It’s a clever design, one that pushes the center of gravity of the combined unit forward, making it more stable (and requiring less weight to counterbalance it). But the result isn’t some new, weird floating-screen category of computer. The result is a laptop.

> This is a good thing.

But it's a laptop that runs iOS instead of MacOS. This is not a good thing.

Re: Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro review: Living the dream

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Post by myrandomcomment » Mon, Apr 27, 2020, 11:07 PM UTC

Well up until now I was flying 100K a year and bringing my MacBook Air and my 11 iPad Pro. The laptop was for working on presentations, docs, doing demos and SSH. The iPad was for the airplane and the hotel room bed. If I can really be productive on the iPad+keyboard setup then that changes what I will be packing. After the Apple store open again I am looking forward to trying this out. One downside, no Steam games for the airplane flight. When is the iPad Pro Civ6 port coming?

Re: Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro review: Living the dream

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Post by chuckhendo » Mon, Apr 27, 2020, 11:09 PM UTC

myrandomcomment wrote: post #3

Well up until now I was flying 100K a year and bringing my MacBook Air and my 11 iPad Pro. The laptop was for working on presentations, docs, doing demos and SSH. The iPad was for the airplane and the hotel room bed. If I can really be productive on the iPad+keyboard setup then that changes what I will be packing. After the Apple store open again I am looking forward to trying this out. One downside, no Steam games f…

When is the iPad Pro Civ6 port coming?

You mean this? https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sid-meiers-civilization-vi/id1...

Re: Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro review: Living the dream

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Post by ahnick » Mon, Apr 27, 2020, 11:11 PM UTC

lisper wrote: post #2

> It’s a clever design, one that pushes the center of gravity of the combined unit forward, making it more stable (and requiring less weight to counterbalance it). But the result isn’t some new, weird floating-screen category of computer. The result is a laptop. > This is a good thing. But it's a laptop that runs iOS instead of MacOS. This is not a good thing.

I think a lot of iOS developers would switch to this setup if Apple would just port Xcode.

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Post by robenkleene » Mon, Apr 27, 2020, 11:16 PM UTC

ahnick wrote: post #5

lisper wrote: post #2

> It’s a clever design, one that pushes the center of gravity of the combined unit forward, making it more stable (and requiring less weight to counterbalance it). But the result isn’t some new, weird floating-screen category of computer. The result is a laptop. > This is a good thing. But it's a laptop that runs iOS instead of MacOS. This is not a good thing.

I think a lot of iOS developers would switch to this setup if Apple would just port Xcode.

Out of curiosity, how would developers run git in a Xcode-on-iPad scenario?

UPDATE: Regarding the GUI git apps and Xcode's built-in git support, do you think that’s enough? In my anecdotal experience these are normally used as an accompaniment to CLI git, not a replacement?

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Post by alexandernst » Mon, Apr 27, 2020, 11:18 PM UTC

robenkleene wrote: post #6

ahnick wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think a lot of iOS developers would switch to this setup if Apple would just port Xcode.

Out of curiosity, how would developers run git in a Xcode-on-iPad scenario? UPDATE: Regarding the GUI git apps and Xcode's built-in git support, do you think that’s enough? In my anecdotal experience these are normally used as an accompaniment to CLI git, not a replacement?

Xcode has git support.

Re: Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro review: Living the dream

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Post by lttlrck » Mon, Apr 27, 2020, 11:19 PM UTC

robenkleene wrote: post #6

ahnick wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think a lot of iOS developers would switch to this setup if Apple would just port Xcode.

Out of curiosity, how would developers run git in a Xcode-on-iPad scenario? UPDATE: Regarding the GUI git apps and Xcode's built-in git support, do you think that’s enough? In my anecdotal experience these are normally used as an accompaniment to CLI git, not a replacement?

This is great:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/working-copy-git-client/id8966...

Edit: but if Xcode has it built in even better!!

Re: Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro review: Living the dream

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Post by sylens » Mon, Apr 27, 2020, 11:20 PM UTC

I own the the regular keyboard folio that launched alongside the 2018 iPad Pro and have mostly enjoyed it so far. I wish it had more angles to tilt the IPad at (similar to a Surface's kickstand) but I realize that's not practical with just a case.

I would like to get this because it adds a trackpad, but $300 for a keyboard case is a bit too high, even for an Apple product. The fact that I'm even considering is goes to show just how much I use my iPad Pro in a variety of situations. It was a far better investment than my 13" Macbook Pro.

Re: Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro review: Living the dream

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Post by hkchad » Mon, Apr 27, 2020, 11:24 PM UTC

I got mine last week and have been using it for light editing of word docs. It's works pretty well, the only thing I don't like is, 1) Not much (no) protection on the edges 2) No positive retention of the $100 pencil, you are stuck relying on the magnet to keep it in place during transport.

For the price, it should have included both of those.