Is it just me, or do these iPad reviews really seem strained? Like the author is trying really hard to love their new toy, despite the functional setbacks. Don't get me wrong, I love my iPad Pro 11 too and look forward to using it as a writing/notes device, but you'll never take my Mac away except out of my cold, dead, hands.
Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro review: Living the dream
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#22> 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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#23Well 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...
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#24Well 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…
What does one do, that the other couldn't?
Is it something basic like touch? or something slightly more complex (but evidently do-able) like a detachable keyboard?
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#25Is it just me, or do these iPad reviews really seem strained? Like the author is trying really hard to love their new toy, despite the functional setbacks. Don't get me wrong, I love my iPad Pro 11 too and look forward to using it as a writing/notes device, but you'll never take my Mac away except out of my cold, dead, hands.
I believe Jason Snell is a happy iMac Pro user.
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#26> 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
#27> 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
#28Is it just me, or do these iPad reviews really seem strained? Like the author is trying really hard to love their new toy, despite the functional setbacks. Don't get me wrong, I love my iPad Pro 11 too and look forward to using it as a writing/notes device, but you'll never take my Mac away except out of my cold, dead, hands.
The iPad is great in its own right (what "functional setbacks"?), and if it's also possible to get a laptop-like experience from it, it's even better.
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#29Well 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…
I've got to ask - why were you carrying both? What does one do, that the other couldn't? Is it something basic like touch? or something slightly more complex (but evidently do-able) like a detachable keyboard?
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
The iPad is great in its own right (what "functional setbacks"?), and if it's also possible to get a laptop-like experience from it, it's even better.
I know I'm not the target user for the product but not being able to write code on it is a pretty significant functional setback.