iPad Pro M1 • Hacker News Board

Re: iPad Pro M1

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Post by R70YNS » Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 6:07 PM UTC

geoah wrote: post #3

Would be interesting to see if people will manage to run macos on this.

I don't think MacOS supports touch, yet.

Re: iPad Pro M1

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Post by masklinn » Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 6:07 PM UTC

ksubedi wrote: post #5

How long before MacOS and iPadOS have enough feature parity that they get merged?

Probably never.

The divergence between macOS and ipadOS is not technical, it's that Apple believes a touch-oriented and a pointer-oriented interface are completely different things.

Re: iPad Pro M1

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Post by Spartan-S63 » Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 6:08 PM UTC

It'll be interesting to see if iPadOS 15 steps us any closer to laptop/desktop class usage. The biggest thing holding back iPad from being a real laptop replacement for so many is the software. It's also not as simple as porting macOS to iPad. I get Apple's hesitancy from a usability and a product cannibalization standpoint, but it's time they step things forward.

Re: iPad Pro M1

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Post by ksubedi » Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 6:08 PM UTC

damsta wrote: post #9

Is 8GB of unified memory enough for a such machine?

It's overkill since most iPadOS apps are not optimized for more memory.

Re: iPad Pro M1

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Post by Toutouxc » Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 6:08 PM UTC

ksubedi wrote: post #5

How long before MacOS and iPadOS have enough feature parity that they get merged?

I don't think it's about features, but mostly about the input methods. Until this day we (as a society) haven't found a way to combine pointer based and touch based UIs in a single product in a way that at least one of them doesn't suck hard.

Re: iPad Pro M1

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Post by mlindner » Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 6:08 PM UTC

ksubedi wrote: post #5

How long before MacOS and iPadOS have enough feature parity that they get merged?

Apple has repeatedly denied that whenever it's come up. MacOS and iPadOS are completely different platforms with different goals.

Re: iPad Pro M1

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Post by minimaxir » Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 6:08 PM UTC

The product page is up indicating 128GB base storage and an interesting RAM note:

> 8GB RAM on models with 128GB, 256GB, or 512GB storage

> 16GB RAM on models with 1TB or 2TB storage

Re: iPad Pro M1

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Post by dangwu » Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 6:08 PM UTC

Austin_Conlon wrote: post #6

What kinds of iPadOS workflows benefit from this most? The device never seemed lacking in performance.

I agree. Are there really that many people using iPads for high performance video/audio editing? Everyone I know uses their iPad as a video player or recipe displayer.

Re: iPad Pro M1

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Post by speedgoose » Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 6:09 PM UTC

I wish the iPad pro was not such a locked down operating system. I just want to run a web browser that is not safari, and visual studio code.

Re: iPad Pro M1

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 6:09 PM UTC

ksubedi wrote: post #5

How long before MacOS and iPadOS have enough feature parity that they get merged?

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