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Re: iPad Pro M1

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Post by jolux »

ksubedi wrote: post #22
masklinn wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

While that makes sense, Apple's recent changes with the iPad Keyboard case adding a trackpad makes me think that they might have something else brewing for the long term. Time will tell, but I would love to see more MacOS applications like XCode become available on the iPad. Edit: Also the fact that MacOS has been changing the UI to make it more touch friendly, for example: new control center.

Plus the Big Sur interface changes seem to be touch-oriented. They made a lot of pointer targets much bigger than they used to be, and added a new special window type for modals.

Re: iPad Pro M1

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Post by charlesju »

ksubedi wrote: post #5

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

You can already use iPadOS apps on MacOS with m1 right? So maybe that's why you would pay more for the Mac versus the iPad.

Re: iPad Pro M1

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Post by hajile »

Spartan-S63 wrote: post #13

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.

The inability to run the software I need is why an ipad isn't even on my radar yet. The nicer screen isn't worth the lockdown (not to mention that the macbook air is much lighter than ipad + keyboard and cheaper too)).

Re: iPad Pro M1

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Post by Toutouxc »

A moment of silence for the guys working on the MS Surface devices.

There are still reasons to get the Surface instead of an iPad, but the M1 in an iPad sounds like a hit.

Re: iPad Pro M1

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Post by RandallBrown »

masklinn wrote: post #12
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.

iPadOS, iOS, and tvOS are all the same operating system with different user interfaces.

I think eventually macOS will be too.

Re: iPad Pro M1

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Post by balls187 »

masklinn wrote: post #12
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.

With BigSur, users can run ipad and iphone apps natively on an M1 mac.

It's not a large stretch to see some overlap between allowing macOS features on a large screen mobile device.

Re: iPad Pro M1

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Post by SahAssar »

masklinn wrote: post #12
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.

ipadOS has pointer support and the preferred way to do pointer interactions on macOS seems to be touchpads (not mice), so the gap is definitely not as large anymore.

Re: iPad Pro M1

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Post by suyash »

I have an iPad with Apple Pencil, thought I would use it but hardly ever. Don't think I need or have time between Laptop and Smartphone.
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