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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
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)).
The iPad has a great front camera, great screen, great touch screen and Apple Pen, yet is software-handicapped to prevent professional use.
I guess Apples' goal is for people to buy both, but I've been on the market for a new "work device" for a while and this messed product lineup just means I'll wait till they get their s** together and produce a decent work machine with:
- support for multiple monitors
- reasonable webcam
- touchscreen and apple pen support
Until then, I'm out. Neither the Macbook nor the iPad are good work machines for me, and I'm not going to buy both to compensate for bad product management. I mean, the title says it all, iPads now have "Macbook Pro CPUs" in them. That's a super mixed message to send if they are not suitable for professional work.
But I don't think that matches with what Apple considers the iPad to be, so we won't see it. Especially because virtualization would imply virtualized macOS too. I bet it remains amazing hardware crippled by software flexibility - from my perspective at least. It's hardware I'd really want to buy but really can't justify.
All the pieces are there in hardware, only limited by Apple's software choices. A shame, really.
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.
How long before MacOS and iPadOS have enough feature parity that they get merged?
My guess is that they prefer to sell more than one device to everybody, so not anytime soon. Really interested to hear Apple’s excuse not allowing to run MacOS on M1 iPad pro with an external monitor and keyboard. The standard "optimized for different use case" argument doesn't make that much sense with that setup.
Sharing the same OS never precluded people having both an iphone and an ipad.
That section is just nasty and dishonest. It perpetuates an image of Apple as a company caring for environment, which isn't exactly true. They should at least be honest that their devices are artificially hard to repair, so that they can squeeze more money out of the consumer. If someone does not have money to pay Apple to repair the device, where it lands?
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.
Watch -> phone -> tablet -> laptop -> desktop
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.
Seriously. The thing that still bites me the most is that "Share" functionality of files continues to be broken in certain apps. For example, I frequently need to save a PDF from my Google Drive app either to my local Files or the Books app. But both those options are just... missing from the iOS share sheet, even though Acrobat is there. So I have to share to Acrobat, then share to Files or Books from within Acrobat…
It seems most of the successful "pro" usage is by those who can work entirely within a single app that provides everything they need.
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.
I've personally completely given up on Android/iOS even if that means I won't have a working cell phone (although I mostly do.) There's way too much money involved for good firmware to be written.
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.
Oh, do not worry... it's coming. M1 > SwiftUI > MacCatalyst = Write once, run anywhere. Watching the iPadOS and MacCatalyst APIs mature says different form factors will emphasize certain workflows over others, but overall, feature parity is and will be a priority across the device lineup, iPhone included... Though it makes me sad... soon after their unified OS is realized, Sherman's coming by with his hammer. It'll b…
I believe Apple is going all in on the Universal App model. You can already get most of the way there today with some limitations (many libraries don't support Mac yet). Making different targets for each hardware with a 99% Shared code base is really excellent.