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Re: iPad Pro M1

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Post by drewzero1 »

whimsicalism wrote: post #191
intergalplan wrote: post #120

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Personally, if they make it a general-purpose computer, I'll be eagerly waiting for them or someone else to create the next iPad. It's already gone too far that way, IMO—I like it as a slab of smart glass that can become, entirely, a whole bunch of different, separate, specific tools, not as yet another complex, generic, multi-tasking computer. In that respect, it's mostly been going downhill since iOS 6, IMO, as far…

Why can't it let you just choose which experience you want?

I think that's what Windows 8 was going for, to be able to choose between a tablet experience and a desktop experience based on which app you use. The problem was that they pushed the app experience too hard without a clear option to choose between the modes. Win 10 has walked this back pretty well, but I still find myself using desktop apps 99% of the time (even when using the Surface as a tablet).

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Post by theodric »

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.

Have you priced these things, though?

2TB/5G iPad Pro 12.9 + keyboard + pen = 3000 Swiss Francs (over $3k)

2TB/16GB RAM MacBook Air = 2200 Swiss Francs

For whom are these iPads made? I bought a 12.9 in 2015, and another in 2017, but it's my last. They're just not that useful, and certainly not useful at a level that justifies the price of a very nice laptop!

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Post by manigandham »

Joeri wrote: post #267
manigandham wrote: post #234

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Yes, this is why the default iPhone calculator app is completely useless. These forced animations make tasks take the same amount of time regardless of how fast the hardware gets. I would love to be able to turn off all animations in iphone/ipad UIs.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding the problem being described, but I just tried this and it is impossible for me to type so fast in the iphone calculator app that it misses inputs. The animation completes in the background but does not block anything.

Happens to me all the time, especially when repeating the same numbers.

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Post by drewzero1 »

dmcginty wrote: post #242
rasengan wrote: post #218

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What I do these days is use an iPad Pro and use a cloud-based virtual desktop [1] so I have the best of both worlds with me. The caveat is that you can't do this without internet access. [1] https://shells.com/

This is a neat idea, but I feel like an iPad Pro is overkill for accessing a virtual desktop. You could set up something similar with an old laptop for a fraction of the price.

Or an old regular iPad, if you like the form factor.

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Post by evertheylen »

pyrophane wrote: post #238
evertheylen wrote: post #230

Lots of people in here talking about trying to use to a tablet for productivity, but finding iPad OS a bit lacking. I'd cautiously suggest you check out the Samsung Tab S7(+). It is likely considered a worse tablet by many, but Samsung Dex [1] actually works quite well and using something like UserLAnd [2] you can have a full Linux environment (without root). I'm still experimenting a bit with the latter, but seeing…

I've been considering this. One small question: how is the front facing camera? One of my necessary uses for a tablet would be video conferencing because the camera on my ThinkPad is not so good.

I think it's pretty good? Certainly better than what I expect of an average (non-Mac) laptop. It is placed on the long side of the screen, which makes sense if you want to use it for video conferencing (in contrast to the iPad, which has the camera on the short side).

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Post by KabirKwatra »

_ph_ wrote: post #134
DCKing wrote: post #73

The M1 has the necessary hardware to run virtualization. Apple could decide to allow VMWare or Parallels to bring desktop virtualization software to the iPad. You could have an all-in-one device for casual use, note taking, art and media consumption that turns into a capable Linux desktop at will. There's even 16GB RAM options available to make that reasonably comfortable, as well as a port to connect to a dock. But…

If it were possible to run Linux on the iPad Pro, I would upgrade in a heartbeat to a high-end configuration.

https://getutm.app

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Post by [deleted] »

pkulak wrote: post #184
clairity wrote: post #148

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> "...gesture-like latencies in between to get it to work." i hate that animations on ios are i/o blocking. every single time i have to enter my passcode, it misses at least one if not two of my keypresses, which means i have to erase the whole thing and do it more slowly since the missing keypresses are essentially random (not just the final one or two). another related annoyance is alert popups that occur more than…

"Pro" used to mean "professional" for Apple. Now it just means "expensive".

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Post by Tiktaalik »

This thing being absurdly powerful is cool and all, but when the hell am I gonna be able to code on it?

I know this thing is wildly changing workflows for creatives on the art and design side. Let's shake up coding too!

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Post by andor »

no1youknowz wrote: post #128

Anyone remember the Ubuntu Edge? [0] Perhaps with todays announcement, a bit into the future we will see a new class of phone that unfolds into a tablet and even docks to a screen with accompanying magic keyboard and trackpad. I know, it's a real shame that I am probably dreaming. But Apple will probably never release a similar phone as it'll cannibalise one of the other products. Maybe someone can prod shuttleworth…

Samsung phones can do that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_DeX

Samsung even offered a full Ubuntu desktop for the phones, but stopped supporting it rather quickly.

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Post by caleb-allen »

_ph_ wrote: post #134
DCKing wrote: post #73

The M1 has the necessary hardware to run virtualization. Apple could decide to allow VMWare or Parallels to bring desktop virtualization software to the iPad. You could have an all-in-one device for casual use, note taking, art and media consumption that turns into a capable Linux desktop at will. There's even 16GB RAM options available to make that reasonably comfortable, as well as a port to connect to a dock. But…

If it were possible to run Linux on the iPad Pro, I would upgrade in a heartbeat to a high-end configuration.

Same. I wouldn't need to give it a second thought. Such an amazing piece of hardware
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