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Re: iPad Pro M2

#91
It's nice they keep working on making iPadOS more useable. But it seems like a waste of time to me.

Just let iPads run MacOS already.

(or put the nice touch screen on MacBooks, same difference)

If it's too awkward to use macOS without a keyboard and pointing device then, sure, maybe MacOS mode isn't the default.

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#92

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For 99.99% of users, they are 1500 dollar Facebook machines.

I doubt that. Many very serious artists use Procreate on an iPad as their primary medium, and I honestly can't think of a better tool without jumping about a thousand dollars in price, loath as I am to say it.

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#93
As a commment on the /r/iPad subreddit said, Apple accidentally made the most future-proof devices with the 2018 iPad Pros. There is not a single app that makes full use of the increased CPU power of these new iPads.

I own a 2018 11" iPP, and it has been a game-changer in the way I have studied. After buying it, I haven't printed a single sheet of paper for note-taking. It's also a much better Netflix device than my phone.

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#95
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Pretty surprised they left the front camera on the side of the device. I can't figure out why they would think that makes sense after using it even once. It's so awkward trying to do a meeting and I have this weird camera angle coming from the corner of my face. The alternative is portrait orientation, which puts the camera really far from the center of the screen - feels like it's coming from above or below my face…

I was in a meeting the other and one of the participants looked off-center and he said "I joined with my tablet", ah yes was the remark from others

Now, I had joined also from my tablet but samsung put the camera in the center when in landscape mode and got no such remarks and I was just smiling

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I'd argue that is exactly what they are doing. Their promotional material and many users are already using iPads as desktops... and they seem to be catering to them.

Could be, but at what point will they stop, i.e. how long before the iPad becomes the Macbook Air? In any case: if they don't stop then I'd think one of those would have to go, makes little sense keeping 2 product lines which are like almost the same?

I suspect that will happen eventually.

My M2 air is as thick as my iPad ...

Having said that it is also MUCH heavier (relative to what I'd like an iPad to be) and has a noticeably bigger screen.

Not sure how fast those gaps get closed.

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#97
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I love how "Desktop-class apps" means extremely basic features available decades ago on desktop: "consistent undo and redo, a redesigned inline find-and-replace experience, a new document menu, customizable toolbars, and the ability to change file extensions, view folder size".

You could actually get a full desktop experience from a tablet back in 2003, with products like the NEC Versa Litepad [1] running Windows XP. With a fully-fledged x86 processor, you could run anything a desktop could run.

It was pretty neat, but I can tell you from experience that coding using handwriting recognition isn't a great experience :)

[1] https://www.cnet.com/reviews/nec-versa-litepad-tablet-pc-vlp...

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#98

Pretty much everyone here knocking the iPad Pros for being consumption-only passive entertainment devices. But I guess the artists, musicians, video-editors and photographers using them professionally would disagree, if they ever came here.

I am a hobbyist video editor and I am excited for this iPad. I never thought I would see Davinci Resolve come to it. Especially before Final Cut.

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#99
post #15

I love how "Desktop-class apps" means extremely basic features available decades ago on desktop: "consistent undo and redo, a redesigned inline find-and-replace experience, a new document menu, customizable toolbars, and the ability to change file extensions, view folder size".

It has always been artificial market segmentation. Their message is clear: don't buy apple if you want a laptop with a touchscreen. Apple will only sell you oversized phones and regular laptops.

And don't buy a Windows laptop if you want a laptop without a touchscreen because the UI will be designed for touch even if you only use a mouse. Although macOS is unfortunately trending in this direction also.

Re: iPad Pro M2

#100
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Earlier quoted context omitted.

ProCreate and illustrator aren’t comparable. The former is raster while the latter is a vector app. I think you meant to or should compare it to Photoshop

From context "Easter" was probably autouncorrected from "raster".

Haha yes, autocorrect on iOS 16 autocorrects backwards a word or two and it drives me nuts.
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