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Re: iPad Pro M2

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Post by cute_boi »

bee_rider wrote: post #341
roody15 wrote: post #210

I Work IT in a institution with 290 employees and have had 5 switch to iPad Pro's to "replace" their laptop. I am now 5 for 5 with all asking for their laptop back. iPadOS is nothing more than iPhoneOS renamed and the device is still too heavily crippled for desktop/laptop replacement. In my mini test case scenario I never said a word..simply the employee asked for iPad Pro.. I just handed it to them... waited... the…

Programming on the iPad was OK, in the sense that Blink Shell is a better ssh client than PuTTY, and I don't want to carry my desktop around with me. Eventually I switched back to a Linux 2-in-1 laptop -- it is nice to be able to run GUI applications locally, but it is nowhere near as good a tablet as an iPad despite whatever tweaking I try...

actually many people don't use putty and recommending putty in 2022 is not that good. Windows terminal etc can easily do ssh without any hassles.

Re: iPad Pro M2

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Post by barbariangrunge »

I remember I used to read a lot on my tablet before I started using anki to take notes as I went. I miss it, the screens and then light weight are very easy on the eyes and hands. Reading on a laptop isn’t nearly as nice, but you can’t beat the keyboard

Re: iPad Pro M2

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Post by Scharkenberg »

Terretta wrote: post #296
JAlexoid wrote: post #278

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The biggest drawback of iPad OS is lack of windows, to drag around.If you don't need to multitask - iPad is OK. I tried going all iPad and my husband opted for iPad Pro as personal computer - it is woefully underutilized. "And that's not just me"

> biggest drawback of iPad OS is lack of windows, to drag around First thing productivity users do to a Win or Mac laptop is install a windows manager so they don't drag windows around. iPad Pro in its landscape dock provides split screen with adjustable ratio, as well as left and right floats, along with swipe between desktops, as well as push to view and pick a diff app. One app wide, one app narrow, tends to put t…

> First thing productivity users do to a Win or Mac laptop is install a windows manager so they don't drag windows around.

Interesting point of view, but I must either live in a parallel universe or know no "productivity users" (whatever that is supposed to mean) then. Windows' window management features cut it for 99.9% of Windows users, and the rest use PowerToys Fancy Zones or something of that sort.

Re: iPad Pro M2

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Post by filoleg »

mrweasel wrote: post #332
smoldesu wrote: post #310

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Touchscreens on a laptop are kinda silly, especially if it isn't convertible. I will say though, I use touchscreen gestures to navigate my desktops pretty frequently. Blindly reaching for a three-finger swipe feels a lot more natural than pausing to look down at my Touch Bar and figure out what the hell I want to press...

I use the magic trackpad, that feels more natural that touching the screen. 95% of the time my laptop is docker to a USB-C monitor, so having a touchscreen would be a little weird. For professional use, I'd guess that most people have a larger monitor hooked up anyway. For a touchscreen to make sense, my monitor would need to be touch as well. The issue with the Touch Bar is the same, that's not a professional featur…

The best part is that those trackpad gestures translate almost 1:1 from macOS to iPadOS. And you can use magic trackpad with iPad too (although it makes more sense for me personally to use the trackpad built into the iPad magic keyboard case). I havent really used iPad shortcuts before all that much, but once i accidentally triggered a few of them after using it with a trackpad due to the muscle memory from macOS, it all clicked perfectly.

Re: iPad Pro M2

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Post by timdavila »

mort96 wrote: post #557
rpastuszak wrote: post #509

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True, but that's not how most people use their devices.

Right, but some people do. And the people who do, used to be people who don't. And those people became people who do because it was possible. It is a bit worrying to me that so many people will be growing up with devices with such a low "skill ceiling"; devices which don't let your interest in technology bloom but rather restrict what can be imagined.

> And the people who do, used to be people who don't.

Yep. Walled gardens kill curiosity.

Curiosity is what got me into this industry, way before I knew it could be a career. Playing around, messing with files that ran my games, making web forums and learning to change how they look.

Re: iPad Pro M2

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Post by thih9 »

whalesalad wrote: post #217
retskrad wrote: post #196

Here in Scandinavia, the base iPhone 14 Pro Max, M2 MacBook Air and the new M2 iPad Pro all cost the same: $1,484. Good lord!

lol - they're all basically the exact same thing with a different display

In case of the MacBook and the iPad, seems like it’s more about the OS. At least that’s what most comments here are mentioning when comparing an iPad to a MacBook.

Re: iPad Pro M2

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Post by cm2187 »

Terretta wrote: post #223
roody15 wrote: post #210

I Work IT in a institution with 290 employees and have had 5 switch to iPad Pro's to "replace" their laptop. I am now 5 for 5 with all asking for their laptop back. iPadOS is nothing more than iPhoneOS renamed and the device is still too heavily crippled for desktop/laptop replacement. In my mini test case scenario I never said a word..simply the employee asked for iPad Pro.. I just handed it to them... waited... the…

On the contrary, I have owned MacBook Pros from the first to the last 17", then again every model since the 16". I also have iPad Pro with magic keyboard and touch pad. I don't travel with the MacBook any more, as I can do anything from the iPad. But it's not just me. I've also been CTO at mega bank and hedge funds where we've rolled these out along side laptops. I've found that after initial objections, folks tend t…

I wonder who at mega bank and hedge fund isn't using excel...

My experience at mega bank is that the IT department is often delusional about what business users actually do.

Re: iPad Pro M2

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Post by THENATHE »

lbotos wrote: post #530
THENATHE wrote: post #505

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Currently the ublock origin and dark reader I have tried with the Firefox extensions work very well, but I haven’t tried any others so it is good to know. As it stands right now, there is essentially no windows support or support for the various browser sync plugins, but both of those are on the way. The main developer seems like a nice dude, and I’ve had a chat with him on Reddit a couple times so it is definitely a…

If you want to be my hero, can you try to install this extension on Orion on iPad https://github.com/WaldiPL/playbackSpeed https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/playback-spee... And let me know if it works on say a youtube video with speeds above 3x?

I don’t actually have an iPad, only iPhone. But if you give me a couple of hours I will do so and reply to your comment with my results

Re: iPad Pro M2

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Post by unethical_ban »

MuffinFlavored wrote: post #183
lupire wrote: post #120

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Apple doesn't want non-artists to buy iPad Pro instead of MacBook. They want people to buy both.

I'm trying to calculate in my head why I (a non-artist) want a tablet with the foldable keyboard thingie instead of a laptop...

I have a friend who bought one to replace her aging laptop with the iPad pro. She wanted it for the touchscreen to navigate and touch up photos (but not via pencil really). But she does also use it often for spreadsheets and email as well, and since you can have multiple apps side by side now, it works for her. She does this at her work environment which doesn't have space for say, dual screens or an office, so it makes sense for her.

Re: iPad Pro M2

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Post by micromacrofoot »

roody15 wrote: post #210

I Work IT in a institution with 290 employees and have had 5 switch to iPad Pro's to "replace" their laptop. I am now 5 for 5 with all asking for their laptop back. iPadOS is nothing more than iPhoneOS renamed and the device is still too heavily crippled for desktop/laptop replacement. In my mini test case scenario I never said a word..simply the employee asked for iPad Pro.. I just handed it to them... waited... the…

Makes a lot more sense if you consider the idea that "pro" has become a luxury designation rather than the audience they're marketing towards.
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