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Re: iPad Pro M2

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Post by diebeforei485 »

asdff wrote: post #541
delta_p_delta_x wrote: post #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…

>After buying it, I haven't printed a single sheet of paper for note-taking. OTOH you can buy a whole lot of $3 spiral notebooks for the price of an ipad pro

Except at some point those books end up in some storage box in the basement, or potentially tossed out. Digital notes are forever with iCloud/Dropbox/etc and can be searched anytime.

Re: iPad Pro M2

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Post by delta_p_delta_x »

hartator wrote: post #523
delta_p_delta_x wrote: post #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…

What do you use for note taking on an iPad?

I use both Notability and GoodNotes.

Re: iPad Pro M2

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Post by joeman1000 »

Going on from all of the comments here about the iPad not being able to replace a computer: it’s true. The I/O is not as good and the OS is lacking in terms of being able to do ‘what I want’ with it. It’s just not a computer. It’s a big phone. With that out of the way, I think it still kicks arse. I grab it when:

+ I just want to watch something (yt, streaming)

+ I want to play some music (great speakers)

+ I want to use a computer in a dangerous place (bath, kitchen bench)

+ I don’t want to lug my laptop around

+ I just want to sketch something

+ Want to read/markup a pdf

+ read a long article on the couch

+ play a game on the bus (Papers Please)

It’s great for these quick sessions. It’s more of a ‘life’ computer, where I don’t have to worry so much about it and it sort of ‘gets out of the way’.

It definitely compliments my laptop but cannot ever replace it.

Re: iPad Pro M2

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Post by moistly »

Scharkenberg wrote: post #583
Terretta wrote: post #296

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> 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.

And iPadOS window mgmt features cut it for 99.9% of users so… even stevens?

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Post by BossingAround »

yamtaddle wrote: post #377
pinot wrote: post #366

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Anything in the gSuite is terrible on iPadOS. Excel is also fairly crippled. I can’t see how it’s usable at all. Even just for emailing, GMail at least is a terrible application on iPad. For examples, cannot format anything, or view one email while writing another (that isn’t a reply). I primarily use mine for * Note taking * Browsing/showing PDFs in a construction engineering setting. Nothing is faster or as flexibl…

I gsuite good anywhere ? It's not good in the browser on desktop/laptop devices, certainly. I have noticed they cut tons of features from the iOS versions and keep you from using the site if they're installed (and maybe even if they're not? That's got to be how I ended up with them installed, I wouldn't have done it by choice), which is super annoying and makes no sense since I'm sure it's all the same webtech crap a…

> I gsuite good anywhere?

Yes? I use a Linux laptop + firefox, g suite works great even for docs that have hundreds of pages (though I do use a top of the line Lenovo P series with an i7 and 32GB of ram).

Re: iPad Pro M2

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Post by seydor »

meta invests in vr goggles, apple invests in high definition. none of them invests to replace the keyboard with someting better , not worse. Computers are not useful without communication, and the slow human-computer bandwidth is the real bottleneck for these devices. Keyboards (and mice) are still better after 4 decades . Meta's wrist device might be the revolution we need

Re: iPad Pro M2

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Post by saagarjha »

rpastuszak wrote: post #503
yamtaddle wrote: post #377

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I gsuite good anywhere ? It's not good in the browser on desktop/laptop devices, certainly. I have noticed they cut tons of features from the iOS versions and keep you from using the site if they're installed (and maybe even if they're not? That's got to be how I ended up with them installed, I wouldn't have done it by choice), which is super annoying and makes no sense since I'm sure it's all the same webtech crap a…

>I gsuite good anywhere? It's not good in the browser on desktop/laptop devices, certainly. Re web-tech: All iPad/iOS browsers run a low-perf version of Safari under the hood. In my experience anything Google seems sluggish on Safari. Frankly, I think that a part of this is due to FUD (Safari is not slow). I still use FF and Safari for 99% of my browsing, but certain sites just require me to use Chrome.

It's basically the same Safari, no?

Re: iPad Pro M2

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Post by moistly »

crazygringo wrote: post #82
dagmx wrote: post #65

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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

Not even Photoshop -- Photoshop is mainly about editing, well, photos, while ProCreate is about natural-looking brush painting. Photoshop certainly has brushes, but it's not even attempting any kind of naturalism. People don't generally "paint" in Photoshop. [Edit: from comments below, I stand corrected. Guess it's just the people I know.] I'm not sure what you call that category of app -- painting apps? Natural-medi…

Corel Paint was (is?) hands-down the best natural media art application. I wish it were available on iPad.

Edit: I see Rebelle is quite a bit like Paint. Shame they tell fibs about being “first” to emulate physical colour mixing. Alas, not iPadOS.

Re: iPad Pro M2

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Post by FrozenSynapse »

dagmx wrote: post #65
kaycebasques wrote: post #45

One current day iPad killer app IMO is Procreate. It's basically a more intuitive version of Adobe Illustrator completely optimized for iPad + iPen. I bought my then girlfriend (now wife :D) an iPad for her bday in 2020 accepting the risk that we're spending a lot of money on an activity she might not stick with (digital illustration). Happy to report that I was totally wrong and we have def gotten our money's worth…

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

The direct competitor is Fresco I think, Adobe's drawing app for iPads

Re: iPad Pro M2

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Post by thefz »

flavmartins wrote: post #486
thefz wrote: post #408

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Does it allow you to have access to the whole fileystem, unrestricted access?

I think the arguments is non-developers don't really need access to it. You aren't configuring anything or doing anything that needs access to the file system. You are simply interacting with documents and online systems/applications that you can do the same as on a laptop. Add the greater mobility and the iPad pro really is a better device for most people. However, as another commenter mentioned, these individuals w…

> I think the arguments is non-developers don't really need access to it.

I bought the device, why shouldn't I?

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