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Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake

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Re: Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake

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Post by VectorLock »

sublinear wrote: post #57
planb wrote: post #39

I don't see what people expect. The iPad is a portable touch-first device with a small screen and a locked-down operating system. The first two are by-design for the tablet form factor, so this will never change. And I don't expect Apple to open up the system, but it does not sound as if this was the main concern in this article. So why not simply get a MacBook Air, which is a completely capable, awesome coding devic…

Or, just get any laptop really. There's nothing special about a Mac unless you need to do native development for Apple devices, and I'd suggest a Mac Mini for that.

MacBookPros have been pretty much for the past decade+ the undisputed leader of rugged hardware design. Nobody else to my knowledge sells machined unibody laptops at a competitive price point. (Only half jokingly posting this hoping somebody can't help to attempt to prove me wrong)

Re: Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake

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Post by DennisAleynikov »

speedgoose wrote: post #80
sublinear wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or, just get any laptop really. There's nothing special about a Mac unless you need to do native development for Apple devices, and I'd suggest a Mac Mini for that.

You haven’t used a Mac laptop recently I assume.

no I've just been using arm64 devices for like 6 years now and the advantages of the m1/m2 are present in any laptop or tablet that is arm64.

endless battery, fanless design, excellent performance for the kinds of tasks a developer does.

only downside is the m2 is probably faster in cpu/compilation times for certain things because of how fast it is

Re: Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake

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Post by galkk »

DennisAleynikov wrote: post #62
galkk wrote: post #54

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You either trolling or have no idea what you're talking about. Hosted vscode is just vscode. You can use it to run remote terminal, just as ssh and run commands there or launch/debug code, set breakpoints etc from ui etc. At Google most of new hires are working on cloud machines now by default, with either vscode/remote or internal web-based editor. Your toaster doesn't have amount of CPUs/RAM/disk space that you can…

I use both hosted VSCode, Codespace as well as other web based software. I also program from smart fridges, toasters and random garbage (for my own entertainment) because basically anything can open vscode.dev login to github and use a terminal. saying "b-but my ipad can code" is insane if the definition of code is opening a browser. I can't believe I have to explain such a basic concept to an adult

This is just playing with words.

Coding doesn't mean that you must have full fledged ide like intellij on local machine. Largest ipad screen is about same as old macbook air, and combined with keyboard it can be used as dev machine no problem.

Re: Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake

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Post by rabuse »

barbariangrunge wrote: post #26
herpderperator wrote: post #9

This is silly - just get a MacBook Air.

The iPad Pro has a better keyboard, amazingly. The air is too shallow, at least the m2 anyway. The m1 airs and pros had better keyboards

I have a 14" pro, and a 15" air. The keyboards are essentially identical.

Re: Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake

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Post by DennisAleynikov »

radicaldreamer wrote: post #76
DennisAleynikov wrote: post #19

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I can't wait for ipads to mature

In practice, this means being able to run MacOS on them. All the hardware is already there, it's just a matter of time until Apple has the "courage" to enable it.

given the botched launch of stage manager I'm not holding my breath

Re: Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake

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Post by rabuse »

warning26 wrote: post #27
herpderperator wrote: post #9

This is silly - just get a MacBook Air.

I have both — I’d love the to use iPad as a secondary travel machine, since it’s far lighter and also was much less expensive. But sadly it really can’t be used for much beyond light web browsing.

Much less expensive that what? Air's start at $999...
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