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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 speedgoose »

DennisAleynikov wrote: post #83
speedgoose wrote: post #80

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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

I'm interested and not trying to be sarcastic. Which non Apple laptop is arm64 with endless battery, good build quality, and descent performances at a fair price?

Re: Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake

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Post by fomine3 »

nicbou wrote: post #170
brynjolf wrote: post #166

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God I hope your wish never comes true. I don't understand why a device can't just be for consumption of media. Why is everyone trying to force this to become a computer with an annoyingly complicated navigation UX and the rest of the ceaveats when using a complete OS. If I ever have to worry about CPU usage or driver issues on my iPad I will be the one leaving. I bought an iPad NOT to work on it. It is my vacation de…

I owned a Surface Go for two days before getting an iPad Mini. What made me return it was the file save dialog. I bought a device to read and doodle on, two things I used to do on paper. I browse through my sketches by turning pages, and finish the activity by closing the (note)book. Procreate and Google Play Books work similarly. After a whole day of installing updates and removing bloatware, the Surface wanted me t…

What app did you tried on Surface? OneNote works without treating files. (as it's also available on iPad)

Re: Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake

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Post by nicbou »

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…

My reason: it’s too big. I can’t comfortably carry a big MacBook plus an iPad if I walk around a lot. The iPad is my reading and drawing device.

I settled for an iPad Mini and a 12” MacBook and I’m reallY happy with that combo. I just wish they made a faster M2 version.

Re: Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake

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Post by hindsightbias »

brynjolf wrote: post #166
behnamoh wrote: post #14

I’ve owned ipads for a long time and their productivity benefits compared to my Mac and iphone has never improved over the years. This year I’m selling my last ipad and won’t buy again until Apple throws a “real” OS at the thing. one of the worst things about ios is that files get copied for each app. Say I download a PDF in the Documents app and want to annotate it. As soon as I open it with NoteX, a copy of the PDF…

God I hope your wish never comes true. I don't understand why a device can't just be for consumption of media. Why is everyone trying to force this to become a computer with an annoyingly complicated navigation UX and the rest of the ceaveats when using a complete OS. If I ever have to worry about CPU usage or driver issues on my iPad I will be the one leaving. I bought an iPad NOT to work on it. It is my vacation de…

They could just buy a tablet based on a real operating system like android /s

Re: Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake

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Post by hindsightbias »

devsda wrote: post #103
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…

Remember the 'What's a computer Ad' of iPad Pro from 2017? I'm not saying that OP fell for that marketing and is gullible, but Apple marketed the iPad Pro as a replacement for a computer, so it may not be completely unreasonable to expect a reasonably similar experience on an iPad after 6 years and the n number of iPad generations that went by.

It was a replacement for the computer for 90% of the market.

Extrapolating that to Linux server gearheads… sorry, your use case isn’t the same as that 13 year old in the ad.

I am still mad my iPhone didn’t make me a rock god.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSfIm3nbKLs

Re: Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake

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Post by TheLoafOfBread »

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.

I think we are heading in opposite direction - iPadOS running on MacBook

Re: Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake

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Post by WastingMyTime89 »

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

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

The issue is not courage. Apple knows that the use cases for the Macbook Air and the iPad Pro significantly overlap. So they use software limitations to avoid canibalising sells of one with the other even if it means making the iPad Pro a lesser product than it could be.

Re: Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake

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Post by golergka »

beefield wrote: post #132
golergka wrote: post #127

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For 99% of the users, “human creativity” would mean installing malware.

Hiding the option to allow "human creativity" behind two layers of menu hierarchy would mean 99% of users would never allow it.

Really? Try opening console on Facebook and tell me what prompted them to put that huge disclaimer there.

Re: Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake

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Post by theshrike79 »

Before the M-series laptops, using an iPad for portable development was ... doable. I did it myself with an iPad Pro and the folio keyboard a few times in a pinch.

Blink shell to server, web-based vscode for editing. Safari to poke stuff in AWS. Not comfy but manageable. The whole setup fit in my cross-body bag.

Now it's just pointless, you get the same battery life from an M-series Macbook and it's an actual computer. And the 13" models aren't that much bigger than an iPad Pro.

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