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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 veave »

wiseowise wrote: post #185
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…

How are you supposed to use MacBook Air lying in bed? There’s now iPad and iPad Pro. If you want media consumption then just use iPad.

Why would you want to code lying in bed?

Re: Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake

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Post by prime17569 »

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.

IMO it's not about running macOS on it but rather that there is a need for desktop-class features on iPad. Apple doesn't need to run macOS on iPad to add desktop-class features. I'd rather see those features added to iPadOS (as well as visionOS, which is clearly a derivative of iPadOS).

Re: Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake

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Post by shinycode »

It’s not designed for professional coding, laptops are. I use jump desktop to log into my MacBook and code through it with a Bluetooth keyboard. Otherwise there is no point in using the iPad for that because clearly if it was designed to do coding Apple would have advertised this strength for a long time. Yes it’s a mistake indeed

Re: Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake

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Post by wiseowise »

veave wrote: post #191
wiseowise wrote: post #185

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How are you supposed to use MacBook Air lying in bed? There’s now iPad and iPad Pro. If you want media consumption then just use iPad.

Why would you want to code lying in bed?

I don’t. That’s the point. I want to have device that adjusts to my needs instead of keeping a zoo of specialized devices. iPad Pro has powerful enough hardware to be a full blown productivity machine when connected to a keyboard, but convenient enough interface to be a media consumption device in bed.

Re: Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake

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Post by wkat4242 »

sofixa wrote: post #157
arcticbull wrote: post #112

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A first-gen iPad is 13 years old. How many tablets running a 'user-friendly' OS from 13 years ago do you still think are actually out there, being used? The only old tablets I see are running iOS/iPad OS. Probably because they're built on solid metal and glass skeletons. While I agree things could be better, Apple also does a commendable job of providing updates and support for devices much longer and much more consi…

The Google Nexus 7 is from 2012, so 11 years ago, and is still perfectly usable with a battery upgrade (possible because it's not glued/soldered) and a custom ROM (possible because the bootloader is open).

Hmm I would beg to differ. I have some N7s and they are too slow to even run as a panel for home assistant. Apps have really got much heavier since then.

Of course they are running only a mid-range SoC from 2012 so that makes sense.

Re: Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake

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Post by reportgunner »

blueridge wrote: post #44

Using the iPad Pro as my main computer (2019) https://hicks.design/journal/using-the-ipad-pro-as-my-main-c... iPad Pro as Computer - one year on (2020) https://hicks.design/journal/ipad-pro-as-computer-one-year-o...

No way, a person who uses a tablet connected to a computer for work is able to use a tablet for work instead of computer !

Re: Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake

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Post by reportgunner »

bjoli wrote: post #159

We use iPads for work. Reading music mostly, but also for a limited amount of office tasks. I have started carrying a razer huntsman mini (the silent red kind) because I can't stand typing on the touch keyboard. I also couldn't find any possibility to remap the keyboard to svdvorak so I remapped the huntsman in hardware. With a proper keyboard it is actually almost half-decent. My colleagues mocked me until they saw…

Why not just get a laptop ?

Re: Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake

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Post by redeeman »

wlesieutre wrote: post #43
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…

If apps are still handling files that way instead of being able to open documents from anywhere in your local files, iCloud Drive, it’s on the developer. Hasn’t been the case for years that this is the way files work, you should be able to save them to your Downloads folder (or elsewhere) and open them in whichever app you want. Give PDF Viewer a look if you want better file handling: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pd…

or how about apple never gimped the file handling to begin with? :)
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