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How well will that work with the modern web and modern web browsers?
Great! On paper it could handle Apache and NGINX like a charm, your modern web browsers would have no trouble accessing it.
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I'm somewhat convinced that Apple wants to remove the notion of a Unix filesystem (there are files and directories of files/directories and they have owners/permissions/etc) from their users' understanding of how to use a computer. Both out of ideological purity ("what is a computer?") and so that their users can't use a different device that has an entirely different mental model for interaction. I already see this…
The Plan9 discussion from a few days ago shows that quite a few people here don't know what a file actually is either.
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The pixel, for example, already has a secure yet user-unlockable bootloader. So do modern x86_64 PC's. Statements like these, claiming that only apple can properly secure a device (and hence that users deserve to be locked out), simply show astounding ignorance.
The M-series Macs also have similarly open, but secure bootloaders.
My claim isn’t “it’s impossible to implement a secure bootloader that also has escape hatches”. I’m saying it’s borderline impossible to do that retroactively for a fleet of obsolete devices, in a way that doesn’t compromise security of those.
Boggles the mind why people still fall for the iPad Pro as a serious work machine beyond writing meme. The fact that Final Cut launched on it recently and while its exporting you have to sit there leaving the app open you can't go do something else is the punchline of the decade for the lie that this is a serious machine. This is before we get into the comical evolution from "You just need the touchscreen" to "Actual…
You don't have to sit there and wait! You can go grab a coffee or have a smoke!
Umm wouldn't it have been better to research this before spending the money?
By the description a macbook air would have done the job and for cheaper.
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Broadly agree, but: > This is before we get into the comical evolution from "You just need the touchscreen" to "Actually physical keys are good for long typing" iPad and a keyboard case, to "oh actually a cursor would be useful to do real work" to full blown iPad + trackpad case awkward laptop form factor. I don't find it surprising; the windows tablets before the iPad suffered from so much software presuming there w…
I think Apple might still be gearing towards adding macOS in the iPad only because the macOS interface has been adding padding, in almost all recent releases, while screens have remained the same size. I don't see any other reason for added padding around controls apart from a touch screen future.
The system preferences redesign is the first thing that has bugged me (I moved to Mac around 2019). There was no need at all and because they use Catalyst, the icons, and the text are tiny.
Boggles the mind why people still fall for the iPad Pro as a serious work machine beyond writing meme. The fact that Final Cut launched on it recently and while its exporting you have to sit there leaving the app open you can't go do something else is the punchline of the decade for the lie that this is a serious machine. This is before we get into the comical evolution from "You just need the touchscreen" to "Actual…
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Great! On paper it could handle Apache and NGINX like a charm, your modern web browsers would have no trouble accessing it.
What does that have to do with running a modern web browser on a device with 256MB RAM and a single core 500Mhz processor?
It will still work just fine with your modern web browsers though, as a server.
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> 2. God help you if the insertion point is just a character or two away from where you need it: you either have to do the long-press on the keyboard, then carefully drag to correct it, or tap somewhere else completely and then tap where you want it. I don't know if anyone remembers but back in 2012ish there was a jailbreak tweak in Cydia that allowed you to move the cursor by swiping on your keyboard. It was really…
> I wish apple let you switch between "swipe to type" and "swipe to move cursor". Unsure if you know: you can press and hold the space bar to enable text navigation by swiping.
Now, as you say, it’sa long press on the space bar. The problem with that solution is that it’s incredibly slow (perceptually).
This is a large part of why I say no one at apple is working day to day on an iPad. If someone there were forced to, this would be fixed. — or declared to be impossible to fix, I suppose.
From about 2015 to 2021 I was waiting to be able to only take my iPad with me on trips. That was never pleasant, not really possible.
Now I have an M1 MacBook Air, and my iPad is the device collecting dust at home.
(edit to change "boring" to "borking" -- yes, I typed this on iOS, let's not even discuss autocorrect...)