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Re: Giving up the iPad-only travel dream

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Post by katbyte »

afavour wrote: post #570
katbyte wrote: post #568

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You seem to be forgetting that every app in the App Store would need to be rebuilt.. and developers would need to buy in and do so

Make it a requirement in order to ship a new version, developers would do it in an instant. Just like they did with 64bit builds. Sure, a small number of apps would fall to the wayside. But it’s not like Apple has hesitated to do that before.

I think you are grossly underestimating the number of apps that no longer see regular updates/have active developers

Re: Giving up the iPad-only travel dream

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Post by afavour »

katbyte wrote: post #591
afavour wrote: post #570

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Make it a requirement in order to ship a new version, developers would do it in an instant. Just like they did with 64bit builds. Sure, a small number of apps would fall to the wayside. But it’s not like Apple has hesitated to do that before.

I think you are grossly underestimating the number of apps that no longer see regular updates/have active developers

I think you’re grossly overestimating how many of those apps are actually used regularly. Even if Apple only got 15% of the entire App Store available on x64 it would fulfill the needs of almost all users.

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Post by alphabettsy »

JimDabell wrote: post #507
JohnBooty wrote: post #213

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You'd think depending on the person, they'd travel with EITHER their phone OR their iPad OR their laptop You're missing a few major scenarios. - The iPad works as a second monitor for a Mac laptop. Great for creative/tech people. - If people are traveling for work, they are bringing their work laptop which may have corporate lockdown/spyware software installed. Therefore using their work laptop for entertainment migh…

> The iPad works as a second monitor for a Mac laptop. Great for creative/tech people. You need to be logged into the same Apple ID, which is a huge hassle for everybody who has a different Apple ID for personal and work use. There’s tonnes of Apple features that break because of this. Apple’s view is that there’s a 1:1 correspondence between Apple IDs and people, and everything they do is designed around that fact.…

You only need to use the same Apple ID for wired. I was using DuetDisplay wired for years.

Re: Giving up the iPad-only travel dream

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Post by alphabettsy »

asu_thomas wrote: post #232
nine_k wrote: post #212

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It's simple. A laptop is a keyboard-oriented device, packing a,lot of computing power. It has the shortest battery life, and requires a desk, or at least a seat, to operate comfortably. A phone is a handheld device, one which is always on you. It necessarily has a smaller screen, no separate keyboard, and only has a decent battery life because it sleeps most of the time. It can have serious peak performance, but has…

Having worked in many graphics roles for 20 years, I have never heard of a professional wanting to use an iPad for their work, yet this thread is full of people claiming the iPad is some artist dream tool. It is not even close to true.

That’s odd because the only two professional artists I know use an iPad Pro.

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Post by alexalx666 »

surlyville wrote: post #559
alexalx666 wrote: post #347

Did anyone try this https://getutm.app , is it possible to install it on a non-jailbroken iPad Pro M2?

UTM works much better if you can install the Hypervisor version via TrollStore. Unfortunately you can't do that with M2 iPads since they came with iOS 16.1 from factory and TrollStore only works on iOS 15.0-15.4.1 Luckily I have an M1 iPad Pro with iOS 15.3.1. Managed to install Oracle Database 19c ARM on Oracle Linux Arm 8.8.

Jesus

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Post by matwood »

wolpoli wrote: post #535
matwood wrote: post #412

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Not sure why you're downvoted. Apple led the charge on a fully usb-c ecosystem. There are billions of lightening devices out there, so Apple has been transitioning over multiple years. The charger side went usb-c awhile back. Now most users should have usb-c chargers, and likely a few usb-c cables. When the iPhone changes this year or next, it won't be a big deal. People forget when Apple went from the 30-pin to ligh…

> The charger side went usb-c awhile back. Now most users should have usb-c chargers, and likely a few usb-c cables. Given that Apple never included usb-c charger with their iPhone, all Apple had accomplished was creating a bunch of soon to be obsoleted usb-c to lighting cable with this extended timeline

The iPhone 11 Pro (and maybe 12) came with a usb-c charger.

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Post by tweetle_beetle »

gizajob wrote: post #579
gjvc wrote: post #526

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The UK is becoming a third world country at a rapid pace, don't you worry.

I was in Malaysia in March and there was a big public artwork showing Malaysia’s commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and I thought “Sh*t we need those too!” https://sdgs.un.org/goals

I once did a project (not freelance I hasten to add) for a wealthy and shady company based in a very expensive office in a very expensive old money postcode. They are involved in immoral, and probably illegal, activities, some of which received attention from national press. They were the sort of organisation that has disaster comms skills in house. They also had a document that proudly proclaimed how they met every single one of the UN's SDGs. Never understood how they managed to keep a straight face on that topic.

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Post by gjvc »

tweetle_beetle wrote: post #597
gizajob wrote: post #579

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I was in Malaysia in March and there was a big public artwork showing Malaysia’s commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and I thought “Sh*t we need those too!” https://sdgs.un.org/goals

I once did a project (not freelance I hasten to add) for a wealthy and shady company based in a very expensive office in a very expensive old money postcode. They are involved in immoral, and probably illegal, activities, some of which received attention from national press. They were the sort of organisation that has disaster comms skills in house. They also had a document that proudly proclaimed how they met every…

This sounds fascinating!

Re: Giving up the iPad-only travel dream

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Post by gizajob »

tweetle_beetle wrote: post #597
gizajob wrote: post #579

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I was in Malaysia in March and there was a big public artwork showing Malaysia’s commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and I thought “Sh*t we need those too!” https://sdgs.un.org/goals

I once did a project (not freelance I hasten to add) for a wealthy and shady company based in a very expensive office in a very expensive old money postcode. They are involved in immoral, and probably illegal, activities, some of which received attention from national press. They were the sort of organisation that has disaster comms skills in house. They also had a document that proudly proclaimed how they met every…

I’ve no doubt they did. Shame about the illiterate plebs begging nearby though.

Re: Giving up the iPad-only travel dream

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Post by balderdash »

kylehotchkiss wrote: post #293
balderdash wrote: post #211

When is the FAA going to let me use my laptop during takeoff and landing - that’s the biggest thing ipad has going for it, that’s an hour+ of unproductive time.

Pretty hard to enter the brace position if required in either takeoff or landing. It’s not just an airplane mode thing

Ehh - it’s pretty easy to close a laptop (or put it on the floor) I don’t really care, but not being able to use a laptop, but being able to use an air pad of the same size is a big advantage for that -45min-hour
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