Maybe I'm getting old by the thought of how much engineering goes into making chips, only for them to end up on a tablet kids use to watch cartoons and cat videos is mildly depressing.
Redesigned 11-inch and new 13-inch iPad Air
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#32I used some WFH budget on an iPad Air and a pencil thinking it would be great for taking notes and diagramming things but it’s mostly been useless. The UX of mirroring from my laptop to draw things has been a buggy mess in every app I’ve tried. The device has been relegated to a screen for watching movies on during flights.
Why are you trying to mirror and not just draw in native apps? Not claiming you're wrong, just wondering what apps/workflow you're using, since "drawing" is pretty good on the iPad.
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#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
It’s funny seeing the disconnect between the HN community and the creator communities. The creator communities at ecstatic about this. The HN community seems to have difficult seeing uses outside their own niches. There are tons of types of “Pros”. The entire event was art focused. It’s not a toy for the artistic crowd.
It's a toy after they stop updating it in a few years and you can no longer run new creative software for no good reason. In my book that makes it a toy today too.
> It's a toy after they stop updating it in a few years and you can no longer run new creative software for no good reason.
My Mom who's a teacher is still using a 2017 iPad Air as a daily driver for most usecases (eg. Google Classroom, Netflix, Textbooks).
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#34So, a new M4 chip, up to 10 cores and all kinds of other hotness...yet Apple is still going to treat the iPad with all its big boy computer parts as just a toy computer incapable of compiling code or even giving me a terminal window, let alone run macOS apps. Our house is chocked full of Apple gear, but the idea of spending a cool $1000 on a neutered consumption device gets less appealing with each generation.
i'm ignorant but can you jailbreak and install your own general purpose OS on it?
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#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Conversely, I really like using my iPad Pro as a daily driver (eg. Slides, light blogging, Notion, reading, etc) a Which of those things requires an expensive, top-of-the-line tablet?
User Experience. A Windows workbook or a Chromebook sucks from a UX standpoint due to either performance issues or driver inoperatbility. Pricing is comparable to a MS Surface or Chromebook Pro.
>A Windows workbook or a Chromebook sucks from a UX standpoint
Subjective, but sure, valid. Both of those systems have more flexibility.
>Pricing is comparable to a MS Surface or Chromebook Pro.
Yes, and I wouldn't be buying one of those for light reading or taking notes in Notion, either.
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#36sigh
I was really hoping the iPad Mini will get a refresh... at least a bit of a CPU bump to prolong its longevitiy.
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#37No ipad mini for years is sad. Why not even bit of upgrade to ipad mini. I don't understand.
The upcoming iPhones will be 6.9 inch vs 8.3 inch on the iPad mini
That is such a tiny difference in size
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
User Experience. A Windows workbook or a Chromebook sucks from a UX standpoint due to either performance issues or driver inoperatbility. Pricing is comparable to a MS Surface or Chromebook Pro.
> A Windows workbook or a Chromebook sucks from a UX standpoint Subjective, but sure, valid. Both of those systems have more flexibility. > Pricing is comparable to a MS Surface or Chromebook Pro. Yes, and I wouldn't be buying one of those for light reading or taking notes in Notion, either.
> Yes, and I wouldn't be buying one of those for light reading or taking notes in Notion, either.
I'm using it for work, so I am either getting it reimbursed or provided by my employer (in my case), or if I'm running a solo business/self employed (as plenty of creators are) you can get tax credits and a partial reimbursement as it's being used for work as well.
Like I mentioned before, the target demographic is Creators or Executives, but also (increasingly) schools.
> Both of those systems have more flexibility
Absolutely, but that flexibility is a security vector for most non-technical users.
There's a reason companies spend 7-8 figures on XDRs like CRWD/S1/Cortex, or are looking to Secure Browsers like Surf, Talon, or Arc.
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I agree, although having bought a Samsung Tab S9 for this reason, it too seems to be very limiting. Samsung Dex is cool and all, but the app selection on Android is worse than iOS and I couldn’t find a way to run Linux since Linux on Dex was killed off.
Have ou tried Termux ?
Yeah, it’s good but iOS also has iSH so the experience is pretty similar.
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
It’s funny seeing the disconnect between the HN community and the creator communities. The creator communities at ecstatic about this. The HN community seems to have difficult seeing uses outside their own niches. There are tons of types of “Pros”. The entire event was art focused. It’s not a toy for the artistic crowd.
It's a toy after they stop updating it in a few years and you can no longer run new creative software for no good reason. In my book that makes it a toy today too.
You’re blasting Apple for their obsolescence? The company that has gone out of their way to support phones and tablets _far_ longer than their competitors?
Okay, Jan.