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iPad is a product I want to love, but still never find a reason to use.
I'm so confused by their lineup. I'm in the market for a new iPad, but I can never remember the difference between an iPad, iPad Pro, and Air. What's the difference between this an a 13" Pro or Non-Air? I wish they'd just have a single line of iPads with different screen sizes but the same CPU and stylus support in every generation. I'm so tired of having to play the "compare every permutation" game when shopping. Ed…
iPad is a product I want to love, but still never find a reason to use.
I have tried to incorporate it into my daily workflow (maybe use it to help with diagramming), but it ends up collecting dust. Or used to watch films in bed.
Using it as a glorified Kindle also doesn’t work well.
Were it not for constantly updated buying guides from tech news sites, Im not sure anyone even Apple employees themselves would know which iPad to recommend to anyone.
Studies have shown that when companies present an overwhelming number of choices, consumers often end up spending more. The psychology behind this is rooted in decision fatigue, where consumers are more likely to choose something familiar or assume that a more expensive product is the best choice.
iPad is a product I want to love, but still never find a reason to use.
It could be a great do-everything machine if they let you run macOS on it, but of course they don't want to sell one machine that does everything, they want to sell you an iPad and a MacBook even though they are basically the same hardware plus or minus an integrated keyboard.
In tablet mode, iPad OS. Touch being the primary operation. Basically just as we see it now.
In a pseudo desktop mode, macOS, where you get the power of a laptop in a smaller form factor. You can optionally try to use this in touch mode in a pinch but it's not necessarily designed for it.
The win would be seamless switching. Including apps... if I have photoshop open on iPad, dock, convert to Photoshop for Mac. I.e. you "dock" your iPad and it converts to a more Mac-like experience. Undock, you get the iPad experience.
To me, this would be ideal. I don't generally _need_ a laptop for personal use, so this would be a serious boon for me as I use my iPad all the time in the evening for simple consumption, but I also have a MacBook over here that gets used a few times a week, which is a costly device for how little it gets used.
Common knowledge was they wanted to move away from the M3 quickly because it was on TSMCs first gen 3nm processing technology that had lower yields
Look at the demo video that goes with this blurb. Graphical artifacts and pop-in everywhere.
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iPad (cheap ol reliable) iPad AIR (pro lite) iPad mini (mini with iPad tech) iPad Pro (for artists or people who think they can replace their MacBooks with it but in the end they can’t)
I don't need to replace my laptop, but I would like to learn digital drawing on it. Is there a cheaper non pro version with a big screen and stylus support? Is the Apple Pen (or Pencil?) different between models?
Pro has the strongest differentiation:
120hz ProMotion, LiDAR, Thunderbolt, least weight, Face ID, studio microphones, wide lens camera, …
M-series chip (Stage Manager) and Apple Intelligence, Pencil Pro support
smaller
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