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I just want an 11" Macbook air again. Even with the M2 it would fly. iPads with this horsepower just don't make sense. It's like a V8 Miata with 4 donuts for tires.
Or let us run Mac apps on the darn iPad.
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I also hope for a new take on an ultraportable Macbook w/ less than 1000g the 12" Macbook was special
I still think about my friend's netbook he had in secondary school in about 2006 Went down a rabbit hole recently looking at some Chinese ones by Chuwi, nearly pulled the trigger too
Running Firefox on the Minibook X works ... it's not great, but it works.
That said, I would pay top dollar for an 11" MacBook Air for sure.
Is it still a 60hz screen? If so, pass. I’ve got an old gen 1 pro, which has 120hz and can’t go back to 60hz - it’s even more needed in an iPad than a phone. All the other Pro features are not worth it for me, and really this mid tier should have 120hz. I’ll hold on to my current iPad until that’s that case (I can’t justify paying the high price for a new pro)
How often do people upgrade airpads? I am not even sure who the target audience for them is anymore. Most people are comfortable with their phones and if it cannot be done on a phone, most people go to a desktop/laptop.
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Because there’s nothing you can do on an M3 that you can’t do on an M2. Or M1.
But can't you do it faster on a faster processor?
And I’m not convinced that person even exists except in their own minds.
iPad is a product I want to love, but still never find a reason to use.
This is with an iPad Pro 2021.
In hindsight I should have purchased a Surface Pro tablet again, but I was so angry on the constant driver issues and similar problems.
I just want an 11" Macbook air again. Even with the M2 it would fly. iPads with this horsepower just don't make sense. It's like a V8 Miata with 4 donuts for tires.
Or a 12” MacBook - Apple is missing both 11” and 12” options. Or let us run Mac apps on the darn iPad.
Pretty sure it would kill battery life, and play very poorly with their suspend-wake functionality.
The most annoying thing for me about the iPad lineup is that Apple hasn't released an iPad compatible version of their Journal app. IMHO, it's the perfect device for Journal. I want to write by hand and doodle and do all the other things you do in a paper journal. There's some reason they haven't done this and I'd love to know what it is. IMHO, it should have been iPad-first and then ported to the phone later.
Or maybe it’s just general Apple dysfunction. It took them 14 years to port the Calculator app after all.
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.
home work
portable iBook | PowerBook
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desktop iMac | PowerMac