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Re: iPad Pro with M5 chip

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Post by gyomu »

prmoustache wrote: post #177

What is the use case for an iPad Pro vs the regular iPad or the iPad Air that I didn't knew even existed? I have the feeling that everything one could do with the Pro could be done as well with the less expensive models. Apart from the handful of travel youtubers that might want to edit and render their videos in an airport terminal I think the use cases would be very niche. Yet a lot of people seem to prefer it over…

As a photographer, the OLED screen is truly gorgeous and it is kind of ironic that it is the best display available on any Apple device (the blooming on miniLED is pretty horrendous, and it’s beyond me how anyone deemed it a viable technology to ship in products aimed at professional visual artists/designers).

Re: iPad Pro with M5 chip

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Post by 0x457 »

akdev1l wrote: post #134
0x457 wrote: post #120

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> buy the cellular model You probably have your iPhone with you every time you got an iPad with you, so just use that.

Except the iPad battery will last longer and will not kill your phone while you do stuff >inb4 buy a battery bank

Hmm, I will be honest, I was either always close to a power outlet or it lasted long enough for me. You only need to tether if there is no Wi-Fi.

I have a 20000mAh with me when I intend to work remotely though. Either way cheaper than paying for another plan for iPad and buying a more expensive iPad.

Re: iPad Pro with M5 chip

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Post by criddell »

cyberpunk wrote: post #137
criddell wrote: post #67

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I'm going to order one of these to replace my 2018 iPad Pro which is the computer I use the most. I'll spend around $2k and I want to get at least 5 years of use out of it. That will make it cost me a little more than $1 / day which, fortunately, I can afford.

What size you going for?

13 w/ 512 GB + Pencil. I want the nano screen but that would require me to bump the storage to 1 TB and I don't need that. Instead, I'll get a paper-like screen protector. I've had good luck with those in the past.

If the Smart Folio Keyboard was still available, I'd buy that too. It's not, so I'm going keyboard-less for now.

Re: iPad Pro with M5 chip

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Post by tyleo »

joshmn wrote: post #173
dstroot wrote: post #169

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Second CPU idea is brilliant. I’d buy an iPad for second screen, second CPU and occasional plane/hotel Netflix/Youtube.

For those just looking for a second screen with their iPad or MacBook, Universal Display does exactly this, given you’re already in the Apple ecosystem. Second CPU would be nice, too.

What is Universal Display?

The built-in MacOS feature that does this called continuity… but I know it was renamed once (used to be sidecar). Maybe you’re referring to an old name? Or is it a product?

Edit: I looked it up and it appears that the app is continuity and “Sidecar” and “Universal Control” are features. IDT those names show up in the OS UX though.

https://www.apple.com/macos/continuity/

Re: iPad Pro with M5 chip

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Post by f311a »

walkabout wrote: post #52
sylens wrote: post #4

I have a 2018 iPad Pro that is due for replacement but I cannot bring myself to spend the money on a new iPad. No matter how much I think I'll use it, it becomes a web browsing and YouTube machine on the couch. It's a shame because I think the hardware design is quite good, but the OS itself is so limiting, even with the "improvements" iPadOS 26 introduced.

I'm still on an older 12.9" Pro but will definitely upgrade at some point—and may not bother with another (personal—work-supplied is another matter) MacBook when my M1 starts to get long in the tooth in a couple years, now that Preview is available on iPads. It beats the hell out of either laptops or phones, for me, for these tasks: - Music. Excellent as a sheet music display; can record and edit midi quite well; pla…

> - Long-form writing. Laptops work great for this too, of course, but you still need a separate keyboard if you want decent ergonomics. iPad doesn't have an attached keyboard taking up space that I could instead use for a separate keyboard.

The screen is still small. Also, for technical writing, I think a lot of software is missing. There are a lot of small tools that technical writers use to do diagrams, illustrations. Also, long-form writing can be in different file formats. I think support for LaTeX and typst is very limited.

Re: iPad Pro with M5 chip

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Post by leakycap »

bottlepalm wrote: post #165
Insanity wrote: post #118

I currently have an m1 iPad pro, and I use it daily. Do I get the pro performance out of it? Probably not. I might still upgrade to the m5 for the better display though. These are my use-cases FWIW: - Goodnotes w/ the apple pen during work - YouTube during dinner - Kindle App for technical books (and regular Kindle device for fiction) - Browsing the internet - Streaming games with Xbox streaming I travel for work one…

These use cases are so sad for a device with so much power. Look what Apple has reduced us to.

Life's most precious resource is time. A newer device is often much faster at a person's current routines. Why would you want a fast device to do harder things? Fast alone is worth it.

Re: iPad Pro with M5 chip

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Post by leakycap »

cedws wrote: post #158
dcreater wrote: post #112

At this point, I think its just very irresponsible of Apple putting these kind of chips in the iPad and then given 99% of the users no way to actually harness that power. Occupy TSMC line time and cause global geopolitical struggles for what??

I think Apple hardware must be incredibly underutilised across the board. Every new generation of iPhone or MacBook they boast about lofty performance gains, but who is actually complaining about their iPhone not being fast enough? Nobody I know pushes their iPhone so hard it starts to lag. It's not like you can really do anything computationally heavy on your phone besides games, but people mostly play simplistic 2D…

Having performance available when you need it is the alternative to waiting.

Even a simplistic 2D game loads data, runs routines, and while the person is doing that they expect the phone to stay connected to a network, keep up with notifications... you act like Apple is doing something bad.

Intel/Chromebooks still are being sold in the USA at Best Buy with the Celeron N4000-series and Pentium-4200 series chips if you prefer to have zero performance overhead on your devices.

Re: iPad Pro with M5 chip

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Post by leakycap »

bottlepalm wrote: post #167
dcreater wrote: post #112

At this point, I think its just very irresponsible of Apple putting these kind of chips in the iPad and then given 99% of the users no way to actually harness that power. Occupy TSMC line time and cause global geopolitical struggles for what??

Somehow the most powerful capable chips hardware wise, are at the same time the least capable software wise. I thought Apple was supposed to be the 'bicycle for the mind', what happened?

"bicycle for the mind" was something from the late 1970s-era Apple

> what happened?

1978 was 47 years ago

Re: iPad Pro with M5 chip

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Post by polynomial »

bombcar wrote: post #9
sylens wrote: post #4

I have a 2018 iPad Pro that is due for replacement but I cannot bring myself to spend the money on a new iPad. No matter how much I think I'll use it, it becomes a web browsing and YouTube machine on the couch. It's a shame because I think the hardware design is quite good, but the OS itself is so limiting, even with the "improvements" iPadOS 26 introduced.

Every iPad I've bought was going to be "the one where I find a use case that uses it" but every time it ends up being a YouTube machine.

I literally use mine for the Books app and to play chess.

Re: iPad Pro with M5 chip

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Post by raw_anon_1111 »

pjmlp wrote: post #109
raw_anon_1111 wrote: post #93

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Yeah those are things most people want on an iPad with 6GB RAM…

My first computer had 48 KB, 6 GB are a lot when not juggling Electron processes.

I haven’t done mobile development for ages, but isn’t it always slower to have to update the app on the phone all of the time?
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