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Re: New iPad Air, powered by M4

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Post by spectre3d »

piekvorst wrote: post #22
vintagedave wrote: post #4

My current iPad is the iPad Air 3 (the one with the backlight issue that's never been acknowledged, to my understanding.) Can someone explain to me why an iPad at all, let alone an iPad Air, needs as powerful a processor as a M4? That's stronger than my laptop (a M2) where I run multiple VMs and more.

Now you can bring the power and convenience of your laptop to iPad with just a single VNC connection. Oh wait…

VNC and other Remote Desktop solutions work, I use an app called Screens to remotely manage my Macs and PC from an iPad with keyboard and mouse.

Or did you mean the other way around? It would be great to have the iPhone mirroring feature on iPads.

Re: New iPad Air, powered by M4

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Post by intrasight »

informal007 wrote: post #260
moolcool wrote: post #214

The iPad would go from a never-buy to a buy-right-away for me, if they added user profiles. It'd be a nice thing to have on your coffee table, where anyone in the household can pick it up and be logged into all of their stuff. Windows XP had this feature. Chromebooks have this feature. It's inexcusable that such an expensive gadget can only have one user.

Apple is a closed ecosystem, multiple users feature is a opposite of that. For example, it's hard to manage app store purchased Apps if it's easy to switch users in iPad. It's hard to manage iCloud sync when switching, it's also related with privacy.

I would not be surprised if Apple fully commit to the one person per portable device scenario for privacy and CSAM laws.

It would solve the age verification challenge by tying a device to a person. Since they can, I think they might.

Re: New iPad Air, powered by M4

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Post by spectre3d »

Jaxan wrote: post #280
BashiBazouk wrote: post #251

I have a 6 with cracked glass and won't buy another one until 3rd party browsers can release without webkit. The net is an awful place without uBlock, which I am reminded about every time I try to surf with the ipad...

Doesn’t AdGuard work?

Yes, AdGuard works. That’s what I use, although I appreciate the other recommendations in the sibling comments above.

Re: New iPad Air, powered by M4

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Post by bariswheel »

spudlyo wrote: post #18

I'm about to head to the gym with my 12.9-inch 2017 vintage iPad Pro, which is still going strong. I prop it up on the elliptical trainer every other day or so for entertaining me while I grind out an hour of cardio. I use it for reading, watching YouTube, listening to music, audiobooks, etc. It's been my regular gym buddy for years, and is showing no signs of needing to be replaced. It's stuck on iPadOS 17.7.10, whi…

How was the battery held up? I have the same one, but the battery lasts only 25 minutes max, pretty sure it's shot. Any tips on making sure battery lasts a while? I might even switch out the battery myself.

Re: New iPad Air, powered by M4

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Post by tqwhite »

ewoodrich wrote: post #275
tsycho wrote: post #261

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree that this would be an awesome feature, and it would also significantly enhance iPads' value for me. That said, having worked on account/identity systems at another FAANG, I think that the commenters saying that Apple is holding this back purely to sell more iPads are underestimating the complexity of this feature. This is not a feature that you just bolt on to the top. It will require a significant ground up…

Shared iPad overview Shared iPad allows more than one user to sign in to an iPad. The iPad needs to be supervised before Shared iPad can be used. Shared iPad can be used not only in education but also in business. Multiple users can use the iPad, and the user experiences can be personal even though the devices are shared. Shared iPad requires a device management service and Managed Apple Accounts that an organization…

This sounds like a business opportunity. I have to learn more. Imagine a family MDM service. Would be cool.

Re: New iPad Air, powered by M4

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Post by alistairSH »

tomaskafka wrote: post #234
moolcool wrote: post #214

The iPad would go from a never-buy to a buy-right-away for me, if they added user profiles. It'd be a nice thing to have on your coffee table, where anyone in the household can pick it up and be logged into all of their stuff. Windows XP had this feature. Chromebooks have this feature. It's inexcusable that such an expensive gadget can only have one user.

Tim Cook's fear of people not buying a full set of Apple devices for each person is the driving force behind not just the lack of multiuser support, but also the overall nerfing of iPadOS. For the past 5+ years it's been, "This will be the year of real work on the iPad," but they keep circling around it, trying not to make iPads accidentally powerful enough for someone to skip buying a MacBook.

I may be an outlier, but multi-user support might make me buy more iPads. Basically, an iPad Air for each major room in the house. Then my wife and I, plus guests, could pick up which ever one is closest.

Today, we just have on each and have to run around the house whenever we want it.

Re: New iPad Air, powered by M4

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Post by waterproof »

moolcool wrote: post #214

The iPad would go from a never-buy to a buy-right-away for me, if they added user profiles. It'd be a nice thing to have on your coffee table, where anyone in the household can pick it up and be logged into all of their stuff. Windows XP had this feature. Chromebooks have this feature. It's inexcusable that such an expensive gadget can only have one user.

How would you handle user switching? Would users have to go through a password screen to use anything?

Re: New iPad Air, powered by M4

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Post by Jeremy1026 »

overfeed wrote: post #342
ectospheno wrote: post #315

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We each have our own car too. Hard to share the things people use at the same time.

> Hard to share the things people use at the same time. How many TVs do you have in your living area?

TVs are traditionally a shared experience. But even still, I have 2 TVs for every person in my household.

Re: New iPad Air, powered by M4

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Post by Zambyte »

moolcool wrote: post #214

The iPad would go from a never-buy to a buy-right-away for me, if they added user profiles. It'd be a nice thing to have on your coffee table, where anyone in the household can pick it up and be logged into all of their stuff. Windows XP had this feature. Chromebooks have this feature. It's inexcusable that such an expensive gadget can only have one user.

It's inexcusable that customers must beg the vendor for features, especially such trivial ones. It's your device. They shouldn't have any ability to stop you from adding it yourself, or paying someone to add it for you.

Re: New iPad Air, powered by M4

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Post by wffurr »

ectospheno wrote: post #315
recursive wrote: post #270

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Working as intended. Even the way you framed it. Every family member has a separate physically distinct iPad, paid for separately. It's never considered that two people might be able to use the same hardware, which is the question here.

We each have our own car too. Hard to share the things people use at the same time.

1 car for our family of four seems to work fine for us in the city. Hard to imagine people with different living situations.

I held off a while on giving my youngest child his own iPad because he and his brother were playing nicely together on one more often than not. It turned iPad time into social play-together time.

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