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Re: iPad Pro M2

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Post by thiht »

Lio wrote: post #440
roody15 wrote: post #210

I Work IT in a institution with 290 employees and have had 5 switch to iPad Pro's to "replace" their laptop. I am now 5 for 5 with all asking for their laptop back. iPadOS is nothing more than iPhoneOS renamed and the device is still too heavily crippled for desktop/laptop replacement. In my mini test case scenario I never said a word..simply the employee asked for iPad Pro.. I just handed it to them... waited... the…

What kills it for me are the apps where you can't copy a single word. e.g. Apple's own Messages app, you're forced to copy the whole message. Same for the spell checker. For some reason I have ridiculous trouble triggering it in certain apps. I can see the mistake underlined in red but I really struggle to get trigger the correction popup instead of the "copy, lookup, etc" popup. Maybe it's just me but I don't think…

> apps where you can't copy a single word

This one is ridiculous. On Reddit I always want to quote part of a message or copy a phrase to translate it, and it’s literally impossible to do. You have to copy the whole message, paste it in a text editor or in Notes, and finally copy what you actually wanted to copy.

This should be solved at the OS level.

Re: iPad Pro M2

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Post by rowanG077 »

bullen wrote: post #423
asadlionpk wrote: post #292

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Not yet. best so far is UTM.

But does UTM support OpenGL powered by the M2 GPU?! And off topic but what about connecting a mouse to this thing? And what about compiling apps on it!? What about running OpenGL on non emulated linux on this? I know the GPU is being worked on but do the old OpenGL parts work allready or is that part of the reverse engineering? I wish you could change batteries yourself... hopefully they have moved towards that: 3/10…

AFAIK there is nothing being worked on. I would be VERY interested on a faint glimmer of hope of linux being possible on Ipad Pros.

Re: iPad Pro M2

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Post by jzig »

animsriv wrote: post #186
traceroute66 wrote: post #176

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> Apple doesn't want non-artists to buy iPad Pro instead of MacBook. They want people to buy both. I see the resident Apple bashers are already warming up their cannons firing a few rounds. But perhaps we need to take a step back here for a moment.... First you need to consider the security and general platform profile of iOS which is fundamentally different from MacOS. Running MacOS would greatly weaken the iOS secu…

This gives me an idea for an iPad like device with dual booted MacOS and iOS, and isolated storages for the security concerns. Best of both worlds!

It could even run on the same M2 and other hardware. Just make two partitions on the SSD.

Re: iPad Pro M2

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Post by parkingrift »

musictubes wrote: post #323
galoisscobi wrote: post #27

I wonder why developer tools are not a priority for Apple for “pro” iPads. At this point, it uses the M2 chip so the limitations on running IDEs, compilers and other tools just seem arbitrarily imposed.

I keep hearing about the desire for developer tools on an ipad and I just don’t get it. The entirety of iPadOS would need to be overhauled in order for it to be conducive for developer work. What is the appeal of doing dev work on a touch based UI with limited access to the file system on a cramped screen? The Mac is perfectly set up for that work.

I want it to just run macOS. The 12.9" M2 iPad Pro is absolutely perfect for me in every way except the gimped OS. The screen is great, plenty of storage, amazing battery life, it's light and portable, WiFi 6E, and a cellular modem. Everyone has their own unique needs but for me this would be the absolute ultimate work device... if it ran macOS.

As it stands I have absolutely no interest. It's generous to describe "Stage Manager" as a gimmick.

Re: iPad Pro M2

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Post by boppo1 »

Illustrator here. Very frustrating that hover cursor is new-device only. Here I was hoping for an apple pencil V3. I figured it would be a $200 upgrade, not sell-current-device + $1200. I've got a top of the line 2020 (all specs max) and it seems to have lost about half of its value going by ebay prices.

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Post by scarface74 »

bluescrn wrote: post #446
cube2222 wrote: post #399

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What do you mean with "filesystem" specifically, that isn't available on iPads? There's the Files app.

But very few apps built to work files/folders. Image files?.... they obviously want to be mixed in with your photos! Media files?.... you don't want those!, would you like to subscribe to Apple Music?

What apps don’t work with the Files App that it would make sense for?

Re: iPad Pro M2

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Post by wilg »

roody15 wrote: post #210

I Work IT in a institution with 290 employees and have had 5 switch to iPad Pro's to "replace" their laptop. I am now 5 for 5 with all asking for their laptop back. iPadOS is nothing more than iPhoneOS renamed and the device is still too heavily crippled for desktop/laptop replacement. In my mini test case scenario I never said a word..simply the employee asked for iPad Pro.. I just handed it to them... waited... the…

I don't even understand the advantage of an iPad for non-drawing work. It's just a worse laptop with a too-small keyboard that can fall off and a square screen so it's not good to watch video on and an OS that doesn't do anything well. But Mac laptops are amazing, run all the same software, and don't have any of these problems.

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Post by scarface74 »

thefz wrote: post #408
cube2222 wrote: post #399

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What do you mean with "filesystem" specifically, that isn't available on iPads? There's the Files app.

Does it allow you to have access to the whole fileystem, unrestricted access?

What do you need with unrestricted access to the root file system?

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Post by bullen »

rowanG077 wrote: post #452
bullen wrote: post #423

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But does UTM support OpenGL powered by the M2 GPU?! And off topic but what about connecting a mouse to this thing? And what about compiling apps on it!? What about running OpenGL on non emulated linux on this? I know the GPU is being worked on but do the old OpenGL parts work allready or is that part of the reverse engineering? I wish you could change batteries yourself... hopefully they have moved towards that: 3/10…

AFAIK there is nothing being worked on. I would be VERY interested on a faint glimmer of hope of linux being possible on Ipad Pros.

https://news.itsfoss.com/linux-gpu-driver-apple/

Re: iPad Pro M2

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Post by stinkytaco »

delta_p_delta_x wrote: post #93

As a commment on the /r/iPad subreddit said, Apple accidentally made the most future-proof devices with the 2018 iPad Pros. There is not a single app that makes full use of the increased CPU power of these new iPads. I own a 2018 11" iPP, and it has been a game-changer in the way I have studied. After buying it, I haven't printed a single sheet of paper for note-taking. It's also a much better Netflix device than my…

Serious question, would you recommend buying a refurb 2018 for modest usage over the new iPad 10.9"? It's about 100nits brighter, a bit lighter with a bit larger screen and supports pencil 2. Looks like they are about the same price as well.
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