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Re: iPad Pro with M5 chip

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Post by 1-more »

reaperducer wrote: post #76
whimsicalism wrote: post #71

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or a terminal or a decent ide or an ability to script anything. lots of companies rely on custom bespoke software made by an employee who got fed up by something, basically no possibility of doing that on an ipad, etc etc. but sure, just call me an NPC, you’re so unique and good at noticing patterns and not rude

or a terminal Here ya go: https://panic.com/prompt/ There have been terminal programs for the iPad since at least 2017, when I started using the one above. As for "custom bespoke software," why would you try to run that on an iPad in the first place? My company has plenty custom in-house programs, but I don't complain that they won't run on a toaster, or a Commodore 64, or a Cray. That's like saying you won't buy a s…

Prompt lets you log into some other computer and run programs there, not run programs on your iPad. Hell, I used it to fix a production bug from my phone in like 2013.

Re: iPad Pro with M5 chip

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Post by ncphillips »

SkyPuncher wrote: post #58
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 follow largely the same path. I basically find that mine ends up used for only two things: 1. Reading technical papers where I use the pen to make notes 2. Sketching household projects (a few of the apps are very nice for this). Outside of that, I simply want a real, physical keyboard most of the time.

I love my Kindle, but I have never been able to use my iPad for reading.

I got HumbleBundle with a bunch of Pathfinder 2e PDFs cheap but I'm still tempted to buy the physical copies.

Re: iPad Pro with M5 chip

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Post by calciphus »

dialup_sounds wrote: post #19
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.

This may be a controversial statement, but: you don't have to replace things that you're not using.

But won't someone think of the shareholder value?

Re: iPad Pro with M5 chip

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Post by dylan604 »

seviu wrote: post #3

I really want this but I can’t justify such a machine just for watching YouTube. I cannot even give it to my kids since I don’t have multiple accounts with it. Kind of sad that the most interesting device Apple has will never show its true potential due to their greed.

People keep saying their iPad is a YT consumption device, but without ad blocking, how do you stay sane? I'm assuming if you're consuming that much YT content you've moved to a premium account or something? I don't use my tablet primarily for YT content, so it's rather jolting when I click a link somewhere and see the hell that is unblocked YT

Re: iPad Pro with M5 chip

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Post by criddell »

ncphillips wrote: post #80
criddell wrote: post #49

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If you aren't into drawing, what about music? You can download GarageBand for free and it's pretty great once you figure it out. Or if you aren't a music person, are you into making movies? Final Cut Pro does have a subscription, but it's only $5 / month and the subscription is easy to start and stop. If your needs are simple, the free iMovie is pretty good. Or maybe video isn't your thing. Are you a writer or poet?…

All of this is cool...but you can do them all on a laptop and you'll probably have a better time. And those cheap/free things are only available after dropping $1000 on a new iPad

The person I replied to already has the iPad.

As for having a better time on the laptop, YMMV. My iPad is my most used computer by a mile.

Re: iPad Pro with M5 chip

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Post by bluescrn »

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.

iOS doesn't even make for a very good YouTube machine, you need uBlock Origin for that.

Re: iPad Pro with M5 chip

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Post by bluescrn »

walkabout wrote: post #53
whimsicalism wrote: post #44

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the walled-garden completely destroys the ipads potential as a productivity device.

How ? I've never understood this. There's tons of good software for creating things in the App Store.

Far less open-source software for it, no compilers, emulators banned until recently.

And as for paid software, almost everything a bloodys subscription even for things like note-taking apps, that or loaded with ads and microtransactions.

And anything touch-centric encourages dumbed-down limited-functionality software to begin with. More advanced software requires more precise input devices.

Re: iPad Pro with M5 chip

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Post by walkabout »

1-more wrote: post #81
reaperducer wrote: post #76

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or a terminal Here ya go: https://panic.com/prompt/ There have been terminal programs for the iPad since at least 2017, when I started using the one above. As for "custom bespoke software," why would you try to run that on an iPad in the first place? My company has plenty custom in-house programs, but I don't complain that they won't run on a toaster, or a Commodore 64, or a Cray. That's like saying you won't buy a s…

Prompt lets you log into some other computer and run programs there, not run programs on your iPad. Hell, I used it to fix a production bug from my phone in like 2013.

> Hell, I used it to fix a production bug from my phone in like 2013

LOL, there are tens of us, I'm sure!

Fixed a production bug on my phone from the passenger seat of a friend's car, somewhere around 2013 or 2014.

Re: iPad Pro with M5 chip

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Post by raw_anon_1111 »

JodieBenitez wrote: post #56
raw_anon_1111 wrote: post #42

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What’s not “normal” about the files and why do most people need access to the file system and not a method to share files across apps that’s already available?

> a method to share files across apps that’s already available like a filesystem ?

You didn’t answer the question, what feature can’t you do with the Files App and the ability to save and load files across applications?
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