Ask HN: What can you do with the processing power in an iPad Pro M4?

#1

Post by aelmeleegy » Tue, Jun 18, 2024, 2:50 PM UTC

Curious what folks are trying to do/invent/create with the iPad Pro M4. I was looking at the performance benchmarks for that device and they all look amazing, but what can you create with it?

Like is there a startup that can be started by utilizing that to do on-device processing of some kind? Besides some AI inference stuff that Apple talked about, what can you do?

Re: Ask HN: What can you do with the processing power in an iPad Pro M4?

#2

Post by tomcam » Tue, Jun 18, 2024, 2:57 PM UTC

Hella good music creation, with virtually unlimited tracks and exotic synths running in real time

Re: Ask HN: What can you do with the processing power in an iPad Pro M4?

#3

Post by talldayo » Tue, Jun 18, 2024, 3:11 PM UTC

tomcam wrote: post #2

Hella good music creation, with virtually unlimited tracks and exotic synths running in real time

That's neat but if I had a dime for every single time an industry-standard DAW or plugin lacked a modern iOS version I'd have enough money to buy Abbey Road Studios.

Re: Ask HN: What can you do with the processing power in an iPad Pro M4?

#4

Post by tomcam » Tue, Jun 18, 2024, 3:12 PM UTC

talldayo wrote: post #3

tomcam wrote: post #2

Hella good music creation, with virtually unlimited tracks and exotic synths running in real time

That's neat but if I had a dime for every single time an industry-standard DAW or plugin lacked a modern iOS version I'd have enough money to buy Abbey Road Studios.

Ugh. You and me both.