Now this is how you build a tablet.
    • CarlosCheddar@lemmy.world
      9·
      6 months ago

      I’m pretty sure it can run it considering the M series Macs all run iOS apps. They probably haven’t figured out how to roll it out or they want to squeeze more money by making you buy both.

      • PseudorandomNoise@lemmy.worldEnglish
        261·
        6 months ago

        It’s about the UX. The hardware can do it but they don’t want to simply port macOS to a device it was never designed for.

        Instead they’re just going to keep adding things to iPadOS over time until it’s the same. It’s just that they’re taking way too long to get there.

        • maegul (he/they)@lemmy.mlEnglish
          15·
          6 months ago

          Well, with macOS there are layers to what the user can do. You can stick to apps (most), or you can open up the terminal and the console and use the machine at a significantly lower level (ie, “hacker” unix/bsd style).

          I haven’t used an ipad in ages … but AFAICT It seems slightly dumb that they don’t just open up a similar possibility with the ipad for those who are happy to go there. A mode that is literally just “Laptop” mode … full macOS with mouse cursor and the full functionality. Then when you want to just browse and read etc, hit a button and you’re back to touch based iPadOS. At this point it should really just be a different UI skin.

          The reality though, I think, is that it’s about market segregation (ie monopolistic money).

          Apple, like Microsoft, Amazon, Google etc are all “IBM-ified”. More about squeezing their well established market positions than doing anything remotely risky or interesting. A fusion ipad/laptop is the sort of thing a younger company would have done by now (with of course microsft having tried that ages ago).

          • hirtiganto@szmer.info
            6·
            6 months ago

            i have 2018 ipad pro, and it’s so frustrating to know that i have what is essentially a pretty powerful computer, and it’s being nerfed by it’s software that barely has any more functionality than ios ☠ apple actually released mac mini devkits that ran on a12z so we know it’s possible to run such software there, they just refuse to do it.

            btw, does anyone remember when they said it’s impossible to bring stage manager to 3rd gen ipad pros, and then they actually brought it after user outrage

      • maegul (he/they)@lemmy.mlEnglish
        5·
        6 months ago

        Flexibility. And I wonder if remote work has altered that balance lately too. Many I suspect now have chiefly desktop computers, except they’re actually laptops plugged into screens. Because there are still some occasions in which you want to be able to take a working computer somewhere else.

        But a laptop starts to look like a strangely optimised device for this. Too small to be a powerful desktop and sometimes (if you’ve gotten a beefy one) too big to be comfortably portable. However, a nice desktop machine coupled with a very portable tablet that can, in those few times its necessary, be a productive enough work machine, but also just be the nice portable media machine wherever you want, seems like an ideal pairing for many now. That the ipad absolutely cannot do some things you’d maybe, even just once a decade, need to do on the fly is a show stopper for this pairing.

        And so many probably have a laptop used as a desktop most of the time and an ipad used as a kindle most of the time.

      • tsonfeir@lemm.ee
        27·
        6 months ago

        There is nothing. People just like to complain about the App Store.

  • henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
    111·
    6 months ago

    Overkill hardware is OK with me. As long as it meets the need and has good battery life, I’m happy, but I don’t see overkill as a selling point.

    My iPhone is absolutely overkill in the CPU department. I never push its capabilities. but I didn’t buy it for the benchmarks. I bought it because it’s a pretty good phone.

    • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      4·
      6 months ago

      and has good battery life

      Not sure about this pro, but the previous models had kinda lacking battery life in some workloads because the CPU was just too damn powerful (and power hungry)

  • Muffi@programming.dev
    9·
    6 months ago

    So many unused iPads around the world collecting dust because they seem super convenient, but in reality kinda suck to use for anything other than streaming.

    • NightAuthor@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      I did really like it for notes in school… but yeah, now it’s just sitting there. Not cuz it’s old or has performance issues, I’ve just got no use for it. I either use my phone or my laptop.

      • BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one
        1·
        6 months ago

        I really wish Apple would just release the driver source codes for older devices so we can install linux on them. I have an old iPad 2 and its Safari browser is too old to even stream YouTube anymore.

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
    1·
    6 months ago

    I’m looking forward to checking out the thin design in a store later this week. I won’t buy one cause that’s not the product for me. I have an iPad mini at the sofa for quick one-handed browsing when we pause the tv. My partner gets a snack or goes to the bathroom and it’s the perfect size for a brief distraction, then it goes in a pocket on the side of the sofa arm.