This is literally what I have been asking for since the Surface Pro came out. Give me a Surface Pro like device with a thin/light keyboard with M1, iPadOS when KB is detached or folded back, and MacOS when it's attached.
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Apple Aiming to Make iPad More Mac-Like With iPadOS 16 Multitasking Changes
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I wonder if the iPad mini will support all the new multitasking features.
It feels like the screen is too small for any kind of multitasking other than the occasional PIP video or 2 apps side by side in split screen.
Also 4GB of RAM might not be enough for "Mac-like" multitasking.
It feels like the screen is too small for any kind of multitasking other than the occasional PIP video or 2 apps side by side in split screen.
Also 4GB of RAM might not be enough for "Mac-like" multitasking.
The best improvement they could make to multitasking is to allow users to turn that function OFF.
That was also 12 years ago, the iPad has had some serious leaps and bounds since the original and is heavily marketed as a "laptop replacement" in many cases.
Meh, what Jobs said at the intro demo 12 years ago doesn’t mean much today. And honestly it doesn’t need macOS, it just needs a handful more features from macOS (monitor support, file management, and Automator, if I’m being greedy) and I’d be totally good.
Easier one would think to make the Mac more like the iPad. The Mac has the Core features implemented. At some point it would seem both will bump into each other.
For sure it will be exclusive to the M1 Powered Macs, even the non M1 Ipad Pros will be left out for sure. Although the RAM issue is BS. There is a jailbreak tweak floating around for years that allowed multiple resizable windows. It worked very well on an old iPad Air 2 for example, given that due to the small screen size there weren’t that many apps open at the same time.
I guess this means more emojis? Already excited /s
I miss the glowing Apple logo. I hope they bring it back.Imagine, An iconic glowing Apple logo on iPads.
Will they get rid of the three dots at the top that people tend to tap by accident?
Until the recent introduction of M1-based MacBooks, the iPad filled a very important "almost a computer" slot. Mainly because Intel Macs were so terrible at battery life.
Lots of people want a laptop where they don't have to proactively remember to shut it down/charge it on a daily basis. They want the functionality of a Mac, but the "instant on" and all-week battery life of an iPad.
The M1 MacBooks almost get us there, but for true portability and the "consume content anytime, anywhere", the iPad is still king. So adding more functionality to the iPad (i.e. resizable windows) is still a useful feature for many, because it fills even more holes than a M1 MacBook can.
Especially when people are spending more $$ on an iPad Pro with keyboard case than they would on a base model MBA.
Why use and iPad and wish it was a Mac? Just don’t buy an iPad.
I don’t need window resizing really. I need a decent file manager and apps that speak between them. For example: an easy way to compress or expand a file (maybe from an emi) and open it in another app (like excel), currently it is a convoluted process.
I have a shortcut to compress and email a file, but is not so evident for people that you can do that.
Maybe Apple could include tons of shortcuts by default in the file manager or in the “share menus”, maye have a much more mature “actions menu” or “workflow actions menu” and more visibility about where you save stuff.
Also I would love a calculator app.
And MY choice of browser tech, not just “based on Safari browser”.
And a decent mail client that resizes tiny fonts automatically.
I have a shortcut to compress and email a file, but is not so evident for people that you can do that.
Maybe Apple could include tons of shortcuts by default in the file manager or in the “share menus”, maye have a much more mature “actions menu” or “workflow actions menu” and more visibility about where you save stuff.
Also I would love a calculator app.
And MY choice of browser tech, not just “based on Safari browser”.
And a decent mail client that resizes tiny fonts automatically.
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There's lots of potential. iPads are more portable and compatible.
Times have changed. The iPad doesn't need to be stuck in the pastimited by its software, considering the hardware.
Exactly. That's infinitely more important than being able to resize windows.....
I wonder what the multitasking support hardware requirements will be, as they are likely to be different from the iPadOS 16 hardware requirements.
i hope this is a complete rebuild of ipad OS.
multitasking on ipad right now feels like a hodge-podge workaround on a scaled up phone OS.
MacOS in contrast was built from the ground up for multitasking, that's why the M1 Macbook Air is arguably the best computer Apple makes.
It's like the iPhone war of 2006 again. Do you scale up the iPod OS to make a phone or do you scale down OS X?
today, rebuilding MacOS to run ARM is winning against scaling up the iPhone OS.
multitasking on ipad right now feels like a hodge-podge workaround on a scaled up phone OS.
MacOS in contrast was built from the ground up for multitasking, that's why the M1 Macbook Air is arguably the best computer Apple makes.
It's like the iPhone war of 2006 again. Do you scale up the iPod OS to make a phone or do you scale down OS X?
today, rebuilding MacOS to run ARM is winning against scaling up the iPhone OS.
I’d like to not have 3 devices to get my daily work done. Of course, Apple does want everyone to buy multiple devices.
Glad that they’re going for “make iPad more Mac-like”, rather than the other way around!
A Mac is a restricted mobile device. Can't be used everywhere. It doesn't have a Smart Keyboard where polls and dust isn't a problem.