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Apple Explains Why iPads Don't Just Run macOS
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This is perhaps too reductionist.
"the iPad isn't adequate" isn't a matter of being a good or bad argument that's "easily debunked".
It's a subjective assessment that is completely dependent upon what someone is trying to do with it.
iPads can do all kinds of work very well, as you've noted ... and are also totally inadequate for other types of work.
It is optional, you don’t have to use multitasking.
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Why did you "laugh" at my post?
You don't think it's subjective in terms of what types of work an iPad can be used to accomplish?
Why did you "laugh" at my post?
You don't think it's subjective in terms of what types of work an iPad can be used to accomplish?
It’s optional, according to many people posting here about the beta.
We’re obviously not talking about what underpins the OS, but the UI.
Otherwise, some people would claim the first iPhone ran OS X as well.
It's really interesting that people can't fathom the idea that some people actually like iPadOS and don't want it to be macOS.
To be fair, the UI also made an appearance on macOS in the form of front row
Well at the moment, iPad Pro M4 has the best and biggest display of all Apple products. Tandem OLED, 13", perfect black, great brightness and contrast. No Macs have that and that counts for something.
Nope. Apple isn't the only manufacturer to make Tandem OLED. Plug a Mac into a third party Tandem OLED display.
Like I said, Apple product. Obviously, you can plug any Mac (or any computer) to an OLED monitor, but for a built-in display, Mac has nothing to compare to iPad Pro's display. So that has to count for something.
That would be sad: I would be forced to switch ecosystem from Apple to something else.
The real reason is so that they keep selling Mac books. just in imagine if iPads had Mac OS on it. It would be no need for people to buy MacBooks and besides iOS,iPadOS,and macOS are extreme ram hogs most of it is just visual affects. On iOS you can turn off apple intelligence. The ram management is still bad. They found a sneaker way to make people upgrade their phones because when the official release of ios26 come out to the public a lot of older phones will be slowing down.using ram cleaning apps on iOS is a waste of time because the apps don’t have full access.
We're discussing why iPad should never run a Mac. If a Mac can use a display better than iPad, then your argument about Tandem OLED iPads doesn't really hold up. It doesn't really count for anything because the Mac can do XYZ better than the iPad.
perhaps yes. But the complexity that non tech people who are used to iPads really boils down to multitasking and multiple windows. The new way is substantially less confusing than stage manager, even the weird round pointer was an odd choice. At least on one hand they have made it more traditional in the way it’s apparent what to do to anyone that’s even seen a computer. On the other hand it’s right in the set up to turn it all off completely and have the iPad behave as an iPad. As long as that’s a feature then they’re doing nothing to change the normal iPad experience.
To actually be productive the iPad is way way way more complex than macOS. People have been jumping hoops and loops to get the thing going. There was one guy that for a a couple years used nothing but the iPad to be productive until he gave up and bought and surrendered to macOS.
PS: I don’t see macOS adopting the best of iPad. Actually is adopting mostly the worst, take stage manager for instance. how bad is that?
PS: By the way. I bought almost versions of iPads since inception. I stopped with the iPad Pro 12" just before it turned M.
PS: I don’t see macOS adopting the best of iPad. Actually is adopting mostly the worst, take stage manager for instance. how bad is that?
PS: By the way. I bought almost versions of iPads since inception. I stopped with the iPad Pro 12" just before it turned M.
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And my point remains, as Mac does better job as a “real work” computer, Apple keeps Macs in check when it comes to some hardware features.
Apple makes sure iPad holds up and differentiates with best built-in display, touchscreen, Pencil support, iPhone-level cameras and lighter chassis. Give those away to Mac and sure, no point of selling iPad Pros.
Perhaps at some point to make iPad even better for computer replacement use cases Files could behave more Finder-like and get a fixed leftmost position on the dock on every iPad like on every Mac (and gain the smiling face), and perhaps one or the other app should be renamed. Maybe Files is the more logical name now? And then, after, should iPad gain a trash bin and a desktop? A step too far or a good call? As for macOS, System Settings should return to the prior UI as its a better use of screen space for the app, and should be named “Settings”.
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It's the iPad file system that I find very different to the more simple oe on my MacBook Air. - Saving, moving and opening files on iPad is more difficult than on MacBook - maybe I should think differently on iPad ?
If you find something a simple as opening files more difficult on iPadOS then it needs to be addressed. How would you make it simpler if your feedback was to be heeded?