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Apple Tested Stage Manager on iPads Without M1 Chip and Wasn't Satisfied
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You bitch, whine and complain about things that stutter, crash and burst into flames and YOU ASK FOR MORE OF IT!?!?!?
Exactly, from my wives user experience - she emails, goes on linkedin, watches disney plus, casts on TV and makes an occasional text document. She doesn't need it, and iPad Air 4 she has, is perfectly fine without this feature.
But you see, now all the "I am not sponsored by Apple" productivity bloggers likes of:
https://www.youtube.com/c/Dailytekk/videos
https://www.youtube.com/c/Oliur
https://www.youtube.com/c/ThisIsE
will go on to tell you, how you absolutely need it to be "productive" and "efficient". While the 2 year old M1 computers work perfectly fine along side with non M1 iPad's, and you how you sometimes really need a pen and paper to get work done while still running Catalina.
So, the crazy people who have the money, will go on to order the M1 iPad's, crazy people without the money will go and beg their parents for a early christmas present, lastly, those who lack both options, will come here to throw hate at Apple for not including it in their product.
Maybe I am wrong ....
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I think the 11" is Don't Buy because there is an obvious feature it lacks that the same gen 12.9" has.... the mini-LED screen. So, logically, an 11" mini-LED version is expected. There's no obvious update that you'd expect the 12.9" to get.
all these articles just prove the old adage that you buy what the device offers, not what the device promises to deliver in the future.
Yeah, lack of RAM is a real harsh limiting factor, huh Apple?
Funny how I can run multiple instances of VM windows on my synolgy NAS, which is packing a glorified Celeron processor, without issue but your top of the line A series seems to chug with simple multitasking. Maybe it’s the fact my NAS is running 16GB of RAM because clearly it’s not the Processor at fault here.
Funnier still how your immediate excuse was “oh uh it needs memory swap to run that,” but then when it pointed out that even iPad models that support memory swap but don’t have the same RAM as the M1 iPads still don’t offer Stage Manager.
Just be honest… you gimped your product with minimal ram to maximize profits, and now it’s coming back to bite you.
Funny how I can run multiple instances of VM windows on my synolgy NAS, which is packing a glorified Celeron processor, without issue but your top of the line A series seems to chug with simple multitasking. Maybe it’s the fact my NAS is running 16GB of RAM because clearly it’s not the Processor at fault here.
Funnier still how your immediate excuse was “oh uh it needs memory swap to run that,” but then when it pointed out that even iPad models that support memory swap but don’t have the same RAM as the M1 iPads still don’t offer Stage Manager.
Just be honest… you gimped your product with minimal ram to maximize profits, and now it’s coming back to bite you.
It's only a controversy because anti-Apple bashing trolls who don't even use iPads made it one. There is no big deal here with a vast majority of iPad owners, they can still use their iPad as they always have. People who buy newer higher end iPads with M1, will be able to do more with their systems. Not sure how this is a thing when this applies TO ALL HARDWARE that is more capable than lesser hardware.
Not sure how it's come back to bite Apple...... only the people who purchased said gimped devices
"stage manager" worked on a intel Mac in 2009... are we serious?
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So, if they had added in said feature that doesn't work as well as in newer iPads, people will accuse Apple of intentionally crippling it to sell iPads; however, if they don't add it in, people accuse Apple of planned obsolescence.
We really do live in curious times.
We really do live in curious times.
Meh. Literally every argument in favour of Apple products includes how future proof these products are because Apple keeps updating them. We can't have it both ways.
This is just a ploy to get non M1s upgraded and trying to justify that makes it sound like they’re guilty of something 🤔 , they probably are. They were not satisfied with their test outcome, what a lame admission 🙄
People are still missing the point so it again bears repeating - the 2018/2020 iPad Pros could probably run Stage Manager but the performance would be lousy because the SSDs in those iPads are 5-10x slower than those in the M1-based machines. Lower amounts of RAM = more need for virtual memory swapping. More virtual memory swapping + slower SSD = slower, laggier, stuttering performance. Apple is not saying it can’t be done, they’re saying the experience will suck and they‘re not willing to gimp the feature.
macOS has had virtual memory for years and we’ve all learned to deal with what it causes. Spinning beach balls, hanging screens, and general slowness. Apple has clearly said they don’t want that for iPad. People expect instant response time on a touch-first device.
macOS has had virtual memory for years and we’ve all learned to deal with what it causes. Spinning beach balls, hanging screens, and general slowness. Apple has clearly said they don’t want that for iPad. People expect instant response time on a touch-first device.
Who the hell ever said that? Not supporting a few new features does not mean the new OS is going "suck" on older hardware. Is this the narrative that is causing so much complaining? Nor are any of these features a "must have" that will "force" people to upgrade.
This is the entitled world we live in today. If I can't have it [for free], then NO ONE SHOULD [even if they pay for it]!!!!
"I need. I want. I deserve."
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except apple has repeatedly done this so it's not like it's unknown to people that apple constantly adds new features to entice you to upgrade.
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Apple has a solution for you. Order a M1 iPad. Btw, M2 iPad is around the corner too. LOL
Smart people will use their devices as they used them before ... and not care, and upgrade when they want to or when they need it.
Stupid people will come here to complain that they aren't getting it.
Even stupider people will go spend money they don't have on **** they don't need - George Carlin, had an amazing special on this topic. Some Apple fans, have to watch it.
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Stupid people will come here to complain that they aren't getting it.
Even stupider people will go spend money they don't have on **** they don't need - George Carlin, had an amazing special on this topic. Some Apple fans, have to watch it.
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It's good that Apple admits that it's selling underpowered devices that are in no way capable of replacing a real computer.
Yes, smart people give all their money to companies without thinking, because that's very smart.
They just accept everything everyone tells them to.
Before the MC68020 no Mac had virtual memory and was the reason the Mac was not a multitasking device. After that point in time that chip offered paged memory management, and thus, virtual swap memory. (And even then, the Mac only supported cooperative multitasking and some apps needed manual tuning to their memory allocation.)
The A-series SoCs do not support paged memory management (because these were designed for high efficiency mobile devices as it takes/wastes a lot of energy to swap code back and forth from memory to storage.), and so multitasking is limited to freezing apps and flushing them from memory when memory is needed elsewhere. This is why persistent state is so pervasive and important in iOS.
The M1 SoCs have paged memory management which was absolutely needed for more memory intensive applications, and therefor can have more applications "open" if needed.
None of this would be "weird" to anyone who knew anything about the subject.
"Ignorance always comes with a big mouth."
This is obviously a feature built for latest and future iPads. It's their attempt to play the long game with iPads. They do not want to do things the old way.
Whether they are right or not, remains to be seen. And you may disagree with their decisions. But it's always the case with Apple, isn't it? From Touch ID to Face ID, from Lightning to the Notch, people ALWAYS had ideas why Apple is wrong and how they should do things differently.
This is what it is. It's their vision. They did it in a way that requires an M1. It's fine. In a few years all iPads will have it. In the meantime, your iPads will still work great.
People are freaking out over this waaaaaay too much.
Whether they are right or not, remains to be seen. And you may disagree with their decisions. But it's always the case with Apple, isn't it? From Touch ID to Face ID, from Lightning to the Notch, people ALWAYS had ideas why Apple is wrong and how they should do things differently.
This is what it is. It's their vision. They did it in a way that requires an M1. It's fine. In a few years all iPads will have it. In the meantime, your iPads will still work great.
People are freaking out over this waaaaaay too much.
Too much logic. Too little fury. This won't do around this place!