Can someone tell me why an iPad Pro has to replace a laptop? Maybe for some people it can but this idea that it’s a failure of a product if it can’t for everyone is absurd.
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Base 2019 13-Inch MacBook Pro is Up to 83% Faster Than Previous Generation in Benchmarks
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What % of people actually write iOS apps? I personally know exactly zero. But it seems people love to have their reasons to knock a product they don’t prefer.
Maybe you should re-read it. I stated that it was obvious that when you double the cores that multi-thread benchmarks would close to double. I said nothing about applications not using multiple cores.
There are no CPUs to update the 15” model with, it already has the latest and greatest 9th Gen.
You don’t mean professionals, you mean professionals who do what I do.
I’ve never seen a web developer using an Avid rig; however, I have seen plenty of professional photographers using iPads; even more will with the changes to iPad OS and Photoshop. Your professional needs =/= other peoples professional needs and lots of pros do not need Indesign or Illustrator. Of course with the upcoming ability to install fonts it’s not crazy to think that both those apps will be coming to IOS.
If the apps you need aren’t on iOS, don’t use it.
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What % of people actually need to drive on the freeway? Golf cart is perfectly fine as a daily driver.
golf cart = iPad
car = laptop
I agree with you on this. However, I do think, for the majority world, the iPads abilities exceed most real world computer needs. I bet most people are not devs or creators. An office suite, emails and such probably fill most office and personal needs. Good thing there’s options though for people that need it or don’t want to change their workflow.
I agree.... I would prefer Ryzen over Arm
Well the majority of the world, now around 88% live in cities. Which makes freeways necessary. I get your point but the example doesn’t fit.
Neither of those is going to be on the Mac any time soon and in the case of Intel, 10nm is still is nothing more than a whisper and a prayer...you better learn to love 14nm, because it is going to be around for a while longer.
Turns out that as usual, Intel's inconsistent as all hell, so some of my assumptions were way off. And performance-wise, that's actually a good thing! Just… Intel's marketing is puzzling.
Correct assumptions:
Incorrect assumptions:
That means the processor swap makes a lot more sense now.
*) Assuming there aren't weird gotchas as a result of this not being Whiskey Lake. Doesn't seem like it, though.
Correct assumptions:
- The CPU wasn't previously announced. It is now in Intel's ARK.
- It's a 15W part.
Incorrect assumptions:
- According to Intel, it's Coffee Lake, not Whiskey Lake. Which is odd because Coffee Lake doesn't have any other 15W parts.
- That also makes it an eighth-generation (not ninth) product, despite having just launched. Whatever that even means at this point. It does have Bluetooth 5.0, like Whiskey Lake.
- Weird marketing aside, this is really mostly* good news: rather than my estimated 11% slower at single-core, it's 7% faster (it scores 4,639 on average). And rather than 21% faster at multi-core, it's 83% faster (16,665 score)!
That means the processor swap makes a lot more sense now.
*) Assuming there aren't weird gotchas as a result of this not being Whiskey Lake. Doesn't seem like it, though.
A lot of people web developer, good luck writing client (HTML/CSS/JS), server (PHP,Python,Ruby), or sql on an iPad without any proper development platforms, github, or the ability to run a localized test server utilizing XAMPP, MAMP, or any other equivalent, or the necessary databases like MySQL, MsSQL, Redis, etc.
Writing iOS apps isn't a big deal unless that's specifically your job. But not being able to write any of your own code or run programs that aren't specifically designed for iOS cripples numerous professionals.
it's basically on par with last year's 2018 2.3Ghz qud core 13"...
which is crazy given it runs at 1.4ghz? What am I missing.
So the 2019 2.4ghz model should be a beast no???
which is crazy given it runs at 1.4ghz? What am I missing.
So the 2019 2.4ghz model should be a beast no???
I did once, but I'm now all in on the iPad Pro lifestyle.
Once you embrace the future, you'll never want to go back.
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There are still some niche use cases, but even then there are apps that can do those things on iPad Pro.
It turbo boosts to 3.9GHz for short times to fake benchmarks like these ones.
The 2.4GHz boosts to 4.1GHz so basically the same.
I live in San Jose, the capital of Silicon Valley, I see tablets everywhere. Most “professionals” with your requirements are not buying the entry level MacBook you’ve been commenting on.
Is it better battery life? I returned the 13" to get the 15" MBP because of the horrible battery life. How much has it been improved in this model?
I've been thinking about getting an Air to compliment the MBP so I can travel with the Air....curious if the 13" MBP is still worse than the new Air when it comes to battery life
As always, there's only one kind of "professional" in the world - if they don't use Adobe creative apps, they're not professionals. That's certainly news to an awful lot of people who earn professional livings. Consider the doctors and nurses using web-based apps while making rounds. The same browser that's "fine for browsing Facebook" is all they need.
Let's move from Creative Suite users to app developers. It's true, today there is no Xcode for iOS. Still, Apple has been producing a coding environment for iPad for several years. What would prevent Apple from bringing out Xcode for iPadOS?
Funny thing about pro apps - unless they have a large user base, they tend to be written for a single platform. In many industries, that has historically meant PC, not Mac. The same comments that are being made about iPad by Mac users have been made in the past by PC users regarding Mac, and before that by minicomputer and mainframe users regarding PCs. What's true today may not be true tomorrow. All it takes is porting the code to another platform (presuming the platform can meet the computational requirements). User interfaces also change over time. Consider all the professional work accomplished before the mouse came into widespread use.