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DigiTimes: 12.9-Inch iPad Pro With Mini-LED Display No Longer Expected to Ship Until At Least April
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Not like he needs more followers or more publicly seeing as he’s in the media all the time
but a lot of the time both sites put info like this it turns out not correct and secondly most of the info they release which is correct they put out they get from others like Ming chi kuo, other people etc etc because they have said it first
Guess they didn't want it to overlap with TC's super awesome trip to China?
It’s more than just icons, control center is one example, looks just like iOS.
While these are valid use cases, and I personally know someone who bought an iPad for taking notes, I have to say that this is reserved for rich kids (which also applies to my case). iPad Pro 11 + Apple Pencil 2nd gen, even at educational pricing, would offset you $868 + tax. 12.9'' version is $200 more. That's a lot for taking notes. Most college students finish their program perfectly fine without it. Reading journal papers, in my experience, is not necessarily better than old-fashioned ways, including printing things out and reading them on a ("regular") computer, especially because you need to do a lot of search. And iPad Air, or even the base iPad, is good enough for a lot of these things, which again confirms "you do not need an iPad Pro unless ..."
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Not surprised given all that Apple (and the world) has had to face in the past year.
It's not a bg deal for us consumers.
It's not a bg deal for us consumers.
If it comes out at the begging of April it’s not going to start shipping until late April and maybe early March.
Devotion to a device implies an irrational attachment. There is nothing irrational about choosing the right tool for the job, as each of these devices including the iPad Pro have different focuses. Even if your envisioned iPad Pro existed, it would come with its own set of strengths and weaknesses that would make it the best choice for some and not the best choice for others.
And I don’t understand why people believe the iPad Pro is becoming or starting to become an offshoot from the iPad line. Is there anything to support this or is it purely wishful thinking? All “pro” devices that Apple makes (Mac, MacBook, iPad, iPhone, airpods) are nothing more than fancier higher specced versions of the same product. How is the iPad Pro different? And all the Mac-like features that have been added to the iPad Pro that people cite as evidence that it’s becoming the “new Mac” have also been added to the other iPads as well (physical keyboard, external monitor support, multitasking, iPadOS name), and even to the iPhone (files app, mouse support). So again, what real facts point to the iPad Pro alone having this destiny?
The person you responded to was talking about iPad Pro vs iPad non-pro, not iPad Pro vs MacBook.
Yes, the line has gotten slightly thinner almost every year, but the line is still extremely thick. Surface level things like appearance and some features are prone to change, and it makes sense for a family of devices to become more and more similar on the surface. But the core identity of each device (ie. its focus) is extremely unlikely to merge (without some huge catalyst). If they were mergeable without significant compromise, a smart company wouldn’t have made two separate dedicated devices in the first place. Eg. the smartphone and iPod can be merged without significant compromise, which is why Apple already combined them when they made the iPhone. They didn’t make a dedicated smartphone without iPod functionality and then decide to slowly combine the iPhone and the iPod into one device with each new iteration. Because they’re smart, they did it in one fell swoop at the get go. But with the iPad, they knew they couldn’t combine it with the Mac without significant compromise. This is because macOS is more focused on robustness and versatility, while ipadOS is more focused on simplicity and ease of use. The two are opposite ends of a spectrum. That means they can borrow traits from each other here and there, but they cannot completely combine without compromising their respective basic goals.
Agreed about the iPad being the form factor of the moment, for me at least. The clamshell design no longer works for my lifestyle. Our small children pull, tug, bump, bang, scratch, and gauge the laptop. The iPad has a better chance of survival. Frankly, I'm surprised the laptop hasn't been replaced. I felt Apple was going somewhere with the Touch Bar and had hoped they would expand it. It's too bad they are returning to yesterday's keyboard and eliminating the Touch Bar.
I said that it was unlikely they would merge, I was more pointing out that you can’t always trust what Apple execs say when it comes to technologies. I do think that some of the robustness that you speak of is slowly going to go away to a more iOS environment for the Mac.
Why would Apple want to merge the iPad and laptop and lose out on billions of dollars. That makes no sense.
That is very small niche of people who use iPad pro for note taking.
The basic iPad $320 is well good enough for note taking, checking the news and email, web surfing, basic games, education software and productivity apps so on.
Unless you artist or do video editing it is waste of money.
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I think also the big problem is over 97% of the people who buy the Surface use it like a laptop and not a tablet. That is well not the case with the iPad as most people use it and carry it around like a tablet.
So if you always going to carry around the keyboard and set on desk and use like laptop than there are better laptops than MS Surface and MS Surface Go.
I said they were unlikely to merge twice now. And the laptop and iPad have already merged with the magic keyboard.
So what are you gonna do if Magic Keyboard Pro is released with M1 or M2 or M3 in the future and with eGPU support or high GPU built in that can run TopazLabs AI really fast and fan like in 16" MBP keyboard and coverts iPad Pros (not available to iPad Air)to big sur OS and great battery and all ports requested by many people. And 16" iPad Pro and another magic keyboard Pro. I'm not sure if iPad Pro is or not the future or if it will be above macbooks. Like iPhone introduction...an iPod, a phone and an internet communicator. iPad Pro with Magic Keyboard Pro can be an iPad, a Macbook Pro and a Mac...The keyboard alone can be like a mac mini.They can even make 27'' iPad Pro for professional artists and can be like a Mac with stand and keyboard. Also a magnetic Levo iPad holder floor stand will be a game changer esp when you want to use iPad Pro on bed or while in reclining chair esp when watching. Apple can make iPad Pros above Macbook Pros and price higher for maximum versatility. iPad Air and iPad Air Max can be just the current iPad Pro with limited capabilities.
Only the ignorant can afford to be certain. Apple has said many things they will NEVER do and yet they did. Even Steve Jobs said they will never make a phone. Even the big phones and OLED etc yet they did.
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Why would they have to merge anything? Why not keep both and give added functuniality to the iPad Pro?
There are people devoted to keeping the iPad as simple as possible, and also a vocally passionate cult devoted to keeping the Mac as pure and orthodox and touch free and devoid any evils that are not keyboard based. Which is great. But that doesn’t mean the iPad Pro cannot embrace the best of both worlds.
So what are you gonna do if Magic Keyboard Pro is released with M1 or M2 and eGPU support or high GPU built in and fan like MBP keyboard and coverts iPad to big sur OS and great battery and all ports requested by many people. And 16" iPad Pro and another magic keyboard Pro.
All kinds of ports on the iPad and lots of ports on the Mac computer will not be problem in 6 years from now. The first USB-C came out in 2015 or 2016 and yet the PC world is slow, yes very slow at changing over. So people yell and scream where is the USB type A ports.
The problem is Apple and PC world. Apple moves very fast well the PC world moves very slow.
The future is all USB type C and thunderbolt and may be new thunderbolt 4 standard for 8K when it comes out , but it is the PC world that is changing over very slow.
And it makes me mad when you walk into Best Buy or a computer store or shop online and 90% of the peripherals are using slower USB type A speeds and not even the faster USB type A speeds but the slower USB type A speeds.
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Why would they have to merge anything? Why not keep both and give added functuniality to the iPad Pro?All ports on iPad and lots ports on Mac computer will not be problem in 6 years from now.
The first USB-C came out in 2015 or 2016 and yet the PC world is slow yes very slow at changing over. So people yell and scream where is the USB type A ports.
The problem is Apple and PC world. Apple moves very fast well the PC world moves very slow.
The future is all USB type C and thunderbolt and may be thunderbolt 4 standard for 8K when it comes out, but it is PC world that is changing over very slow.
And it makes me mad when you walk into Best Buy or a computer store or shop online and 90% of the peripherals are using slower USB type A speeds and not even the faster USB type A speeds but the slower USB type A speeds.
Apple said they will not merge any thing because they said the laptop and tablet combo does not work thus they are saying the Microsoft surface is not tablet and not laptop and the user is frustrated.
And also probably that people will buy both and more profit to Aaple.
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Never forget the possibility that Apple itself is putting out some false rumors, because they're rooting out some leakers. They won't go after the people who print up leaks. But the sources, if any of this is genuine, are getting big lawsuits.
Sure, of course you have to take anything a company says with a grain of salt, plus anyone can change their mind. But on the other hand, I don’t remember hearing Apple ever saying anything so repeatedly and emphatically for so long. This keynote comes to mind:
This will definitely be turned into a meme if Apple ever changes their mind.
Why do you say the Mac’s robustness is going away?
Yes, there is a Mac cult, and an iPad cult, and an iPad Pro cult. And then there are rational people who understand that every device has trade offs and that one should pick the particular device best for one’s needs.
I just do not know what people want Apple to make they seem to want some dream pro laptop. Want is it people want Apple to make?
Are they looking for some dream pro laptop like this.
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Need more than a single laptop screen? This one has seven
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Looking for Apple to make some pro laptop like this?