Yet the other person literally said the same "this might be the worst post ive ever seen." but you don't want to say anything probably because you agree with that person huh?
Bias is strong.
Gurman: Redesigned Magic Keyboard to Accompany New iPad Pro
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Bias is strong.
Adelphos33
macrumors 68000
My MacBook gets me there about 75% while working when traveling. The iPad (which has access to work apps over cell, and over iOS with specialized apps) gets me there the rest of the way. And it is a better note taking, directional machine (which I may prefer while on the road). These are two different tools.
Of course they are and they should not be merged. That's my point. Let iPad be really good at being iPad and let Mac be really good at Mac.
kltmom
macrumors member
I'd love a 15/15.9 inch iPad Ultra
Adelphos33
macrumors 68000
Bloomberg is another app - great iOS version on iPad and iPhone, no real MacOS version available, and is an app I use all the time while on my iOS devices, and made better by the keyboard and trackpad on iOS.
Adelphos33
macrumors 68000
Well being a really good iPad often involves a keyboard and trackpad. If you don't like using those input methods with an iPad, ignore them.
Agree to disagree.
Adelphos33
macrumors 68000
I travel a lot for work. In the past, I have done iPad split screen with Bloomberg and Teams, chatting with coworkers on Bloomberg chat while also conducting a video call via teams. The keyboard and pointer were instrumental in me being productive on both sides of my screen on ma iPad. I could not have done this on a Mac, either because programs weren't available, or they had to be managed by iOS's app management system.
This is why I say "dual boot" and other innovations are unnecessary (but no reason they couldn't be options on certain models). But I think you are wrong as well, just go to any airport and hotel and you see tons of business people using iPads with keyboards.
throAU
macrumors G4
Sure.
I can't ALSO draw on my MacBook, which means that I need to carry two devices when the iPad is 95% the way there. An iPad Pro plus keyboard/trackpad and pencil is much lighter than an iPad plus a MacBook (and chargers for both) of any description.
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I'm not expecting it to totally replace my MacBook Pro, but replacing it to the degree that it does the job well enough for the things I'm likely to need away from the office would be nice. I could then switch to a Mac desktop.
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throAU
macrumors G4
I type at 120 wpm plus and manage a corporate WAN (and both cloud/on-prem environment) for a company of 60+ remote sites. What's your day job?
Multitasking would be fine on the iPad so long as it didn't terminate apps in the background (with no way for say, my ssh app to stay running), resulting in dropped terminal sessions.
Yes there are some hacky workarounds, but they're hacky.
Adelphos33
macrumors 68000
I travel with a MacBook Air and an iPad when traveling for work. Both devices are essential. I wouldn't want them merged. I do want them to borrow from each other (MacBook with cell support, for example, and iPad improving its filing system)
Don't really know what you mean. I'm not talking about app availability. Talking about what makes sense in terms of interfacing with device.
Really nothing to do with keyboard + trackpad. I think pencil makes sense as it makes the iPad more like an iPad and not like a Mac. But that just pushes the scope outward to comparing pencil vs wacom + mac which gets off topic and/or too personal.
prospervic
macrumors 65816
This is not the tragedy you make it out to be. Those who feel the way you do have the choice to simply not use the Magic Keyboard! iPad’s touch capabilities are in no way diminished by the existence of trackpad and cursor input.
Previously an Apple engineer, now ~140wpm + full stack software engineer + manager + devops for company handling various fortune 500 company clients. Relevance?
prospervic
macrumors 65816
eBay is your friend. I recently bought a 12.9” MKB for only $179 (which is the price I feel it SHOULD be) in open-box condition.
And there are still plenty of similar offerings on the site.
Agree to disagree. Engineers are pulled away from making iPad a better iPad to making iPad more like the Mac which is a terrible path.
pdaholic
macrumors 68020
Actually, that’s not a bad idea. Minority Report meets Burger King.
If it worked perfectly, maybe. However, activation and/or spurious inputs, and accuracy will be a problem.
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prospervic
macrumors 65816
Well, we don’t know for sure how Apple deploys its engineers. And as for making the iPad more like the Mac, this year’s Final Cut Pro for iPad disproves that notion — it was re-engineered from the ground up for iPad. So much so that many YouTubers were complaining about how Apple made it less capable (i.e., missing THEIR favorite feature) than the Mac version.
Someone calling themselves a full stack engineer who’s also full time devops *and* a manager spending an entire day rapidly posting on MR complaining that apple isnt focusing enough on an iPad being an iPad may be one of the most amusing things I’ve seen in a while. Just saying
Do your direct reports feel you’re focusing enough on being a manager?
I do. I worked there previously.
Software doesn't prove/disprove the hardware side.
Jay Tee
macrumors 6502
You'd want Time Machine on it too.