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I'd buy an iPad Pro tomorrow if…

TurboPGT! said:
Do you understand WHY you're not going to see this device? Because the user experience would absolutely suck and the device would fail miserably.

You don't even know what you want, or what you think you need. You think you'd want to hunt and peck around macOS for what? You don't get it, and neither do others like you. iOS on iPad is the incarnation of macOS that makes the most sense for the 1) touch display and the 2) hardware it runs on. End of story. People like you that ignore all logic and just say "Posh! Make it work somehow!" should be banned from the internet. I'm shocked that making threads in 2015 about macOS on iPad is not an automatic ban.
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That's harsh bruh but I understand where you're coming from.
 
You see the file, edit, view etc buttons on the top of the screen on your OSX device? Imagine getting to those with your finger.....then choosing something from the sub menu with your finger.

OSX is not made for touch screens, it wouldn't be a good experience.
 
sparkie1984 said:
I know they used to but thought with lightning that all stopped?
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No, it didn't stop, there's still SD card readers and USB camera connectors for Lightning (unlike the 30-pin they are sold separately and collectively cost more). However with many (if not most) cameras now including WFi, one can just transfer the pictures over (or even view live preview and control the camera).
 
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dyt1983 said:
No, it didn't stop, there's still SD card readers and USB camera connectors for Lightning (unlike the 30-pin they are sold separately and collectively cost more). However with many (if not most) cameras now including WFi, one can just transfer the pictures over (or even view live preview and control the camera).
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That's interesting, thanks
 
Apollonian said:
I don't understand all this talk about an OSX iPad. I can maybe understand some advantages but in my opinion it would be a step backward.
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I bet you will understand it and think it's the best idea ever in a couple of years when Apple will reveal an iPad Pro running OS X with an adaptive UI.

"We have been testing OS X running on iPads since the very beginning".
– Tim Cook, not so far into the future
 
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sparkie1984 said:
For me I just wish we could plug say a camera into it so we can view the pictures etc. Maybe a basic file system if such a thing exists
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Do you mean tethering your camera? Then Shuttersnitch is an option. If you mean just load files on from your camera, then you just need the camera connection kit.
 
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Beavix said:
I bet you will understand it and think it's the best idea ever in a couple of years when Apple will reveal an iPad Pro running OS X with an adaptive UI.

"We have been testing OS X running on iPads since the very beginning".
– Tim Cook, not so far into the future
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Well said!
 
Beavix said:
I bet you will understand it and think it's the best idea ever in a couple of years when Apple will reveal an iPad Pro running OS X with an adaptive UI.

"We have been testing OS X running on iPads since the very beginning".
– Tim Cook, not so far into the future
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You do realize iOS uses the same base as OSX with an adaptive UI right?
 
Capt T said:
You do realize iOS uses the same base as OSX with an adaptive UI right?
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"Same base" but they are still two very different systems.

iOS is not really adaptive. There are actually two different versions of the same OS (phone and tablet). If it was adaptive then – for example – the home screen of an iPad Pro would fit more icons than the home screen of an iPad Air.
 
Beavix said:
I bet you will understand it and think it's the best idea ever in a couple of years when Apple will reveal an iPad Pro running OS X with an adaptive UI.

"We have been testing OS X running on iPads since the very beginning".
– Tim Cook, not so far into the future
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But OSX optimised for a touch screen is what iOS is supposed to be isn't it?
Why would you create a touch screen interface for OSX, essentially creating a new touch screen based OS when you already have iOS for that purpose. It would make more sense to put the OSX features that people want into iOS.

There's also the issue of the OSX codebase having been built for x86 chips and iOS devices running ARM with no plans to move to x86 in the future.
 
It could be used as a duel display with mac/pc. I'd want to use it to draw on live screen in Photoshop/Illustrator desktop apps.
 
silverblack said:
The iPad Pro did not replace my Macbook Pro, but I can use it to do almost everything I use my Macbook or iMac for. For some of these tasks, the iPad Pro actually does it better, because of the pen and/or portability:

(for work)
- reading journal article in pdf, and annotation them with inking (and share the files with annotation with all Mac and Win users), the big screen also mean viewing the article at full page without needing to zoom in
- taking notes and/or lecturing with inking over Microsoft Office, especially for scientific/mathematical equations
- note taking in seminar using the pencil, especially when you arrived late and was standing at the back of the room
- light editing of photos, such as outlining the focus and blurring the background, enhancing the color
- in round-table discussion, sharing content simply by laying down the big iPad screen on the table
- did I mention inking in Microsoft Office suite is enabled for the first time in the entire Mac OS/iOS platform?

(for fun)
- huge selection of iOS games
- catching up with e-magazines, or news using Flipboard or similar news apps
- watching movies, especially in situation like: sharing with two or three people sitting close to you, not having to be interrupted when your plane is landing because the laptops have to be stowed away
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Thanks for the positive review. you bring up mark up and that was something that initially appealed to me with the pencil. Hearing a real world review of that particularly with studies / work makes me possibly interested again. (What else is new?) Gah.

It is appreciated...
 
thedon1 said:
But OSX optimised for a touch screen is what iOS is supposed to be isn't it?
Why would you create a touch screen interface for OSX, essentially creating a new touch screen based OS when you already have iOS for that purpose. It would make more sense to put the OSX features that people want into iOS.

There's also the issue of the OSX codebase having been built for x86 chips and iOS devices running ARM with no plans to move to x86 in the future.
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This. And apparently the TV focus engine is also in iOS 9.1. I think that is something Apple should think about bringing to iOS devices.
 
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Pagemakers said:
90% of the time I was holding the pencil thinking what shall I click or do with this? Then I opened notes and had a little squiggle for a minute or two. Great - what next?
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Let me help you there - you use the pencil to create. Open up a good app, and then create. Illustrate, design, sketch, ink. It's just like a real pencil - some people pick up a pencil or a brush and ask "what shall I do with this?". Others pick them up and see possibilities. They use them to create amazing things. A lot of artists waited a LONG time for Apple to create something like the Pencil. Trust me, they'll know what to do with it.

Hint: not squiggles.
 
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With what I do, I'd replace my MacBook with an iPad Pro tomorrow if it supported an external display for when I'm at my office desk.
 
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