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iPad Pro With Mini-LED Display Expected to Launch in First Quarter of 2021

Chompineer said:
I read your reply as "I'm going to ridicule you, but I actually don't know anything, so I won't go any further, but I got to make myself feel good".

I am quite technically inclined, please try me. I'm all ears.

What misconception exists? AS does not support dual boot, it is not an X86 platform, so any execution of X86 code requires emulation, which is an added layer of pain in the ass. It's never going to be as smooth as X86 code on a native X86 platform, performance will be lacking.

People who do more then doodle and look at Facebook need to use serious professional software, and unfortunately as is, X86 Mac's are hardly supported. These companies will have less then zero interest in releasing software for niche small market share ARM machines.

Exactly one engineering program I use is supported on MacOS, Matlab. Everything else I either spin up a VM or boot into W10 (should I need GPU acceleration, which I often do).

Apple fanboys need to chill out and realize they comprise the tiniest iota of the computing market share, they do not matter to the bulk of the professional computing world.

I need a machine for professional use, so I will be moving to something like a Thinkpad Extreme. As will many people I know who have thus far held out using Macs.

I could care less if AS is higher performance if it can’t do anything I need it to do. That’s like having a Ferrari limited to going 30. I’d rather have a BMW I can go 200 in. Might not be as nice, but it is actually practical to my use case.
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It's more like having a Ferrari limited to drive in your street xd
Chompineer said:
Its almost like when one type of hardware dominates the market, more people put effort into finding flaws in it.

No one is hunting for flaws in old Cyrix processors, for example.

All going to ARM is doing is isolating Mac’s and their pathetically small market share from the rest of the computing world. Most of us can live with a few things not supporting Mac, because we can easily dual boot, but it’s about to get 1000x worse.

Mac’s are dead to me. I already have to dual boot to use any engineering software, now I just outright won’t be able to. Not worth the hassle, I’ll buy a Lenovo or something.
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My fear is that, Apple would take the advantage of manufacturing it's own chips and slows their computers down year by year just like they did on previous iPhones and iPads. And that would be different because most people tend not to rely on that "mobile" machines than a fully functional work machines like Macs... "Computers" are different. They need to make consumers trust on them for not to be a**holes and slow them down to sell newer devices. There shouldn't be a "cycle" for a computer. I'll wait. And by wait, i mean a whole f*** 6-7 years. Maybe after they figure out the app compatibility, dual booting and of course the lawsuits about limiting the cores etc. xd
 
lrnzmr said:
I just got myself an iPad Pro 12.9' but I have the option to return it within the next month. I was wondering if you would be able to convince me doing that. Of course, I can read the article but I don't really understand the implications. e.g. is the form factor expected to change?

That said, I am kind of happy with my current purchase, I am a premed student and taking notes, annotating PDFs on the thing is wonderful. Though, I know I'll be disappointed if there is a major upgrade to the device in the coming months because I know I will be holding on to the tablet for many years.

Feel free to send me a message if you have advice.

Thanks
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profets said:
Why do I have these sad feeling that the 2021 Pro with miniLED will be 12.9" only, and no more 11"...
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I think the 11 will stick around.

With the iPhone 12 Pro, you could’ve made the argument that the plain 12 does much much of what a smaller sized pro does. Yet we have one.

So I’d be confident the that 11 inch iPad Pro isn’t going away.

Think of the diet of people that need to take this to meetings (when this is all over...), to client sites to sketch on etc - the 12.9 inch is just a bit too big but the 11 is ‘just right’.
 
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I will say that after owning my iPhone 12 and first OLED screen for a couple weeks, the screen isn't much better than the display on my 10.5 iPad pro. Apple sure has some good lcd screens on those ipads.
 
EugW said:
Yes it is, but it's a middling size. YMMV, but for me, mobile websites work well on the Max/Plus iPhones, but the desktop size websites work best on the 10" tablets and larger.
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The iPad mini is great for reading, e.g. Kindle or Safari reader view. The Max would be too small for me, and the 10/11” tablets too big (and uncomfortably heavy in comparison). I find the iPad mini to be the perfect size and weight for casual reading/browsing at-home use. For any serious work, a desktop setup with large screen and keyboard/mouse can’t be beaten.
 
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I feel like this product will eventually slip to next Fall. So many shortages going on. Either way, I DO want it, but I really don't think I can justify replacing my 2018 iPad Pro 12.9", simply because 2 years on, it's STILL by far the best apple product I've owned, I love it. And for over 1200 dollars, I gotta get some more years out of it.
 
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transpo1 said:
If they have found a way to make the 12.9" much smaller with almost no bezels, this would make sense. But I think the 11" seems to sell too well for them to ditch it altogether...
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Because the 12.9" is too big for many? I'd love to see an 11.5/11.75/12" version. Goldilocks
 
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thadoggfather said:
I get that since micro-LED is still ways away, but on the technical side? what is mini LED? local dimming and smaller pixels or something ?
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Mini-LED is the same as LED backlighting that's used today but with many more LEDs for more dimming zones.

Micro-LED is a technology that is still being developed to the level of mass production, it is similar to OLED in having self-emissive pixels that can each be independently lit while eliminating a number of drawbacks with OLED displays:
  • Limited lifetime of organic materials.
  • "OLED Burn-in" blue-emitting OLED materials degrade 2x faster creating a burn-in like effect.
  • The White-Pixel problem: 2-3x as much energy used by white pixels, so word processing or sketching on a white background will drain battery very fast.
 
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anthony13 said:
I feel like this product will eventually slip to next Fall. So many shortages going on. Either way, I DO want it, but I really don't think I can justify replacing my 2018 iPad Pro 12.9", simply because 2 years on, it's STILL by far the best apple product I've owned, I love it. And for over 1200 dollars, I gotta get some more years out of it.
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Spring is my prediction— they’ve got to have something to release in the Spring
 
Dolmio said:
An arm Macbook pro with big sur that runs iPad apps ( though no touch screen) as well as Mac OS apps might be a good compromise until the ipad evolves a bit more.
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A lot of the apps that make the iPad a joy to use depend on multi-touch. Even though someone could run Samplr on a Mac, it wouldn’t make a lot of functional sense to do so. Even GarageBand on iOS uses multitouch to control multiple parameters at once. It could be that while it’s possible to port stuff, interface issues may prevent a lot of the more inventive stuff.
 
ninethirty said:
Are people really using iPads to take pictures? Is something wrong with your phone?
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As I have an iPhone X and I'm not that excited about the 12's I might buy a new iPad Pro and a gimbal to do some video for my business. I desperately need a new iPad as I'm rocking an original Air. A new phone can wait. So that's why I'm hoping the new iPad Pro get the new cameras.
 
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