Not sure if this was said in the keynote today--is the newly announced "Stage Manager" feature in ipadOS 16 only for M1 iPads?
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sucks cause I just bought a 4th gen iPad Air lol, might have to return it
Return it and get the 5th gen. May be a bit more expensive but will be worth it IMO.
This definitely makes the air 5 a lot more interesting.
its a bit a shame for the 2020 iPad Pro buyers. Their device is only 2 years old and losing out on some interesting features.
its a bit a shame for the 2020 iPad Pro buyers. Their device is only 2 years old and losing out on some interesting features.
Just please make all of this new multi/stage everything something you can fully disable
My older relatives are already confused by the multi-tasking stuff they want none of
Not all customers want the iPad to be more and more like a Mac
My older relatives are already confused by the multi-tasking stuff they want none of
Not all customers want the iPad to be more and more like a Mac
Yes only for the M1 since that feature requires a lot of RAM...so only 8gb and 16gb ipads can do that
It makes sense, except that the virtual memory feature could have made it possible for older pros, but they only made it available to M1...
The problem with the 2020 iPad Pros is they were basically sporting a 2-year old chipset already when they were released.
One of the reasons I delayed upgrading from my 2017 iPad Pro another year.
One does, yes
Irrespective of that situation now, I expect all new iPads to be on m-chips in the next year (or 2 max)
I don’t know
i think the base iPad will just end up getting the latest iPhone chip or 1 gen behind
those users don’t care about these features
I dunno about that.
Storage on older iPads is slower. Constantly utilizing swap will likely take a toll on performance.
The DTK Mac Mini had A12Z but it did have 16GB of RAM so it probably wasn’t hitting swap often.
Keep in mind though, this stuff is currently only M1 exclusive for performance reasons
That will fade away and, "M or not" I think all iPads will have access to these features in a year or two
All of this is a side point though
Even M class users should have the option to disable these things completely
That's what I'm advocating for
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Yep. I’m never gonna use it on the Pro 11. It’s questionable whether I’d even use it on 12.9 sans external display.
Unless it’s something that you’re unlikely to trigger accidentally, I’d prefer an option to disable it.
Probably. However I think a lot of users would gladly take somewhat lower performance and have things stay in memory. And I also think that, while assessing the tradeoff, Apple said to themselves "that will give a reason to 2018 and 2020 iPad pro users to upgrade"
Yeah they basically made the 2018 pro too good for its time. this is the first interesting feature that might make people move (unless you wanted the mini LED screen)
A great example of how folks should definitely only buy a machine that does what they want, right now
Future proofing, as many claim to think about, is largely a fools errand these days.
One of my biggest fears was that my iPad wouldn’t make the cut. Looks like I have to start saving up again for a new iPad Pro. Hopefully I can get the M2 at launch