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Is getting an iPad pro redundant if I have an iPad Air 2 and MacBook Pro?

eastamherstbias said:
Umm... that is not the same thing. That is a modded device. Give me an iPad that is actually running OS X. My vision has always been.that if it was attached to a keyboard it would run OS X and if you took the keyboard away it would run iOS. The best of both worlds.
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The issue with modbook is that OS X is not setup for a touch interface, so while the concept is solid, the execution is lacking given OS X's limitations.

I wished apple would roll out one, but I understand it won't happen.
 
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eastamherstbias said:
Umm... that is not the same thing. That is a modded device. Give me an iPad that is actually running OS X. My vision has always been.that if it was attached to a keyboard it would run OS X and if you took the keyboard away it would run iOS. The best of both worlds.
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I said this before in another thread a while back, but that would require two CPUs, and therefore, a more expensive device. There's also the question of how to transition files between the two modes, as in iOS the files are sandboxed, whereas, OS X has an open file system. So you work on a file in OS X mode, save it to a random locatin on the drive, and how is iOS going to access that? also, wouldn't you need two versions of each app installed, one for OS X and one for iOS? Not that these issues can't be worked out, but seems to me like it will take some major thinking things through and lots of coding to get this dual-booting system working smoothly and seamlessly.
 
kdoug said:
I sold my rMBP and my Air 2. I do have a Mac Mini at work and these 2 devices are all I need. I do have a 6s plus if that counts.
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This is my setup. Mac mini hooked up to monitors and iPad pro for mobile. Perfect combo for me!
Night Spring said:
I said this before in another thread a while back, but that would require two CPUs, and therefore, a more expensive device. There's also the question of how to transition files between the two modes, as in iOS the files are sandboxed, whereas, OS X has an open file system. So you work on a file in OS X mode, save it to a random locatin on the drive, and how is iOS going to access that? also, wouldn't you need two versions of each app installed, one for OS X and one for iOS? Not that these issues can't be worked out, but seems to me like it will take some major thinking things through and lots of coding to get this dual-booting system working smoothly and seamlessly.
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And the issue of sharing storage, what to do about cloud services and syncing and just the General UI. It would be clunky and feel half baked. Like gluing two products together. It's not a cohesive experience. Which is why it's obvious Apple would never do this. I don't say "never" with Apple on most things, but this is one I'm pretty damn confident about.

Their path is the car vs truck analogy Steve Jobs made during an interview. Mac's will always have their place. They are our work machines. But iPad and iOS is the product of the future with the most potential. The foundation is there. Over the next however many years they will build upon it. We think in terms of what iOS is like right now or maybe even next year. What about 20 years from now? To understand what an ungoldly amount of time that is: Steve Jobs' return to Apple was in 1997. That's not even 20 years of Apple being a good modern product company. So 20 years just to build upon iOS? Jesus...no doubt it'll be just as powerful if not more than today's Mac
 
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