If Apple simply created the iPad Pro in the same design as the MacBook, with a touchpad and everything, and officially added the pointer support to iOS, which I think can't be that hard, I'd buy that in a heartbeat. I wouldn't even need it to be detachable. Of course they won't do that.
Yes, I remember it. An entertaining discussion. But I don't even want the "Frankenpad", I'd be happy if the screen was fixed to the base and it ran purely iOS. Just with touchpad support. I don't like raising my hand to touch the screen.
If Apple simply created the iPad Pro in the same design as the MacBook, with a touchpad and everything, and officially added the pointer support to iOS, which I think can't be that hard, I'd buy that in a heartbeat. I wouldn't even need it to be detachable. Of course they won't do that.
Just curious, what aspects/features of iOS would you prefer over OS X when the hardware is in a laptop configuration as you described? To me OS X wins all the time in a laptop form factor. Would having the Launchpad app as a desktop space (so you have a permanent grid from which you can launch apps) sway you back towards OS X, for example?
I actually really love Apple's current approach in integrating some of the nicer things in iOS into OS X rather than watering it down into a hybrid OS. Swipe actions in Mail, Launchpad, Notifications etc. come to mind as simple additions that go a long way in making the trackpad mimic an iOS touch type experience
And less capable, in terms of services and abilities it provides. iOS while great for the phone and typical iPad stuff, can be rather limiting as a desktop replacement imoiOS is also much less taxing than OS X.
That's my issue, I've long said that the iPad Pro is Apple's answer to Microsoft's Surface Pro, yet they did not want to cannibalize their laptop sales and it would require touch capability in OS X which they've yet to add.Completely academic for me, as the iPad Pro is not capable of running the OS & applications I need...
It is in raw cpu power i believe
Power can be defined in a number of different ways, Yes it seems the iPad Pro is producing superior benchmark numbers, yet, I'd say that the MacBook is a more powerful computer because it runs a desktop OS.Completely academic for me, as the iPad Pro is not capable of running the OS & applications I need...
The OS and games and such are more tasking I assume for iPad. I returned my iPad Pro and am getting the RMB personally.
From what I've read, this was one of the main complaints. The UI on the screen is not really optimized for the large form factor, and interacting with it (the sidebar of scrolling apps is horrible to scroll through) and the keyboard is the worst that apple produced.All that screen real estate thoroughly unoptimised and a chore to navigate when attached to a clumsy, subpar keyboard lacking a trackpad
From what I've read, this was one of the main complaints. The UI on the screen is not really optimized for the large form factor, and interacting with it (the sidebar of scrolling apps is horrible to scroll through) and the keyboard is the worst that apple produced.