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M1 iPad Pro Offers 8GB or 16GB RAM Options for First Time, Based on Storage Capacity
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I think it means that Apple will encourage developers the to optimize their apps for whatever devices they choose.
Funny how Apple mentioned in the presentation videos about how fast the M1 ipad pros were & that you could scream thru video editing on Luma Fusion. 😂 I love Luma Fusion, but i was kinda hoping that Apple would finally announce an iPad Pro version of it’s Final Cut Pro. I mean $2,400 for a maxed out 12.9” iPad Pro and no Final Cut on it? Are you listening Apple?! 😂
I currently still love my 2018 11” iPad Pro...but I was bummed the new 11” didn’t get the mini LED. Pretty much assures I won’t be upgrading yet anyway.
I currently still love my 2018 11” iPad Pro...but I was bummed the new 11” didn’t get the mini LED. Pretty much assures I won’t be upgrading yet anyway.
I was several pages in and didn’t see it yet - so, figured I would ask...
...has it been confirmed how much of the additional 8gb of RAM in the 1TB/2TB models is actually usable or is the increased ram for “managing the increased storage capacity”?
[like the extra 2gb (4gb —> 6gb) the 1TB model iPad Pros received in the past]
...has it been confirmed how much of the additional 8gb of RAM in the 1TB/2TB models is actually usable or is the increased ram for “managing the increased storage capacity”?
[like the extra 2gb (4gb —> 6gb) the 1TB model iPad Pros received in the past]
Rather surprised no-one has mentioned it.
And before anyone states "8gb of RAM is too much for just managing storage", it makes sense that Apple would reuse an existing chip rather than create a new variant.
The best “hybrid” method I could find is Jump Desktop. I was going 12.9 for that reason no matter what, so that now it has the full M1 is awesome. I have a PC and a Mac Mini (M1) at the office. So I can just open Jump Desktop and use either of those machines from my iPad wherever I am. My MBP is just about ready for retirement.
Since this is a rumor site, in July of 2020 it was rumored that FCP was coming to the iPad in summer of 2021 which didn’t make much sense back then. Also, a patent was filed some time ago that allows the processor in an iPhone to be used as additional processing power for a Mac, which also didn’t make sense back then since intel processors were being used. Now, we can imagine using the iPad Pro as a second HDR screen for film editing while leveraging the horsepower of two M1s simultaneously (or 2.5 if you also have an iPhone 12)...
Apple's M1 iPad Pro is available with either 8GB RAM or 16GB RAM, the most memory that's ever been made available in an iPad model.
iPad Pro models with 128GB, 256GB, or 512GB of storage will come with 8GB RAM, while iPad Pro models with 1TB or 2TB of storage will feature 16GB RAM.
It does not appear that there will be a way to customize lower storage iPad Pro models with the upgraded RAM, so those who want the 16GB RAM option will need to opt for higher storage tiers. Both the 11 and 12.9-inch iPad Pro models are available with up to 2TB storage.
The iPad Pro will be available for order on April 30, but orders will not ship out until late May.
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As a fellow Surface Pro owner I can confirm touch is basically a second class citizen on Windows 10. With that said I would much rather have it then not have it. The pen can function fairly well as a mouse you can hover and it even has right click. Just being able to scroll or zoom with touch is nice. Sure, trying to peck your way through the UI is not ideal but I wouldn’t give it up.
I’d happily accept a less than perfect implementation of touch in MacOS that runs on an iPad. I’m sure that type of experience is not a compromise Apple is willing to make. They seem pretty scared of doing anything that could be considered “janky”.
I need to find that rumor, there was one that spelled out all the future variants. My guess was off because I’d assumed they’d keep the iPad and Mac bound chips separate. Understanding that, it changes some of the expectations going forward. Just like the A8 is still in a shipping product, the M1 or some variant may, at some point in the future, be the old reliable standby still puttering away like a champ in some shipping product.
The fact that apple would reuse an existing chip doesn’t negate the fact that it really doesn’t take much RAM at all to manage the additional storage. It takes almost no extra RAM, in fact.
I mean that was pretty obvious the way big surr is designed. It’s designed for touch. Being on a non touch device makes no sense unless this was always the plan. Which I believe it was.
This iPad Pro is getting Mac OS with in two years tops.
I don’t care what apple says in public about it. I watch actions not words. Their actions point to making the iPad Pro the first touch screen Mac.
But not all iPads. Only the pro. The others will still run upscaled iPhone software.
I feel iPad OS 15 will be more professional like full moniter support and other real computer OS QOL changes, It will be nothing more, but a stop gap tell the next mac OS is fully ready.
It’s coming. We all know it. Don’t trust a thing any company says. Apple was the one that said we were holding are iPhones wrong when that busted **** couldn’t get signal because of a design flaw.
Anything a company says publicly is Pr ********.
no ipad will ever run macos.
The redesigned macbook, which will be the first MacBook that is actually designed for M1, will look a lot like an ipad.
Apple never said you were holding your iphones wrong. And there was nothing wrong with the reception on those phones.
The increase in RAM gives me hope to see a substantial improvement in iPadOS. I really don't understand people in this forum. When they saw that the iPad Pro 2020 had only 6GB of RAM they cried that a mid-range Android phone had more than that. Now they complain because they improved it?
Considering I’ve seen people say that 8GB memory with M1 is vastly more speedy than 16GB with Intel, 16GB seems like overkill for most people. Are we going to see real games coming to iPad soon? I saw the product video with two folks playing a game with two PS5 controllers. If I could play some PC class games on this thing. I’d be able to justify the price. I bought a 2020 15” Razer Blade Advanced purely for traveling (which I frequently have to do for work) to be able to play games. Between the power brick and the laptop itself, it’s heavy af. Still use my 2019 13” MBP for real work, though.
No, you just have it go into Desktop mode when attached to the keyboard. That would be the ideal solution.
May they will bring some kind of MacOS Experience - but just when it is plugged into an external Monitor.
On this way, they don't cannibalise the territory of the MacBooks too much because you will geht the real MacOS Experience mobile just when you have a MacBook. Furthermore they won't have to make MacOS touch friendly because when it is plugged into an external monitor you can't touch.
They may could expand this for when the Magic Keyboard is attached, but then they will directly compete with the MacBooks.
On this way, they don't cannibalise the territory of the MacBooks too much because you will geht the real MacOS Experience mobile just when you have a MacBook. Furthermore they won't have to make MacOS touch friendly because when it is plugged into an external monitor you can't touch.
They may could expand this for when the Magic Keyboard is attached, but then they will directly compete with the MacBooks.
