The Mac Pro, Mac Studio and Mac mini are all more niche than the iPad Pro. Considering how many iPads are sold every year and the percent that are likely iPad Pros, I’d guess Air’s sell more, Pro’s sell the roughly the same units, but not impossible to be less than the iPad Pro.Is the MacBook Pro a very niche product? I would say, based on revenue, it’s difficult to guess that the iPad Pro is more niche than the MBP (sold units).
I don’t think it makes Apple more money. It may SAVE them money as they’re not giving out chargers. And, anyone that needs a charger can buy any USB-C standard charger made by any vendor (and they don’t have to pay MFi) or use a charger they already have (as there are very many of those already out there).And I bet not one of them mentions their isn't a charger in sight, all sold on the environment ideology, but makes Apple more money at the end of the day.
Still a nice hardware upgrade.
correction:The iPad Pro is more powerful than most users need it to be, but Mac users will surely appreciate a notable bump in performance when they get the same chip in the future.
The iPad Pro is more powerful than most users need it to be, and, really, an M4 in a Mac will also be more powerful than most users need it to be. Honestly, the M2 was also more powerful than most users need it to be.
ah nailed it...As someone who's not a boomer pining for a desktop OS on a tablet, this revision sounds amazing and I can't wait for mine.
Ultimately it’s just their own balance sheet rather than a competitor eating market share. If surface with Windows ARM takes off in a big way, maybe we can see Apple finally starting to seriously innovate.Diminishing iPad sales should be incentive.
While I’m a boomer, I work 100% on iPad Pro M2 and soon an M4. I really do all my office work on my iPad, Mail, Calendar, lots of keynote and presentations (also editing!), slack, Teams/Webex (love the new camera position!)+a slew of iPadOS apps, some also for my car …. I love the external display support, I hope they make the external display support a bit better, less Pre formated window positions. The one thing that nags me, that video’s need to be full screen and then put in a window before they continue to play in the background, I would prefer that YT for example can just keep on playing in the browser window. People complaining about iPadOS never have lived the experience, a few hours at most … but if you can brake your old habits, it feels even easier/better/more productive than macOS … 🤷♂️As someone who's not a boomer pining for a desktop OS on a tablet, this revision sounds amazing and I can't wait for mine.
There’s nothing wrong with the software. It’s 2 times more energy efficient than macOS and 2 times smaller memory footprint.
If that Federico guy’s ideas were implemented you would need a different build for every iPad model because the cheaper models have much less ram. His ideas literally eat ram and reduce battery life.
That’s why these clowns don’t work for Apple or in OS engineering.
or make it an M4+ chip required.True. iPadOS 17 runs on iPads with 2GB of memory. Adding some of the processes suggested by these tubers and bloggers would kill performance and battery life on most of the iPads with A series chips.
Windows has even worse legacy issues than Macs.Ultimately it’s just their own balance sheet rather than a competitor eating market share. If surface with Windows ARM takes off in a big way, maybe we can see Apple finally starting to seriously innovate.
or make it an M4+ chip required.
Another point of difference.
The M2 owners will scream of course... that's life![]()
But the other extreme would not be favoured by Many either, especially when each iPad Pro has a base price of $1000 just for 11”, meaning regularly updating (every 1-2 years) would be extremely expensive.Basically what I am saying is that Apple shot themselves in the foot by making years old iPads too efficient.
This is exactly the issue.Honestly if iPadOS doesn’t get a huge overhaul this year I’m going to be incredibly disappointed. Apple pretty much has a monopoly on the tablet market so they have no incentive to innovate
Why change a terrible product if it sells good.