I just don't like how Apple correlates screen size with compute power. Why can't there be a 16" MacBook Air? Or a 12.9" regular iPad?
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Mark Gurman: Apple Exploring iPads With Larger Displays
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Yes I've been asking for this for years. Pretty much since I switched back to the iPhone in 2014 from the galaxy note series.
Always wanted a 72 inch iPad Goliath with lifting lugs and absolutely gorgeous Jony designed stainless steel carrying handles. Lifting lugs? Well how else will the selfie stick attach?
I believe it was called the Surface Dial, and it was a moveable physical dial that interacted with the display and gave control over volume, brushes, playback scrubbing, etc. Kind of an ingenious tool and something that I could see selling super well for iPads.
I think you mistake a small group of tech YouTubers for a meaningful number of “iPad Pro users” as they (the YouTubers) themselves do.
I have 2 iPad Pros (a 10.5” first generation), and a 12.9” (second generation). My BF has 2 as well (his first generation is the 12.9” and his second generation is the 11”). I stopped using a laptop a while ago and use it for everything other than coding. He is an artist and an animator, as well as a film maker. He prefers the current model of iPadOS for the iPads and macOS on his Mac Pro, using Sidecar when he wants to use the iPad as control surface for the Mac Pro.
We are waiting for our new current generation M1 iPad Pros to be delivered sometime in July.
Neither of us wants macOS on our iPads, nor do most of our friends (including many artists and animators).
Your opinion does not represent the entire users and did I ever mentioned Youtubers?
Because this system was a failure. Cool tech demo, but no one wanted it. There will ALWAYS be a loud contingent wanting to SEE cool tech demos that they’ll never buy. Apple’s wise not to listen
Sorry, I work with lots of content creators who completely disagree with you.
Drawing, video editing, and many other content product applications are much better on the iPad / iPad Pro.
Basically what I was getting at in a sarcastic way. Although I'm thinking a multi-touch display. One which is suitable as a drawing surface will increase the price significantly.
I'd also want a PPI closer to 300. As one tends to get closer to a drawing surface than they do with standard desktop uses.
You say “once you get past those uses”, the majority of folks on the internet today NEVER get past those uses
That’s why the iPad sells so well!
I had a client that had a bunch of CAD stations with some of the most amazing looking pointing devices. Some of them were many hundreds of dollars and were so specialized, we couldn't even source them.
EDIT: It looks like an old style pencil sharpener, or big eraser. Too cool...
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I’m not good with big tablets. I tend to crush them and swallow them down with water instead.
If this counts as a rumor, then hear this:
Apple has R&D department, with employees doing their job, exploring different things, all the time.
Apple has R&D department, with employees doing their job, exploring different things, all the time.
12.9 is a bit unwieldy already. If you plan to watch a movie on the while on the sofa, I have to rest it against something because my wrist starts to hurt when you hold it for a long time.
Sorry, I work with lots of creative professionals who prefer the current situation and do not want macOS on an iPad.
“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” Henry Ford
Fixed that for you. I work with lots of Pros who disagree with you. I am also fairly confident that Apple’s market research also disagrees with you.
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Whatever you do with the current iPad Pro sizes, Apple— please just make them backwards compatible with the Magic Keyboard I own. I really don’t want to have to buy that again.
Correct. The article’s comment on allowing flexible multiple screen alignment like macOS hit the bell for me. Since a limited number of iPads on the market are 12.9s the majority of users would have a poor experience when multiple windows are open and hiding behind other apps and killing battery life in the process. It would really need its own OS to behave more like a Mac and not compromise the useability for everyone else.
That would be a reasonable quote if no one was building competing products. There are people who make touch screen tablet computers (like the Surface) and those that I know have worked with them. My BF stopped using his Cintiq (which was a touch screen as well) on his Mac in favor of Sidecar, so it is not like they have not tried that model.
I’d buy a 16 inch iPad Pro with super thin bezels since I mostly use it with a keyboard. Air would be a joy to draw on tho, 12.9” is too cramped for me.
I hope they thin out the bezels, with the weight and size, you aren’t going to be gripping it entirely by your thumb anymore anyway
I hope they thin out the bezels, with the weight and size, you aren’t going to be gripping it entirely by your thumb anymore anyway
We've read of Apple (and, of course, other companies) producing devices with folding screens. For phones, I couldn't be bothered.
But a folding screen iPad mini could be very nice. Especially if it could be used both folded and opened out.
(I've written "folding" but any technology that gives us a screen that can change in size would be fine. Not meaning to be prescriptive.)
But a folding screen iPad mini could be very nice. Especially if it could be used both folded and opened out.
(I've written "folding" but any technology that gives us a screen that can change in size would be fine. Not meaning to be prescriptive.)