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Maxed Out M1 12.9-Inch iPad Pro With 5G, 16GB RAM, and 2TB Storage Costs $2,400
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Considering macOS is not a Touch OS....nope. Not happening.
Actually, Big Sur has made it touch friendly, "somewhat".
That’s one expensive Netflix device. 
No, it hasn't. Not remotely. Not in the slightest. I don't think you have the first idea what that even means.
Despite the horrid example that Windows has set for the world by just shipping a KBAM OS on touch displays, that does not work, and will not work.
This isn't about "Touch support". Touch is not something you just add support for.
iOS and iPadOS are a Touch OS designed for touch from the ground up. MacOS is not. You cannot and will not be able to run macOS on an iPad Pro.
No pencil or keyboard. From the article, " Neither of those price points includes an Apple Pencil or a Magic Keyboard, both of which can be purchased separately." So add up to $450 on top of that for the pencil and keyboard.
It's not apps, bud. You need a whole OS that takes advantage of it. And its called macOS, and we already have hardware for that.
iPad is an iPad.
Imagine having an actual iPhone Pro that does this. Just having a different monitor at home, your office, etc. that you can dock your iPhone into, have it run macOS when docked and iOS when not, and suspending everything in RAM to bring you right back where you left off when switching docs. With the M1, an ARM macOS, and 512+GB of storage, it’s entirely possible now.
Well, you can actually use MacOS fairly well as a touch device. Use Sidecar and check it out.
If they'd give me the ability to run macOS when I'm docked to a keyboard, mouse, and maybe an external monitor and iOS when I'm not I'd buy one of these in a second.
Asking me to buy two expensive devices with the exact same internal components due to arbitrary software limitations is kind of offensive. I mean, seriously, the 12.9" iPad Pro could run macOS just as well as the M1 MacBook Air does. If they're so stuck on not having a touchscreen macOS device, turn the stupid thing off when I'm using it docked, I don't really care.
Asking me to buy two expensive devices with the exact same internal components due to arbitrary software limitations is kind of offensive. I mean, seriously, the 12.9" iPad Pro could run macOS just as well as the M1 MacBook Air does. If they're so stuck on not having a touchscreen macOS device, turn the stupid thing off when I'm using it docked, I don't really care.
Yeah, this new iPad Pro is like a Lamborghini engine attached to a Razer scooter.
Pretty impressive specs for an iPad! I didn’t have high hopes for this year’s model but no doubt it puts my 2020 to shame.
I will say though, for the money of a maxed out one wouldn’t it be better to get a proper laptop instead?
I will say though, for the money of a maxed out one wouldn’t it be better to get a proper laptop instead?
That’s what the new Center Stage feature is supposed to solve I think. We’ll have to see how it goes in practice. But it definitely does not solve the hand covering the camera to unlock issue. Which for me personally is infuriatingly annoying how often i have to move my hand to unlock or login to an app, etc. would have loved to see TouchID added to the Pros like on the Air.
I will definitely be watching closely during WWDC. It would be great to see the iPad unleashed.
All the maxed out iPads have been too much. This is no different. Probably applies to many Apple devices.
I can’t see that happening, but I do think Final Cut and Logic might be coming.
It’s not that they raise your tax rate, its that they raise your property valuation. At least here in MD. And lets not talk about how they raise your Social Security tax ceiling every year but never raise the “rate” just one more way to get their pound of flesh without you feeling it.
I've been thinking that it highlights how underpowered the new iMac is. This is just further confirmation that the M1 is still an iPad chip, and when Apple makes a chip that benefits from the desktop architecture there's going to be a massive performance boost.
Not even dual boot, but switches between macOS and iPadOS mode seamlessly. Now that these chipsets are 1-to-1 with current mac lineups. another WWDC or two with arm apps taking advantage of both KB+Mouse/Touch UI experience, the iPad would become the answer to MSFT Surface tablets/laptops. But of course, we'll get ads that MS did it first.
At this point, what’s the difference between an iPad Pro and an iMac other than the OS? Only that the mobile OS comes at a premium. The iMac looks like nothing more than an iPad on a stand and they both use the M1....