The only rumor I have heard thus far is you can put widgets anywhere you want on the screen. Exciting stuff.
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New iPad Pro Reviews: Mini-LED Display Looks Great, M1 Performance Held Back by iPadOS
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The only rumor I have heard thus far is you can put widgets anywhere you want on the screen. Exciting stuff.
Been making this point for a long time. It’s the OS and mobile apps that hold iPads back. The 2017 Pro and on handle anything thrown at it with ease.
Apple has given the iPad in its current iteration an identity crisis. Originally it was mostly content consumption with some productivity. Now, “your next computer will be an iPad” marketing push of last year. I tried to make it work, for productivity, but ultimately got frustrated with the OS and bought a mac again. Gifted the 2020 Pro to my wife.
Apple has given the iPad in its current iteration an identity crisis. Originally it was mostly content consumption with some productivity. Now, “your next computer will be an iPad” marketing push of last year. I tried to make it work, for productivity, but ultimately got frustrated with the OS and bought a mac again. Gifted the 2020 Pro to my wife.
The issue re pricing for me was that I was planning to replace both devices but they have made the iPad Pro 12.9” so expensive it’s a difficult decision now. I will probably have to chose one or the other rather than both. If they made a 15” iPad Pro it would be an easy decision but sadly they don’t.
Boring with a capital B. I see why the iMac videos were released first. And this is coming from someone who actually bought the new iPad. I knew what I was buying, so the whole iPad OS limitation thing really never came into consideration. The same should apply to anyone buying an iPad. Don’t expect it to compete with a Mac, because it’s never will. Its in its own category. Hopefully WWDC will spice things up, but I’m not holding my breath. As of right now it serves its intended purpose for me as a secondary device just fine.
I'm sure the screen is amazing...
But am I the only one who prefers watching movies on their 65" living room TV?
But am I the only one who prefers watching movies on their 65" living room TV?
This. Perhaps if I were a digital nomad or always on the go I would definitely jump on this. But I'll wait until the software catches up to the hardware.
I'd get a superior experience with my surround sound in my living room. Especially with the price the iPad is currently.
OK Apple.... This MacBook in iPad garb is an artificially constrained device. I know you don't want to merge the OS platforms but let users dual boot and end this charade.... When you pay up to $2,200 for a tablet Apple customers deserve at least that much.
Waiting to see what is shown at WWDC..thats why Im holding off on buying the iPad..I will buy it regardless since I want to upgrade from my 2018 model but still I want to see what will be shown
I think I did. Also pretty sure MBP price with XDR will go up too.
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Totally understand - I’ve got my old 15” rMBP on my desk still, more as a way of making multitasking that much easier, and would love to upgrade to a new M1X 16”, but I can’t justify spending the money, knowing I would still spend most of my time on the iPad Pro. If Apple updates iPadOS so that you can use an external screen as more than a mirror of the iPP’s screen, I’ll definitely do that for my in-office work.
Depends on what functions you need. For me, the iPP is more functional (I handwrite on an online whiteboard all day long). The whole Mac comparison is just a nonstarter.
Definitely hoping that the lack of rumors means they’ve simply been able to keep info on iPadOS from leaking. Would love to see them really unlock the potential of the M1 iPad Pros…since I’m getting one in a few days. I’m certainly ok with their doing incremental improvements and additions - I made it through a year of using my current 2018 12.9” with no trackpad support. But there has to be multiple things they can do to better utilize the power of the M1.
I think we are going to see full blown adobe apps on the iPad pro come WWDC. I have the M1 Mac Mini and Adobe cranked out M1 support for Photoshop and released it to the public in a few months and now they have illustrator in beta which works great. Hardware wise there is nothing different between the M1 macs and the iPads so just a tweaking of the code to allow it to run on iPad OS and it should be up and going.
I also predict Apple is going to launch something for devs so if they develop for the M1 back they can just push a button and it will covert it to run on iPad OS as well almost like how Unity works.
I also predict Apple is going to launch something for devs so if they develop for the M1 back they can just push a button and it will covert it to run on iPad OS as well almost like how Unity works.
iPadOS should feature some apps in smaller, movable windows, like the weather and calculator app. Taking from the design of a desktop.
Not from design of a desktop. Just allow some app to be launched in slideover by default.
Unless you're viewing HDR content or maxing out brightness constantly, mini led display is nowhere near as good as oled, very disappointed by these display reviews, guess the wait continues for a oled iPad.
It wasn't Apple. Some blog (France I believe) made the claim. After it went viral Apple had say something. They were kind of screwed too. The previous version Magic Keyboard works fine if a little tight. If they flat our refuted the blog post people would be gunning for them. And anyone with any stickers screen savers may run into problems and go off on Apple. So they say what they could - it will function perfectly and the fit may not be perfect due to the extra 1/2 mm of thickness.
Didn’t Adobe promise that was right around the corner back in 2018 or something?
It needs to have the openness of MacOS is the main problem, and Apple doesnt want to give up App Store profits
What's up with the "mmwave 5G will provide broadband-like speeds". Where is LTE not already broadband speed?
Most people (unfortunately) don't have access to gigabit home internet. Where I live in rural Missouri, I see 200-300mbps on LTE.
Most people (unfortunately) don't have access to gigabit home internet. Where I live in rural Missouri, I see 200-300mbps on LTE.
This would just, never happen. But something like Motorola had with the Atrix.
Sure, iPad OS when it's an iPad makes tons of sense. But let me plug it in to a dock via the thunderbolt connector, and give me full macOS. Or, give me full macOS whenever it's connected to a keyboard and mouse. That would just be incredible. Apple is more than capable of finding ways to make that work.
I somewhat agree. I want powerful software on this device (desktop class) but I still want it to be iOS fundamentally speaking.
When iPadOS can make CIFS/NFS file-level shares and iSCSI block-level mounts ‘first class’ citizens for multi-terabyte storage access (Final Cut, ProRAW files takes up most of that,) instead of shares being relegated to an insignificant Files.app, then it will (was, gave it to grandparents) continue to be a shiny Wacom, email and video machine.
For many prosumers, iPadOS may be enough. Not denying that. But personally, for me, it’s not even close to being viable for work.
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