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Rumored 12.9-Inch 'iPad Pro' May Include More Powerful A8X Processor

Imagine if this could run Yosemite, and place it on a stand and with a BT mouse/keyboard you have a desktop? And then take it off the stand, and it jumps to iOS (magnests in stand would alert to change OSs).

Now that would be cool. I've always wanted the option of having touchscreen, when I wanted it, and have a desktop experience when I wanted it, but without mutliple devices.

I think this will be the future of Mac portables. Touch (iOS) when you hold it, desktop OS when you put it on a stand.
 
furi0usbee said:
Imagine if this could run Yosemite, and place it on a stand and with a BT mouse/keyboard you have a desktop? And then take it off the stand, and it jumps to iOS (magnests in stand would alert to change OSs).

Now that would be cool. I've always wanted the option of having touchscreen, when I wanted it, and have a desktop experience when I wanted it, but without mutliple devices.

I think this will be the future of Mac portables. Touch (iOS) when you hold it, desktop OS when you put it on a stand.
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As long as they'd have an option to 'lock' the OS. To keep OSX on the go, or iOS on the stand too. That would be very creative of them to do.
 
Still no word on the retina mini display. Will Apple gimp the sRGB color gamut again?


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pdqgp said:
I'm not sure about who is trying what with laptop PC's these days. I just bought my wife a new Lenovo convertible laptop at Best Buy for $600. Excellent system, Solid State drive, flip over top converts it into a full tablet, touch screen of course, etc. and it's really not that much bigger than my iPad air with it's Logitech keyboard. Loads more power and capability though. I only use the iPad because of my job and even there, it's still really only for presentations and email and web use.
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I think when Windows Threshold comes out, it will be a better experience to separate laptop mode from tablet mode. Assuming they fix the DPI issues too, I'd consider going windows. But I don't know, not sure who the 12.9 ipad is for, but the reason I don't like windows tablets/laptop mixes is because it's the worst of both worlds. It's not a good laptop, and it's too big and akward to be a good tablet. Totally my opinion, just sayin.

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sonicrobby said:
Im hoping it is, especially since the rumors on that 12" RMBP claims to be fanless, as the iPad is.
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I don't see OSX mixing with iOS in anyway. Unless you can run iOS apps in a window mode. But then Mr Cook is really going back on his word of (you can't mix the two). I see the iPhone 6 as him going against Steve's word, not necessarily his direction. He was right though. People want a big iphone and it sold better than any iPhone in the history.

I really love my iPhone 6+. Always wanted a bigger iPhone. Once apps start getting updated, I will love it even more. Bending issues, I don't sit on my iPhone so not worried. And never keep it in my pocket while sitting either, feels very uncomfortable and painful and I can see how with that much pressure the damn thing would bend.
 
Hastings101 said:
but will it bend?
Safari will be snappier
He's holding it wrong
omg new powerbook on tuesday
Apple is doomed/Apple is doomed:rolleyes:

I think I've now covered all of the usuals.
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Steve Jobs would've never let this happen.
 
flur said:
Steve Jobs would've never let this happen.
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Steve Jobs isn't God and he made plenty of annoying design mistakes. What the hell is with everyone "Steve wouldn't let this happen..." Yes he would and he did in the past.
 
Cinch said:
If this larger iPad is true, it will not be use in the way that Microsoft and you think it will. It will likely be for graphic artist, musician and other content creators. Editing personal video/photo will be a lot easier than smaller iPad devices. Personally, I will wait a bit longer to see if these rumors pan out.
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If they give it a good digitizer and possibly some great handwriting recognition software, they could have a really good thing going here.

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aloshka said:
Steve Jobs isn't God and he made plenty of annoying design mistakes. What the hell is with everyone "Steve wouldn't let this happen..." Yes he would and he did in the past.
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LOL, look at the post I quoted. I was adding one more thing to the list of things that show up in every thread. It's not something I would EVER actually say unironically.
 
After the surprise that was the iPhone 6 Plus not Pro and the Apple Watch not iWatch, I think it's possible they could brand this device as an entirely new product line. The "Apple Tablet" or "Apple Notepad" could replace the MBA rather than add to the iPad line.
 
Shaun said:
You're forgetting about AntennaGate, MobileMe, etc. Steve couldn't stop those problems.
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Again, look at the post I quoted. It's a list of things that get said in every thread on the site. I added one more.

Geez, doesn't anyone read before they respond on here?
 
If the iPad mini only has 1GB of RAM, I'll be very sad. My 5S is constantly reloading tabs and Apps almost always refresh. Makes multi-tasking feature kind of useless.
 
aloshka said:
It's not a good laptop, and it's too big and akward to be a good tablet. Totally my opinion, just sayin..
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I hear you, but was surprised. I'd not bought a laptop for a while as her 3lb Toughbook from 2007 was hanging in their for years. However, the newer ones while bigger than an iPad aren't really that much bigger anymore. All specs and speeds, etc aside, it's a decent unit for the money. The wife is happy and you know that's what matters most. :p
 
pdqgp said:
I hear you, but was surprised. I'd not bought a laptop for a while as her 3lb Toughbook from 2007 was hanging in their for years. However, the newer ones while bigger than an iPad aren't really that much bigger anymore. All specs and speeds, etc aside, it's a decent unit for the money. The wife is happy and you know that's what matters most. :p
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How is the trackpad on that thing. No matter what laptop/tablet combo I try, the mouse feels awful! Compared to macbooks anyway.
 
I would love a larger iPad, but:

• Make it 16 x 9
• Don't make it too expensive (2 GB RAM / 128 GB storage.... < $ 1000)
• I don't like the name "Pro" on an iPad. IMHO, "Plus" would be better now.
 
benji888 said:
Apple won't call a larger iPad iPad "Pro" I'm not sure who started that, but that's just someone thinking from their gonads. This is just silly. It won't replace a creative content creation professional's Mac Pro or MacBook Pro, it will definitely not have that much power.

The larger iPad will simply be larger in size, slightly better than iPad Air, like the iPhone 6 & 6 Plus.

This larger iPad will be called "iPad Plus" (that's obvious now, IMO).

The reason the iPad Air is called "Air" is because it is lightweight. The iPad Mini is called "Mini" because it is smaller in size, it's nearly identical otherwise. Quit thinking along the lines of Apple's Mac lineup, this will not be a replacement for "Pro" level anything. In fact, eventually they may drop the MacBook Air line when they release the larger iPad (and, perhaps a smaller retina iMac), but a larger iPad will not be a professional anything, simply larger.

I've never gone along with this speculation that a larger iPad would be called or considered a "Pro" model (for professional content creation, that's what "Pro" stands for in Macs).
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Looking forward to the new :apple:TV Pro (with controllers)
 
aloshka said:
How is the trackpad on that thing. No matter what laptop/tablet combo I try, the mouse feels awful! Compared to macbooks anyway.
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can't say. I'm not a trackpad fan. I use a wireless mouse and have a small travel size one even for both my work laptop and the wife's Lenovo. I've not used the trackpad on a Macbook either.

The touchscreen is great though. To me it's just like working off my iPad only with Windows. Font's are a little small due to the resolution.
 
I hope not - Innovation

What happened to Apple? They used to be "innovators," now it seems like they are just sitting around seeing what others are doing and trying to come up with ways to AppleFy it and claim it as "original." A 12-inch iPad is a dumb idea and would be just a Surface Pro without a keyboard, ports or anything else. WTF would be the point?
 
MacsRgr8 said:
I would love a larger iPad, but:

• Make it 16 x 9
• Don't make it too expensive (2 GB RAM / 128 GB storage.... < $ 1000)
• I don't like the name "Pro" on an iPad. IMHO, "Plus" would be better now.
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Agree totally for the consumer market: 16:9 is the way to go.

These may be aimed at business sales though. I can see more uses for business than home. In business, a portrait display may be more useful and easier to carry and show display content to others. I wonder if this maxiPad has some connection to the Apple/IBM partnership?

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malexandria said:
What happened to Apple? They used to be "innovators," now it seems like they are just sitting around seeing what others are doing and trying to come up with ways to AppleFy it and claim it as "original." A 12-inch iPad is a dumb idea and would be just a Surface Pro without a keyboard, ports or anything else. WTF would be the point?
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I can think of a few artists who could rock out with a 12" maxiPad and a stylus, but mostly I see it as a specialized business tool. It would have it's uses, but not so much for the mass consumer market IMO, at least not at the likely price.
 
Controller/GUI for music

I would be happy to see a 12" iPad released to use for displaying a reasonably legible full page of music (for which the current iPad is still a little small in most situations one reads music on a stand) to replace printed music. The larger iPad could also function as the controller/GUI for many current IOS apps like Mackie Faders or Touch OSC and have room to spare on screen.

Even better would be using it wirelessly with a screen-less Mac Mini (tucked away just about anywhere on stage) as both input device and Airplay display, providing much more music app/DAW horsepower than just an Ax based device could ever hope to offer for now.
 
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