My last original apple keyboard for the iPad Pro 15 broke after 2 years. Why would I spend $350 on something like that?
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Testing Apple's New Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro
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I really don‘t get the point of this design. It adds a nicer typing feeling than the previous model but at the price of doubling the weight. Still, it‘s limited by ipadOS and lacks the productivity of a Macbook when doing real work. And what‘s the weight for ? Just to have the display floating above the keyboard ? Looks nice, indeed, but at the price of adding such weight ? No, really.
So for doubling the weight (which is a very important property of a mobile device) you get something that can‘t be fully exploited given the limited capabilities of the OS and the available software for the price of a notebook.
Looks rather strange to me.
So for doubling the weight (which is a very important property of a mobile device) you get something that can‘t be fully exploited given the limited capabilities of the OS and the available software for the price of a notebook.
Looks rather strange to me.
I think the iPad is great for doing small and basic things, but what do you mean by real work? The iPad isn’t yet made for the requirements of the many, only for the few serious computer users.
Everything I get paid for. Writing emails and watching Netflix is not part of that.
For my use case, I can’t do half of my work on it - that said, I can do at least part of my work on it, but I don’t know what it’d be like.
Teachers can likely do some of their lesson planning on the iPad, editing presentations. I’m going to try to do most of my master’s course on the iPad (except the coding portion).
For a lot of people, they can do with replacing a computer with an iPad and working off that. It really depends on what you do.
also can remap the globe to be escape
I prefer to leave my Mac in the area now designated as "office," and keep the iPad in the living room. But I would really prefer a keyboard even for responding to form posts.
My mother (86 on Sunday) just watched the hummingbird ad and she wants one. She just got the newest iPad, and I had to break the news to her that the new keyboard won't work with her new iPad. But...since I got the new 11" iPad Pro, I have last year's 12" Pro that she could have if she's willing to buy the keyboard if the whole thing doesn't wind up too big and too heavy for her. If she wants to go that route, she cannot send her iPad to my son. If not, he'll get my old Pro.
People will always complain.
They don't want the iPad to change. They want it to remain an oversized iPod Touch. They rather Apple not add any features to it. They want the world to cater to their needs and preferences.
Yet, a reluctance to change goes against the very thing that made Apple so great. What happened to the "think different" mentality? Let Apple be creative. It's not like they are replacing anything with these additions.
People also complain about the price, yet we have $350 headphones in the market. I understand it might be priced too high for a lot of people but so are a lot of things, such as the Macbook Pro. That's why we have a wide variety of products. So if you can't afford a Magic Keyboard, then go for one of the cheaper alternatives. But to hate on a product, especially before trying it, just because we think it's overpriced is bit premature.
This is Apple's first iteration of the Magic Keyboard and I'm impressed with the overall design. Sure it could be lighter and cheaper... but then again that could have been said about the first iMac, Macbook, iPhone, iPad, etc.
I'm excited to try it out, especially since I want to do a trial with my iPad and use it as my main computer for an extended period.
They don't want the iPad to change. They want it to remain an oversized iPod Touch. They rather Apple not add any features to it. They want the world to cater to their needs and preferences.
Yet, a reluctance to change goes against the very thing that made Apple so great. What happened to the "think different" mentality? Let Apple be creative. It's not like they are replacing anything with these additions.
People also complain about the price, yet we have $350 headphones in the market. I understand it might be priced too high for a lot of people but so are a lot of things, such as the Macbook Pro. That's why we have a wide variety of products. So if you can't afford a Magic Keyboard, then go for one of the cheaper alternatives. But to hate on a product, especially before trying it, just because we think it's overpriced is bit premature.
This is Apple's first iteration of the Magic Keyboard and I'm impressed with the overall design. Sure it could be lighter and cheaper... but then again that could have been said about the first iMac, Macbook, iPhone, iPad, etc.
I'm excited to try it out, especially since I want to do a trial with my iPad and use it as my main computer for an extended period.
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personally I really like it so far and I just got it today. again as others have said it depends on your use case and if you want something like this
I teach and am in grad school. I can do almost all my teacher stuff on the iPad. The things I can't do won't change by using the keyboard. I am, however, looking forward to doing things like weekly discussion posts on the iPad.
This is how I feel - I’m writing this post on my iPad, whilst in bed. I don’t need the power of a MacBook (nor do I want one where I have a Mac Pro for the heavy lifting I do).
My parents use the iPad Pro 12“ for viewing the news, watching catchup TV and FaceTiming me or skyping family. It’s all their needs of a computer, and they don’t even need a pro.
general - keyboard - hardware keyboard modifier keys - now its limited what it can be remapped to but ESCPAE is one of them.
Now I can properly use vi in terminal!
Why not just lift the iPad off its mount? It's magnetic and very easy/quick.
When using an iPad in tablet mode I wouldn't want the extra bulk/weight of a folded back keyboard.
For those griping about the weight of the MK and/or that it doesn’t fold all the way over, I think Jason Snell’s review on Macworld nails it:
“There’s a reason Apple’s videos about the Magic Keyboard always show someone grabbing the iPad with one hand and walking away with it. That’s the killer feature. That’s what separates it from every Mac laptop. It’s a laptop—until the moment you decide you don’t want it to be that anymore. And then it’s not.”
“There’s a reason Apple’s videos about the Magic Keyboard always show someone grabbing the iPad with one hand and walking away with it. That’s the killer feature. That’s what separates it from every Mac laptop. It’s a laptop—until the moment you decide you don’t want it to be that anymore. And then it’s not.”
I value your opinion. However, much of the computing world can and could get along just fine with PadOS. I know many that so. Not a single employee of my small business requested a laptop when I gave them the choice late last year. I much prefer my iOS workflow. Something as silly (to some) as Facebook is way better via app, which isn’t even offered on OSX. The list could go on and on. That’s why Apple started Project catalyst, to bring better apps to the Mac. What the iPad lacks is less and moving forward will continue that direction. One of my most used apps haven’t even updated their OSX app in over a year. However, I’m glad those that prefer laptops will always have those options too. I’ll continue to offer them as options to my employees, should the want one.
As for as the actual topic of this thread, the Magic Keyboard, weight may be an issue. I don’t personal need a trackpad. my Magic Keyboard arrives tomorrow. If I don’t like it, I’ll return it.
That’s the iPad experience in two sentences; adding a $350 Keyboard actually adds nothing.
Why do we always come back to the segment of what “real work” is or is not. I can do real work on my iPad. I can do it with or without this new Magic Keyboard device. I also have a Mac and both can be utilized for my specific work. The answers to the question of what is needed for real work is subjective in nature.
My magic keyboard arrived yesterday & im loving it so far. Its really expensive, but for me its worth it. The build quality, the Trackpad, the Keyboard, the portability, the extra USB-C port are amazing.
For me, I can type much quicker on a physical keyboard than a virtual keyboard, and this is useful when I’m writing long documents.