It has
Spilt screen
Slide over
Window support with stage manager
Regardless of the level of multitasking it still has it. To say it has none is false
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The MacRumors Show: Christopher Lawley Talks iPadOS 17 and Next-Gen iPad Pro
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It has
Spilt screen
Slide over
Window support with stage manager
Regardless of the level of multitasking it still has it. To say it has none is false
+1. Always seems so helpful but not hugely intuitive and I’ve not time to tinker and learn.
instead of upgrading my iPad Pro 11' i bought a macbook air to work on the go. i gave up in hoping apple would give us a powerful OS and pro apps. i cant se the point of the new iPad pros with M processor, when the OS is still just a Phone OS, and all the software still crippleware.
Working in Graphics i am a big fan of pen usage wich macOS devices don't support on screen. understandably the way macbooks are built, therefore i use à wacom tablet.
i find it sad Apple don't want to port MacOS to IPad. they say it is bad user experience. i don't believe it.
Maybe for the ones doing media consumption but not for productive people.
Apple just want you to buy multiple devices, that's it.
No as a creative, first give us an OS that is good for workflow. Maybe something that can use macOS apps so software developers don't need to reinvent the wheel. Even Apple can't find out how to port Final Cut and Logic to iPad OS on a device running on same processor of newer Macs.
if Apple can't or won't do this, because IOS has to stay a Mikeymouse OS for the masses. Then i hope we get a new generation of macbook pros as tablets. i need to work with pro apps with a pen.
it is boring to switch an ipad upgrade to a macbook air with a wacom tablet all the time.
Coding on the iPad and bringing Xcode:
The "problem" with this - so to speak - is that bringing Xcode won't be enough. Then, you'd have to bring the Terminal to the iPad because coders don't just use Xcode or VSC alone. They install npm packages, set up Git, etc. At that point, you also need a proper file manager because if you have a Terminal, that implies that you can move, copy, rename files among other things while managing your dev projects. In other words, you want to use a file manager that is not apps oriented as is the current Files app, but which is files oriented.
That's the whole Pandora box here and I'm bound to miss things.
Would love it, but not sure it's going to happen. At that point, you'd better ask yourself if it's not easier to bring macOS to the iPad rather than trying to make iPadOS what it isn't or having a touch interface on the MBP instead.
That's the never-ending topic here...
The "problem" with this - so to speak - is that bringing Xcode won't be enough. Then, you'd have to bring the Terminal to the iPad because coders don't just use Xcode or VSC alone. They install npm packages, set up Git, etc. At that point, you also need a proper file manager because if you have a Terminal, that implies that you can move, copy, rename files among other things while managing your dev projects. In other words, you want to use a file manager that is not apps oriented as is the current Files app, but which is files oriented.
That's the whole Pandora box here and I'm bound to miss things.
Would love it, but not sure it's going to happen. At that point, you'd better ask yourself if it's not easier to bring macOS to the iPad rather than trying to make iPadOS what it isn't or having a touch interface on the MBP instead.
That's the never-ending topic here...
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I think a lot of people who are vested in the idea that the iPad should become equal to the MacBook have not met the MBA's at Apple. Apple will purposely keep the iPad limited because they want us to buy each category of product. The cannabilism fear is real. Steve Jobs didn't care, but bean counter does.
Apple's ideal user owns:
iPhone Pro Max with 1 TB of storage
iPad Pro 12.9 with 1 TB of storage
MacBook Pro with M2 Pro Max, 96 GBs of RAM
iMac 24 inch max spec - maybe a kitchen computer
Mac Pro (yes even though its outdated) with the max amount of RAM and processors.
3 XDR Displays, including the expensive one with the special lamination
Apple Watch Ultra
AirPods Max
AirPods Pro
Apple One Subscription
Apple doesn't want any one of these products dominating the other, you MUST own them all.
Apple's ideal user owns:
iPhone Pro Max with 1 TB of storage
iPad Pro 12.9 with 1 TB of storage
MacBook Pro with M2 Pro Max, 96 GBs of RAM
iMac 24 inch max spec - maybe a kitchen computer
Mac Pro (yes even though its outdated) with the max amount of RAM and processors.
3 XDR Displays, including the expensive one with the special lamination
Apple Watch Ultra
AirPods Max
AirPods Pro
Apple One Subscription
Apple doesn't want any one of these products dominating the other, you MUST own them all.
Sorry but you’re wrong here.
Christopher Lawley has literary written the book of what a pro iPad user can actually do from accessories to use cases across the entire ecosystem for over 4yrs!
Have a look at his channel - despite being somewhat eccentric his pushed the absolutely boundaries of what iPadOS can do in every iteration before leaving exclusive iPad OS and using a Mac.
When you’ve take the exhaustive hours liking at his videos across the years then you can come back and show the guy a bit more respect. He’s not your typical influencer having to have the latest spec without static any comparison or shortfalls or failing to mention he was gifted a product by anyone.
Personally I applaud his efforts but found I just couldn’t be iPadOS only.
There are many restrictions and I think unless your a passive internet user or an artist that the iPad poses too many restrictions for the typical or advance Mac/pc user as a primary and single computing device.
What’s funny is with WeChat it’s the everything app, no need to multitask and it’s doing VERY well for those being the iron wall in China.
So multitasking is a paradigm that suits our meds here because there isn’t much of an alternative. It’s possible with ChatGPT like how Microsoft’s proposing with M365 soon that using a specific app for specific tasks may be a thing of the past soon enough in the next few years.
Apps as we know it and soon platforms may be completely changed in 10yrs or less.
Every time I look at replacing my 2018 iPad pro I remember that I paid an insanely good price for it and that for something similar now I would be looking at about £1300 for something which is a pale imitation of a macbook...which I could buy for a not dissimilar amount. They need to reduce the iPad pro pricing by about 20% probably more.
True. But I can’t decide which of those three I hate most. They all feel unintuitive and bolted on.
The iPad is a computer. It is not a laptop, nor is it a desktop. It is a tablet computer that I use it for 90% of my computing needs. Why would you think otherwise? Apple never even called it a laptop. They called it a computer, which it obviously is. I have three Mac laptops and two desktops in active use along with multiple iPads. I use all three types of them for what they're best at, but never have I confused a desktop with a laptop nor a laptop with a tablet.
Those who are disappointed with the iPad seem to think it should operate exactly like a Mac should. A Mac is a non-touch device, so it's impossible for it to operate exactly the same way. Be happy with what the iPad is, not what you thought it should have been. If you permanently attach a mouse and keyboard to an iPad, it's not really a tablet anymore. So if you really wanted a laptop, why did you buy an iPad in the first place? I bought it because it can do things a laptop can't and is far more portable. I carry it around the house wherever I go, but find it annoying to bring a laptop with me within the house.
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I use it as my computer all the time. Stage Manager really helps, my only complaint is that some apps like Google Docs don't work the greatest with text, but it usually ends up working fine enough for me... I'm going to be an iPad only user until MacBooks don't cost an arm and a leg to use with modern specs
Then I may consider it
I used to watch his videos but they got stale. Once you've seen enough of these types of vids you see through the schtick, it's all about the affiliate links and sponsors so any criticism is always very muted so as not to offend Apple or future sponsors. It looks like he finally gave up on the iPad-only routine a long time after it became painfully obvious that Apple's artificial limitations made it a non-starter as a primary machine for most people. Even before he'd use a Mac of some type as a back-end server since there was no other way to do what he wanted with only the iPad.
I have the 11" with MK and I've finally come to terms with it's limitations but given those limitations it's about 30% more expensive than it should be. I couldn't in good conscience recommend that anyone spend $1000+ on an iPad as their "new laptop". Only if they have money to spare on a tertiary, novelty device that it's usually more enjoyable to web browse, watch videos and read ebooks on than a Mac or iPhone. The problems with iPad OS are too numerous to list but it's not even a good device for word processing or light email. The MK trackpad is joke-sized and the cursor and text selection are terrible. MS Word is basically unusable on the iPad, Microsoft is responsible for it but I think Apple shrugs at 3rd parties hobbling their own marquee software on iPad because they do it themselves. Having become a novice Final Cut user, the absence of the software on iPad is even more of a glaring omission (not to mention a calculator).
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