Thanks for sharing. I had thought about getting a Mini instead of the Air, but I just can't give up the portability I guess... even thought I have an iPad. I actually had the same problem with my older MacBook Pro in clamshell, but once I got the Studio Display that seems to have gone away. I decided to get a loaded Air and let go of my Pro... was getting a little old after 6 years. I miss bootcamp though.
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Not true. I own both iOS and Android and both gets the work done. You need to rid the Androidphobia
Yay! Another reason to continue to hold onto my 2018 11” iPadPro which still works for all my photo & video editing needs.
Stage Manager is yet another half-assed, semi-confused attempt at doing multitasking for devices that have been more than powerful enough to run a full fledged desktop OS and pro apps for the last 5-10 years.
Yes, a MacOS 1/1 port on an iPad would not be optimal.
But all Apple is doing here is beating around the bush and trying to propagate this false notion that iPads need even more CPU and RAM to ever be able to do what most basic MacBooks have been doing with ease for the last 20+ years.
No need to upgrade to the M1 or any future M2-M3-M4-M5-M6 iPads Pro if you already own a Face ID + USB-C iPad Pro or one of the newer USB-C iPads Air.
Apple will only ever increase CPU, RAM and port speeds so you can mirror ProCreate, Lumafusion, or the iPadOS Weather app to fifty-nine 8K displays all at once, and switch over to Facebook in 0,0001 nano seconds.
But Apple won’t ever give iPads anything that could overlap with MacBooks or Macs. So there’s really no reason to ever get a new iPad unless your device is no longer getting security updates.
Like, what do I need multitasking alla Stage Manager for when next to none of my Mac apps run on iPadOS, and when I can’t freely manipulate files like any other laptop or desktop lets me.
iPads are still just big, extra powerful iPhones with a different form factor and USB-C instead of ****** Lightning. Stage Manager doesn’t change that.
I agree that Apple is been exceptionally boring for the last couple of years.
But sales have definitely not suffered and I’m very confident that it’s one of the main reasons why Apple does not care to woo consumers as much as they did.
Why change much if most consumers upgrade for any or no better reason that being locked into upgrade plans that “punish” you unless you upgrade every 1-2 years?
Apple loves cook as it has never been more profitable than under him. Never.
Cook will only depart when he retires or if a competitor threatens Apple’s dominance and sales plummet for several consecutive years.
Considering how many opted for a 14 Pro this year despite inflation and how healthy and controversy-free Cook appears to be, I simply don’t see any signs of Apple changing much in the future.
It’ll just keep expanding into more markets, with AR and maybe more home speakers as it’s next targets.
Someone will always be unhappy. I remember when it was M1-only, there was an outrage.
M1 brings 8 and 16Gb RAM, faster performance, Mini LED screen (on 12.9" Pro) and external display support (which will be M1 exclusive). I think that's a nice advantage.
I also think it's nice they found a way to have Stage Manager and the new scaling on other iPads, like the Mini.
I own both too, and both get the work done, but iOS does it in a more consistant, faster way.
Because then u won’t buy the new iPad Pro. Everything apple does under Cook is calculating based on how to force people to buy a new product.
Not really.
Find anybody who thinks that going from the iPhone to the iPhone 4 (just 3 years apart) contained fewer innovations that going from the iPhone X to the iPhone 14 (5 years apart).
100%. People who claim apple isn’t innovative isn’t paying attention.
Find anybody who can prove that going from the iPhone to iPhone 4 actually has more innovations than the iPhone X to iPhone 14 both in quality and quantity. Remember one persons innovation is another persons meh (at least the way it’s been explained to me at MR.)
No, sales have absolutely suffered. Apple stopped releasing official sales numbers a few years ago to hide that fact. Unofficial figures show they've been less than steady. Covid gave them a boost. We'll see how long that lasts.
Revenue and profits are doing better than ever, but that's just because they've hiked prices to an insane degree. Remember how the iPhone used to cost $200-600, with people calling the $600 price insane? They're now $800-1600 - about 3x as expensive as they used to be. Sales would have to drop to 1/3 of what they used to be to actually cancel out Apple's price hikes.
The fact Apple's profits have increased as little as they have shows just how horribly they're selling.
Or another way of looking at it - think of all the iPhone users you know. How many are actually using something newer than the iPhone 11?
OK fair enough. If something actually needs the space, sure. But I don’t trust Apple’s track record of reasoning lately.
I think it’s more likely they will withhold something that could have been done, than that they will do something unique with the extra space.
The MP has been behind for so many years now that its update must be a solid jump that knocks folks' socks off. My thinking is that Mac Pro needs more than just an M2 Ultra approach of some kind.
To do that probably needs 3nm technology, which means 2023 product introduction even though it misses the two year forecast. We might see yet another tease of some kind without real product availability; maybe even a prototype to eyeball under glass like Apple has done before.
Your results are exactly what we should expect from Apple's lowest end laptop: a great mobile box but not a good desktop replacement box.
Although I agree with some of what you wrote… I have to disagree with you about the iPad Pro being nothing more than a glorified iPhone. As an artist who travels a lot, I ditched my MacBook Pro years ago for an iPad Pro & haven’t looked back. Not only is it a great digital sketchbook, it handles all my 4k video & photo editing needs with ease while on the road. It also is a much better media consumption tool than a laptop. Yes, I am hoping for more improvements, but as a creative professional, I love my iPad Pro.
Damn right! /s
Fr though I got the Studio with an M1 Max but had to return TWICE due to fan whining issues that are totally unacceptable in a recording studio. Eventually gave up and got a refund and got a refurbed M1 Mac mini with 16GB Ram. Working fantastic so far, I love it! But just wish I could run a 2nd Studio Display, that's the only thing I'm missing at the moment.
You can till spec out the "high end" Mac mini with an i7 and 64GB of Ram. Not crazy to expect that to be replaced with even some sort of crippled M2 Pro chip tbh.
Subjective then, I feel no difference both seems consistent and equally faster to me. I guess it is entirely subjective.
Yeah, all remains well as long as one worships and submits to lord Apple. Get real for real
Really? Nobody should let Apple off the hook that easily. Their "lowest end" machines are several times more expensive than a PC low-end. In theory, all Apple products should be some degree of premium experience. Let's not descend into apologist behavior for the company that brags about how their products "just work."
Secondly, I didn't buy the Air with the intent of replacing my desktop. It's just that after I bought it, I was so blown away by the performance, I thought it might be worth a shot. But it doesn't work. My 8-year-old craptactular low-end PC laptop works with it perfectly. There's no excuse for that.
Third, there is no shortage of people complaining about the "high-end" Macbooks having the same problems on Apple's support site. I think the idea that this is a result of low-end machine problem/user expectations is bunk. In fact, scroll up and I think you'll see someone here in this very thread saying the same.
Lastly, I'm going to say that I don't actually fault Apple too harshly for this. They have never made it a priority to work seamlessly with non-Apple products so I'm shrugging it off despite it being a disappointment. And the M1 Air is so freaking amazing that it has made buying an M2 Mini a no-brainer. I don't have a big issue with doing that, but it's still a failing on Apple's part that any of their products won't work well with external displays.