All of them. Make the iPad Pro the best it can be!What features would you like to see in the upcoming 12.9 iPad Pro for 2021?
Is that... realistic, per se?I want my iPad to run Mac OS X when I plug it into a monitor
What about it isn’t?Is that... realistic, per se?
My thought with them moving to M series chips; was to mesh the iPad into the Mac environment.What about it isn’t?
Same chip? Check
Competitors already done similar? Check
Mouse and keyboard attached? Check
Sure, some logistics to work out regarding how data / storage would work, but that’s it. Hardly a hard thing to sort.
That said, maybe you meant realistic in terms of ‘would Apple ever do this’? In which case, no, no they probably won’t. No idea why, but they seem against it. Some say it’s money, but I’m here never purchasing another MacBook or iPad again until it happens so I don’t really get that argument from my perspective. Their actually going to get a less money from me in the long term by avoiding it, I’m sure that’s absolutely nothing to them but still, there could be others out there.
The iPad Pro costs more than a MacBook anyway, particularly once you add all the external accessories.
An iPad isn't a Mac.What about it isn’t?
Really? 🤣An iPad isn't a Mac.
An iPad magnetically mounted to the Magic Keyboard with mouse and trackpad that can automatically switch into a Mac OS X environment; and then when pulled off the magnetic stand will run iOS; is a much better user experience; then having iPad OS limiting to what an overpowered device can do; and using a keyboard and mouse on iOS.The usual MacOS in iPad dreamers...
The fact that something can be done doesn't mean it will.
Apple has more to lose overall than gain from it, and the fact that 0.001% of people (probably less...) wouldn't buy either device because of this doesn't matter to Apple.
iPads and Macs will not merge, they both will continue to improve, and people will continue to buy them...
I agree, but that's not going to happen.... An iPad that can turn into what, a non touch/pen Mac? Not happeningAn iPad magnetically mounted to the Magic Keyboard with mouse and trackpad that can automatically switch into a Mac OS X environment; and then when pulled off the magnetic stand will run iOS; is a much better user experience; then having iPad OS limiting to what an overpowered device can do; and using a keyboard and mouse on iOS.
The roadmap for this and current devices is already there. Apple just has to implement it.
Magic Keyboard senses iPad is magnetically hooked up; charges device via MagSafe connection
iPad running ARM Chip
Backlight keyboard and trackpad built into Magic Keyboard
iPad senses it's pulled off the stand; back into iOS with your Apple Pencil onto of the device that's magnetically charing
What's not to love there?
Exactly, there is no way Apple is going to create an combination of Mac and Ipad. Otherwise how will Apple make profit?
I no longer want OS X on the iPad, I do hope for better external monitor support though. And that either Apple makes it easier for developers to move over apps that work on M1 Macs to iPad OS or that developers start doing that on their own. When they run the same hardware I don’t see why games and programs that run on the MacBook Air shouldn’t be able to be run on the iPad Pro and so on.
I'm dead serious. An iPad isn't a Mac.Really? 🤣
The internals of the iPad Pro 2020 were literally used for the dev kits.
If Apple released an identical tablet but called it a Mac would that be enough for you then?
I love some peoples resistance to new form factors.
How will Apple then make profit? If they are able to make the Ipad a full fledged macbook, then consumers would logically move towards the touchscreen/laptop combination. Whereas, if they are able to create the gap between the Ipad and Macbook, consumers would have to purchase both systems that would help work with the Apple ecosystem and profit Apple themselves.From people already buying the iPad Pro that costs more than a Macbook? Otherwise you know, might as well just buy the 'cheap' ipad eventually.
This is what Apple wants to happen and is trying to force. But I don't believe developers are interested in it. The amount of iOS apps that got disabled from running on M1 macs is probably an indication of this.
I wouldn't be surprised if Apple hoped adding all iOS/iPadOS apps to M1 macs would get developers to add support for keyboard/mouse, but in reality they all just disabled the ability to install them - has anyone seen any actively say they want to bring them over to MacOS (big name apps I mean, like netflix etc)? As for the other way around, its much less likely for iPad to gain MacOS apps this way because MacOS is much more open than iPadOS (so far) will ever be. If the MacOS app has to be neutered in order to be brought to iOS/iPadOS, developers just won't bother...
The only reason I would even consider MacOS on an iPad is because Apple seems to be taking forever to get iPadOS where it could go. Either because they are reluctant to add new features (e.g. finally adding mouse support) or its just too held back from being based on iOS.
One step closer every 2 years is painfully slow, and its even more frustrating now when a fully matured ready to go operating system is now capable of running on the exact hardware in the tablet.
As for the other way around, its much less likely for iPad to gain MacOS apps this way because MacOS is much more open than iPadOS (so far) will ever be. If the MacOS app has to be neutered in order to be brought to iOS/iPadOS, developers just won't bother...
Is that... realistic, per se?