Can you run Adobe CS on an iPad? What about Maya? THAT is why you want OSX on a tab. The whole point of the Surface is to bridge the tab and the laptop. If you had a 12 inch iPad, you would not be using a laptop. You would throw your MBP on CL or Ebay.
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Why an Air 3? Why not an iPad Pro?
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Ludatyk
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OSX isn't meant for touch input... It's not designed for multitouch interaction although it has a trackpad that provides some form of multitouch, but I'm sure Apple has already tested this. It wouldn't be ideal for a great user experience.
Windows 10 has a tablet mode that helps it's OS with multitouch interaction... Apple hasn't implemented this for OSX. Their idea with bridging the gap is continuity/handoff. This dream of a iPad running OSX would not be happening anytime soon.
So instead of simply creating a Pro app SDK, just throw in an unoptimised, bloated OS which requires every single app to be optimised for touch support. Sounds simple to me.
Who said anything about mandatory touch support? Does CS have that for Win 10? You guys are overthinking this. Take a MBP, Add touch and make the KB detachable like the smartcover. Add an active stylus and/or trackpad and you do not even need touch optimization in apps.
Besides. You imply adding touch to OSX apps is hard. Porting current apps to iOS is not?
If apple wants a true iPad Pro and/or to battle the Surface that is what needs to happen. If not, no big deal. We can even have a 12 inch iPad. Maybe the pros do not want what I would want. I sure as hell would not pay 200$ more for it if all it added was size and dual landscape mode. I would not replace a MBP if I had one, either.
newellj
macrumors G3
I agree that the Pro, if it ever becomes an actual product, will be interesting. I was also very impressed with iOS 9. Unfortunately, PB2 wrecked my battery times, so I'm back to 8.4. I assume that the final public release will support non-native apps, and that will be great even if it doesn't address my personal work needs.
If the pro has powerfull enough hardware, they will develop maya and adobe cs apps for the ipad pro/ios. Just a matter of time.
For me as a student, I recently bought the 12 inch Retina Macbook but I am missing the stylus input in the mac lineup, because I read lots of PDF and highlighting and note taking is key for me, that's why I also own a Surface Pro 3 and use it as my study device which is actually awesome.
But for me the perfect machine would be a more powerful iPad Air 3 with the same size, but with stylus inking, I really don't care for an iPad pro, because that is what I use my Macbook for.
But for me the perfect machine would be a more powerful iPad Air 3 with the same size, but with stylus inking, I really don't care for an iPad pro, because that is what I use my Macbook for.
ackmondual
macrumors 68020
Haven't really used either, but is it not redundant to have both a SP3 and rMacBook? I take it the SP3 is for activities that require a stylus, while your MacBook does everything else?
Exactly, I use my Surface Pro 3 as my device for reading and studying textbooks, where I can use the Styuls. For writing Docs, or surfing the web I use the MB. My iPad is now basically used for gaming sometimes when I travel, that's why for me an ideal product would be an iPad Air 3 with Stylus recognition as it is on the Surface.