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I use my ipad pro 12.9" for real-as-in-paying-work. Good luck trying to take my ipads away. I've two of them. Theres a few more around that aren't mine. Checki

I use my ipad pro 12.9" for real-as-in-paying-work. Good luck trying to take my ipads away. I've two of them. Theres a few more around that aren't mine. Checking email, general websites, discord use, videoconf, etc etc all on ipad. Drawing, sketching, music generation. Excellent. What is not so good: No support for tough work background threads. Don't suggest Spotify as counter-example. Audio streaming is a non-challenge for modern cpus. No support for on-device app development. Both of my ipads leave my raspberry pi computers in the dust in terms of ram, processing power and graphics. Yet, each pi is more functional as a general machine because I can easily remote into them. I can easily build code on a pi and run it. Using ipad I need something like Pythonista to get anywhere near the same. Workflow is useful. I don't think my ipad pro deserves the "pro" moniker however. It is moving towards but it is no where ready. Don't believe me? Look at the apps for email as just one example. Try setting up filters/labels in a ios app like gmail. For that matter, show me all the headers for a particular email. Can't. Basic things I'd like to do. Especially with spam handling. A pro device doesn't have stripped down interfaces. It can have hidden functionality revealed through a setting. Even a few 70 year olds have complained to me about limitations with the various email and calendar apps. They use desktops for "complex" tasks. Why can't other browsers use non-safari engine? Why no extensions support for browsers? Its the dumb-it-down-for-ipad mindset that is holding the ipad from being a true pro device. SSH on ipad is what keeps my ipad useful for development. Thats real enough for me. Why can't I run a compiler natively on the ipad? Its got the processing power. Wheels for the mind. Make it happen Apple.

washadjeffmad 7y ago
Apple absolutely nails the generalist and prosumer space but leaves me baffled by their posturing towards industry adoption. As a JAMF swilling AASP, I've lost my patience at the slaverers (it's always the webdevs) and share my opinion freely that the "Pro" in MacWhatever Pro means "an accessory for someone who considers themself a professional", not "professional-grade equipment". I consider it part of a healthy aspirational realignment. Some move on, others try to prove me wrong. Both end up closer to their enlightenment. Although, all it would take to flip me on iPads is something like Chromebook's Crouton, and I'd lifecycle every MacBook Air with an iPad Pro 2nd Gen and offer them in place of MacBook Pros. They're almost amazing, and it just hurts that there's either no support or no feature parity with the major creative and engineering software we license. iPads are top notch for media and productivity, but the platform's niche utility is way outclassed by its own hardware and other products more common in industry.

washadjeffmad 7y ago

Apple absolutely nails the generalist and prosumer space but leaves me baffled by their posturing towards industry adoption. As a JAMF swilling AASP, I've lost my patience at the slaverers (it's always the webdevs) and share my opinion freely that the "Pro" in MacWhatever Pro means "an accessory for someone who considers themself a professional", not "professional-grade equipment". I consider it part of a healthy aspirational realignment. Some move on, others try to prove me wrong. Both end up closer to their enlightenment. Although, all it would take to flip me on iPads is something like Chromebook's Crouton, and I'd lifecycle every MacBook Air with an iPad Pro 2nd Gen and offer them in place of MacBook Pros. They're almost amazing, and it just hurts that there's either no support or no feature parity with the major creative and engineering software we license. iPads are top notch for media and productivity, but the platform's niche utility is way outclassed by its own hardware and other products more common in industry.