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I'm still mostly convinced that Apple's conception of the iPad is as an application console -- that doesn't preclude "pro-level" apps in some fields (e.g., Fina
by chipotle_coyote 5y ago
I'm still mostly convinced that Apple's conception of the iPad is as an application console -- that doesn't preclude "pro-level" apps in some fields (e.g., Final Cut Pro or Logic) but may well preclude tools for using the iPad to develop its own applications unless they can radically change the way development works. My suspicion is that Apple's answer to "how do I develop on an iPad" for the foreseeable future will officially remain "may we interest you in this Apple Silicon-based laptop."
- dahfizz 5y agoApple has strong vendor lock-in. If you already have an iphone, apple watch, macbook, and you're in the market for a tablet, you are going to buy an ipad. So if they make the ipads too capable, they eat their own laptop sales. A company like samsung does not have as strong vendor lock in, so they may as well make their tablets fully capable computers, because they are not competing with themselves.
- chipotle_coyote 5y agoI think they're okay with eating their own laptop sales, at least if they're being eaten by iPad Pros. A 13" M1 MacBook Pro with 16GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD costs $1899; the same CPU, RAM and SSD in an iPad Pro costs $1799 -- which will easily cross over $2000 if you want to add a trackpad and keyboard to it. This isn't to say that they don't like vendor lock-in, of course. If you do buy both an iPad and a MacBook they'll be happy to take your money. :) But I think they're positioning the Pro as a genuine laptop alternative -- just not for developers. (Or speaking from personal experience, technical writers.)
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