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> The M1 iPad Pros with Magic Keyboard are great, but basically useless for development work. I think that's the point. There's a nontrivial % of Mac Mini / M
by DaiPlusPlus 5y ago
> The M1 iPad Pros with Magic Keyboard are great, but basically useless for development work.
I think that's the point.
There's a nontrivial % of Mac Mini / MacBook / iMac sales entirely because of the need to have Mac to publish anything, even PhoneGap/Cordova projects and Safari Extensions to the Apple App Store.
- kalleboo 5y agoI don't think apple is too afraid of cannibalizing the Mac with iPad. The iPad Pros are on par price-wise with the Mac after you get keyboard cases etc, and on iOS they also get a huge cut of every app sold since you have to get them from the app store. They'd probably be thrilled if Macs were replaced with iPad. The can always jack up the price later. They wouldn't have spent years neglecting the downfall of the Mac if they cared so much about that revenue.
- avidphantasm 5y agoI already have a MBP for that. I want something with no/less windows and less distractions so that I can learn in a stripped down environment. Also, an iPad Pro+Magic Keyboard costs as much or more than many/most MacBook Airs.