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Even Final Cut Pro on iPad requires staying in the foreground during exports.

klipklop 3y ago
Never understand why apple ships their iPads and Macbooks with such little ram by default. Yes I understand profit, but it really limits what these devices can do. The numbers have not really changed much in the last several years...
- HippoBaro 3y ago
  Limiting the amount of ram goes a long way in reducing power consumption. It takes constant voltage to keep the cells alive, even when the device is locked and seemingly doing nothing. The iPad really does have great battery life on the other hand.
  - pcurve 3y ago
    Are you saying there is battery life difference between 8gb vs 16gb MacBook too? (Since iPad Pro only comes in 8gb)
    - coder543 3y ago
      iPad Pro comes in 8GB and 16GB variants. Scroll down to "Chip": https://www.apple.com/ipad-pro/specs/ https://www.apple.com/ipad-pro/specs/
  - jwells89 3y ago
    I may be way off base but I think on iPhones/iPads RAM isn't a concern so much as processes sitting in the background keeping the CPU and radios doing cartwheels indefinitely for little to no reason, as they tend to on desktop operating systems. By throttling or quitting backgrounded apps they've made it much more reasonable to deliver promised numbers on battery life.
- wvenable 3y ago
  Apple wants strict market segmentation. Why would they sell you once device that does everything when they can sell you 2 or 3 devices for specific tasks. There might even be some logic to that with each device optimized for it's specific best purpose. It also doesn't hurt that it makes them more money.
  - lancesells 3y ago
    I think Apple is very much a mega-corp who does everything to create greater profit but I'm not sure they are limiting devices to make sure you buy more. More than likely it's because iPadOS is based on iOS, and thus it's naturally more of a consumption device with all of those locked down hard limits. IMO they should do a hard turn and make iPadOS it's own thing. Give it the benefits of iOS but with macOS flexibility. Right now, it's essentially a bigger phone.
- TexanFeller 3y ago
  Lots of RAM uses more battery. Not a huge amount, but battery life is something Apple and its customers weigh more heavily. Same reason for aggressive suspending of background apps.
- doublepg23 3y ago
  It's not that aenemic in current form though, with the 1TB model it has 16GB. I'm pretty sure Final Cut Pro would export a video in the background of an 8GB MBA just fine.
- megablast 3y ago
  All macbooks come with min 16gb now, except maybe macbook air.

Never understand why apple ships their iPads and Macbooks with such little ram by default. Yes I understand profit, but it really limits what these devices can do. The numbers have not really changed much in the last several years...

HippoBaro 3y ago
Limiting the amount of ram goes a long way in reducing power consumption. It takes constant voltage to keep the cells alive, even when the device is locked and seemingly doing nothing. The iPad really does have great battery life on the other hand.
- pcurve 3y ago
  Are you saying there is battery life difference between 8gb vs 16gb MacBook too? (Since iPad Pro only comes in 8gb)
  - coder543 3y ago
    iPad Pro comes in 8GB and 16GB variants. Scroll down to "Chip": https://www.apple.com/ipad-pro/specs/ https://www.apple.com/ipad-pro/specs/
- jwells89 3y ago
  I may be way off base but I think on iPhones/iPads RAM isn't a concern so much as processes sitting in the background keeping the CPU and radios doing cartwheels indefinitely for little to no reason, as they tend to on desktop operating systems. By throttling or quitting backgrounded apps they've made it much more reasonable to deliver promised numbers on battery life.
wvenable 3y ago
Apple wants strict market segmentation. Why would they sell you once device that does everything when they can sell you 2 or 3 devices for specific tasks. There might even be some logic to that with each device optimized for it's specific best purpose. It also doesn't hurt that it makes them more money.
- lancesells 3y ago
  I think Apple is very much a mega-corp who does everything to create greater profit but I'm not sure they are limiting devices to make sure you buy more. More than likely it's because iPadOS is based on iOS, and thus it's naturally more of a consumption device with all of those locked down hard limits. IMO they should do a hard turn and make iPadOS it's own thing. Give it the benefits of iOS but with macOS flexibility. Right now, it's essentially a bigger phone.
TexanFeller 3y ago
Lots of RAM uses more battery. Not a huge amount, but battery life is something Apple and its customers weigh more heavily. Same reason for aggressive suspending of background apps.
doublepg23 3y ago
It's not that aenemic in current form though, with the 1TB model it has 16GB. I'm pretty sure Final Cut Pro would export a video in the background of an 8GB MBA just fine.
megablast 3y ago
All macbooks come with min 16gb now, except maybe macbook air.