> I am surprised that such a price hike is necessary. They are adding a 12.9 inch iPad Air, so they have an opportunity to differentiate iPad Pros from Air to

> I am surprised that such a price hike is necessary. They are adding a 12.9 inch iPad Air, so they have an opportunity to differentiate iPad Pros from Air to justify the price difference, https://www.imore.com/ipad/ipad-air/129-inch-ipad-air-on-track-for-march-launch-as-display-panel-shipments-begin https://www.imore.com/ipad/ipad-air/129-inch-ipad-air-on-tra... The grand plans include a supersized iPad Air for the first time, and it seems like we're on track to see it launch in March 2024. Display analyst Ross Young has confirmed that the display shipments of the 12.9-inch iPad Air began in December. > you can hook up an iPad to an external screen, but it is not really a full desktop experience. Stage Manager does inch closer to a desktop experience, with apps in movable windows. Imagine a macOS VM in a large window on external monitor, alongside a small iOS app/VM window. With a cheap USB-C capture card, an external video or camera input can appear in an app window. > Apple is in the business of selling you a Macbook, iPhone and iPad If Apple can get same-or-better margins/revenue than Macbook+iPad with an iPad Pro, with less physical hardware thanks to virtualization, why not save on atoms and shipping? The iPad Pro has long been overpowered for the few iOS-approved use cases. Virtualization would finally unlock that power. Avoids carrying multiple devices. Eliminates any dependency on sidecar Raspberry Pi or cloud VM for Linux workloads.