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I say this as a huge Apple fan: the iPad strategy is ridiculously frustrating (for my purposes). The crux of the issue is that the latest Pros have one of the
by davely 3y ago
I say this as a huge Apple fan: the iPad strategy is ridiculously frustrating (for my purposes).
The crux of the issue is that the latest Pros have one of the most awesome and powerful processors on the market for traditional computing purposes, but all that power is locked behind a toy OS that you can’t do much with.
There are few meaningful differences in the underlying hardware between this and a MacBook Air, but I can take my MBA anywhere to code, work offline, easily multitask by switching between numerous project windows, install all sorts of open source software as needed, etc.
With the iPad, I can watch some videos, and download some popular games with gacha mechanics. Cool?
I picked up a cheap refurbed Surface Pro X. While no means perfect, having an actual usable OS that I can do whatever I want with is so nice. Come on, Apple. Just let us run MacOS on these things.
- theshackleford 3y ago> but all that power is locked behind a toy OS that you can’t do much with. You and I may not be able to do our jobs on it, but I know people using it as their primary machine, including people running their entire business off it. (Such as my sister who runs a very successful photography/design Business with only an iPad Pro.) It’s not for me, but I can accept not everybody requires the same of their machine and software as I do.
- tonyedgecombe 3y ago>Just let us run MacOS on these things. I hope they never do that. The UI on Windows has been too compromised by the need to support both tablets and traditional users.