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>And why is the iPad just a “Netflix machine” when tons of people use the iPad for professional creative use cases as well? I never said people can't use iPads

>And why is the iPad just a “Netflix machine” when tons of people use the iPad for professional creative use cases as well? I never said people can't use iPads for profesional applications, I was asking what professional tasks are people doing with the iPad that necessitated the M4 to be in that closed platform vs the M3 or M2, instead of being put in a more open one like the Mac where it can be put to better use at more generic compute tasks similar to what X86 and Nvidia chips are used for, instead of being stuck in a very restricted platform mostly targeted towards content consumption. And so far nobody has provided an answer to that question. All the answers are either repeating Apple's marketing or vague ones like "you can use the iPad for professional applications too you know, it's not just a Netflix machine". OK, but what exactly are those professional iPad applications that mandate the M4 being in the iPad instead of the Mac? I'm bringing this up, because commenters bring up the M4 as the holy grail of chips in discussions about the latest X86 and Qualcomm chips, so if you compare a chip that can currently only run AppStore apps vs chips that can run most SW ever then we're comparing Apples and Oranges.

dagmx 2y ago
No, people have provided answers. One of those people is me. You just don't like them because you seem to have a problem imaging other people have differing uses than your own. Edit: this person keeps ignoring any responses that don’t align with their world view and acting like they don’t exist. When challenged they have called multiple people names instead. I’m not responding to them further to prevent dragging this out further.
- Rinzler89 2y ago
  Sorry but your answer didn't actually answer what I asked for though. Which is fine, just don't claim you did and then switch to gaslighting me that "I just don't like your answer". Please keep a mature attitude and not act like a toddler. And it's not just "my use case" that I'm referring to since I don't do any of those, it's generic use cases that I'm talking about in examples, since X86/Qualcomm are also generic chips being used for a shit tonne of use cases and not restricted to certain AppStores like the M4 is in the iPad, so if you bring M4 in comparison with those generic chips then you'd better provide argument on how they're comparable given the current SW platform restrictions, and so far you haven't.
ClassyJacket 2y ago
The answer is that the M4 will come to the Mac.

dagmx 2y ago

No, people have provided answers. One of those people is me. You just don't like them because you seem to have a problem imaging other people have differing uses than your own. Edit: this person keeps ignoring any responses that don’t align with their world view and acting like they don’t exist. When challenged they have called multiple people names instead. I’m not responding to them further to prevent dragging this out further.

Rinzler89 2y ago
Sorry but your answer didn't actually answer what I asked for though. Which is fine, just don't claim you did and then switch to gaslighting me that "I just don't like your answer". Please keep a mature attitude and not act like a toddler. And it's not just "my use case" that I'm referring to since I don't do any of those, it's generic use cases that I'm talking about in examples, since X86/Qualcomm are also generic chips being used for a shit tonne of use cases and not restricted to certain AppStores like the M4 is in the iPad, so if you bring M4 in comparison with those generic chips then you'd better provide argument on how they're comparable given the current SW platform restrictions, and so far you haven't.

ClassyJacket 2y ago

The answer is that the M4 will come to the Mac.