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Even Chromebooks, which are actually supposed to be thin clients and which are quite locked up compared to a "normal" laptop with a standard OS (Linux, Windows,
by p4bl0 2y ago
Even Chromebooks, which are actually supposed to be thin clients and which are quite locked up compared to a "normal" laptop with a standard OS (Linux, Windows, macOS), are way more capable devices for development work (among other things, being able to offer an actual Linux environment [1]), while being far less expensive than an iPad.
[1] https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/9145439 https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/9145439
- jsheard 2y agoIt got me wondering why they don't do something akin to Microsoft's WSL which lets you run a persistent Linux VM in the background, but of course that would loosen Apples grip over the software ecosystem by letting users run arbitrary code from outside of the App Store. Heaven forbid people start making local Linux apps which spawn a web UI accessible through Safari. That's also why they will probably never do an iPad "Pro Mode" which boots into full blown macOS.