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Now you are going to list exactly how. Just a reminder before you start playing the old guy card - I’m 51 and started coding in 1986. You would need an emulat

Now you are going to list exactly how. Just a reminder before you start playing the old guy card - I’m 51 and started coding in 1986. You would need an emulator if you wanted to run Android Studio or use the much flowery process of updating the phone every time you made a change.

pjmlp 1y ago
Than I wonder why you think using Android Studio on an iPad is the only reason to have a proper OS experience with the same capabilities as macOS. As for Dynabook like experience, given our age, you can certainly find the difference on your own.
- raw_anon_1111 1y ago
  This is where this part of the thread started https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45594747 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45594747 > The ability to run Xcode? Maybe run Linux in a VM (no, emulation does not count). Maybe run nvim with python/node/rust/go/gcc toolchains on the iPad? How about Wireshark? I really liked using Nixdroid on my Pixel, why can't I have something similar on iOS/iPadOS? Android can run Android Studio. Why can't an iPad run Xcode? How much of that could you do on your Dynabook? How was web browsing? The office suites? Video and audio editing? The office suites? Even the games?
  - pjmlp 1y ago
    Maybe one day iPadOS users will get what using a full blown OS on a tablet actually means. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/devices/surface-pro https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/devices/surface-pro Think different.
    - raw_anon_1111 1y ago
      The very first review I found https://www.pcworld.com/article/2795490/microsoft-surface-pro-2025-review.html https://www.pcworld.com/article/2795490/microsoft-surface-pr... This compact tablet runs on a Snapdragon X Plus chip and is built for casual browsing and office work. It’s not high-end The screen has a semi-high brightness IPS panel, 2196×1464 pixel resolution, and a 60 or 90 Hz frame rate. You’ll have to set it up manually; dynamic frequency is not supported. It’s not full pro quality on the screen, With a 12-inch screen and 3:2 aspect ratio The processor doesn’t even stack up well against the cheap base model iPad.
      - pjmlp 1y ago
        That is not thinking different.
        raw_anon_1111 1y ago
        So it’s slower, a worse display, a worse aspect ratio for a tablet, and Microsoft’s x86 emulator is notoriously slow and there are many fewer ARM native apps?

pjmlp 1y ago

Than I wonder why you think using Android Studio on an iPad is the only reason to have a proper OS experience with the same capabilities as macOS. As for Dynabook like experience, given our age, you can certainly find the difference on your own.

raw_anon_1111 1y ago
This is where this part of the thread started https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45594747 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45594747 > The ability to run Xcode? Maybe run Linux in a VM (no, emulation does not count). Maybe run nvim with python/node/rust/go/gcc toolchains on the iPad? How about Wireshark? I really liked using Nixdroid on my Pixel, why can't I have something similar on iOS/iPadOS? Android can run Android Studio. Why can't an iPad run Xcode? How much of that could you do on your Dynabook? How was web browsing? The office suites? Video and audio editing? The office suites? Even the games?
- pjmlp 1y ago
  Maybe one day iPadOS users will get what using a full blown OS on a tablet actually means. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/devices/surface-pro https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/devices/surface-pro Think different.
  - raw_anon_1111 1y ago
    The very first review I found https://www.pcworld.com/article/2795490/microsoft-surface-pro-2025-review.html https://www.pcworld.com/article/2795490/microsoft-surface-pr... This compact tablet runs on a Snapdragon X Plus chip and is built for casual browsing and office work. It’s not high-end The screen has a semi-high brightness IPS panel, 2196×1464 pixel resolution, and a 60 or 90 Hz frame rate. You’ll have to set it up manually; dynamic frequency is not supported. It’s not full pro quality on the screen, With a 12-inch screen and 3:2 aspect ratio The processor doesn’t even stack up well against the cheap base model iPad.
    - pjmlp 1y ago
      That is not thinking different.
      - raw_anon_1111 1y ago
        So it’s slower, a worse display, a worse aspect ratio for a tablet, and Microsoft’s x86 emulator is notoriously slow and there are many fewer ARM native apps?