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Re:The iPad Awkwardly Turns 10 by Descon on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @11:58PM (#22177587)
We have an iPad pro at work & a piece of me dies thinking that such a powerful device will never run anything but iOS.
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Re:The iPad Awkwardly Turns 10 by freepor on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @02:48AM (#22178365)
You realize that one of the reasons the device feels so powerful is that it runs iOS. A 5x specified Mac Pro doesn’t have the feel of the iPad.
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Re:The iPad Awkwardly Turns 10 by nannal on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @03:49AM (#22178632)
Lets not get caught up unduly, any light OS would perform as well on the hardware, there's no magic between iOS and the ipad hardware.
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Re:The iPad Awkwardly Turns 10 by signal11 on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @10:22AM (#22181455)
The level of polish and integration between hardware and software with Apple is almost “magical” imho. Or at least very praiseworthy.

Compared to typical Windows laptop trackpads or most Android phones’ janky scrolling, Apple does a much better job getting better performance out of their hardware.

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Re:The iPad Awkwardly Turns 10 by sjy on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @03:55AM (#22178659)
An iPad Pro doesn’t feel powerful, but if you compare its specs to a 10-year-old PC, it should.
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