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Re:M1 MacBook Air hits 900 GFlops in the browser with Safari... by kefabean on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @06:50PM (#26336584)
Exactly this! An iPad with bluetooth keyboard (I cannot bring myself to drop £349 on the magic variety) is frustratingly close but it’s just not quite a ‘proper’ computer and I end up carrying the keyboard everywhere it’s so useful.
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Re:M1 MacBook Air hits 900 GFlops in the browser with Safari... by gnicholas on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @07:45PM (#26337104)
FYI the magic keyboard for the 11” iPad Pro is currently on sale for $199 (normally $299). [1] I got one recently and it’s great. So much better to type on than the butterfly keyboard on my 2017 MBP.

1: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0863BQJMS/

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Re:M1 MacBook Air hits 900 GFlops in the browser with Safari... by read_if_gay_ on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @07:15PM (#26336838)
Do get the magic keyboard. It completely transforms the iPad. It is ridiculously expensive for a keyboard but still it's worth it.
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Re:M1 MacBook Air hits 900 GFlops in the browser with Safari... by ericmay on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @07:29PM (#26336971)
The issue for me is cost. iPad Pro + Magic Keyboard is more expensive than a MacBook Air... and I can't write code on it effectively or multi-task...

I do like the iPad Pro a lot though.

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Re:M1 MacBook Air hits 900 GFlops in the browser with Safari... by ngcc_hk on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @09:12PM (#26337746)
can't zoom (not that I like that software but reality bite). Need a laptop ... may be they can fix that so iPad Pro can do single task if one want to
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Re:M1 MacBook Air hits 900 GFlops in the browser with Safari... by raihansaputra on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @08:39PM (#26337498)
I do hope Apple will release a v2 where the iPad can be put in portrait orientation with the Magic Keyboard (and enable vertical stack for multitasking). So close yet so far.
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Re:M1 MacBook Air hits 900 GFlops in the browser with Safari... by jamiek88 on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @07:24PM (#26336922)
I highly recommend the magic keyboard. The trackpad feels just like my MacBook Air.
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Re:M1 MacBook Air hits 900 GFlops in the browser with Safari... by tluyben2 on Thursday March 04, 2021 @12:29AM (#26338987)
For me it would be my only device (I never make calls anyway) if it had a full OS or, maybe, if iOS could run full dev environments without shooting/freezing background processes. Not seeing that happen though...
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