Re:iPad Pro M1
by andy_ppp on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @02:43PM
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I can’t speak to these issues, however it would be excellent to have one of these running a full OSX. I’d certainly get one if I had that level of control to develop on it and choose which software I installed without an App Store. As things stand these devices aren’t for us, so judging them on the needs of hacker news user vs more standard consumers isn’t really a fair fight. They are deliberately limited to appeal to your gran and your 6 year old and your casual user without too many issues.
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Re:iPad Pro M1
by smasher164 on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @02:53PM
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I should mention that my frustration only came out of trying to switch my parents over from an old 32-bit Windows laptop to the iPad. They're already iPhone users and most of their time is either spent in a web browser or in document processing. So I figured that an iPad Pro with a magic keyboard would be perfect for them.
Even still, the level of finesse they have with Excel and productivity software on a desktop OS was just not replicable on the iPad. It pained me to see my Dad work on his spreadsheets on the old laptop again.
The silver lining to this is at least the iPad is good for watching videos and pretty decent at web browsing. They still use the device casually.
Re:iPad Pro M1
by FearlessNebula on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @05:24PM
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My issue is that an $800 iPad Pro with keyboard and pencil ($1200 including the accessories) should be in a whole different class in terms of productivity than the $329 base iPad. But it's not. They both do the same thing (good for consumption, decent for creativity, pretty crappy for productivity)