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Re:M1 iPad Pro: Apps Reportedly Limited to Maximum of 5GB RA... by jdlyga on Friday May 28, 2021 @09:29AM (#27315089)
iPad Pro: amazing hardware, but still limited by software
Re:M1 iPad Pro: Apps Reportedly Limited to Maximum of 5GB RA... by tomjen3 on Saturday May 29, 2021 @03:59AM (#27323745)
Yes. It seems to me that Apple really, really wants the iPad to be sold as a computer replacement and likes to think the problem is how powerful the hardware is, which is an issue for approximately 0.1% of their users, when the real issue is that it runs a toy OS.

With Mac OS X on ARM, Apple needs to port OS X to the iPad, otherwise they should stop production.

Re:M1 iPad Pro: Apps Reportedly Limited to Maximum of 5GB RA... by rowanG077 on Friday May 28, 2021 @01:09PM (#27317950)
I'm not kidding when I say that I would pay a literal 3x premium for an Ipad Pro that can run linux.
Re:M1 iPad Pro: Apps Reportedly Limited to Maximum of 5GB RA... by Google234 on Friday May 28, 2021 @07:12PM (#27321588)
Linux should still be a subpar experience on the iPad. Apple is not going to write Linux drivers for their hardware.
Re:M1 iPad Pro: Apps Reportedly Limited to Maximum of 5GB RA... by rowanG077 on Friday May 28, 2021 @08:39PM (#27322122)
Well iOS is also a subpar experience on the ipad pro. Besides Apple does not need to write drivers for it. The ipad pro is just a macbook with no builtin keyboard and with a 120hz mini-led touch screen. Work on getting linux to work on it is essentially a few months to a year away most likely. Apple only has to allow users to run non-apple OS on it.
Re:M1 iPad Pro: Apps Reportedly Limited to Maximum of 5GB RA... by theThreeTuples on Friday May 28, 2021 @01:47PM (#27318396)
These things are a trade off. Developers should be targeting a platform rather than the hardware. Why would the user be concerned about the app pegging their ram and how to deal with it.
Re:M1 iPad Pro: Apps Reportedly Limited to Maximum of 5GB RA... by onkoe on Friday May 28, 2021 @12:16PM (#27317232)
not sure if i'd call it amazing, but it certainly does its job