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Re:Apple Brings Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro to iPad by Curzel on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @10:11AM (#35874579)
I don't get it.

People have been wondering when this would happen since the very first iPad Pro, so lots of people will be happy now...

Even assuming all the required horse power is there, I still don't get it...

Maybe I'm getting old.

Re:Apple Brings Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro to iPad by wilsonnb3 on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @10:53AM (#35875234)
There are a few reasons that I am excited for this, none of which have to do with actually using logic pro or final cut on an ipad.

1. This is an excellent signal that iPads can get "real" software now, hopefully more companies start porting their desktop mac software to iPadOS

2. Apple will continute to keep MacOS and iPadOS separate rather than trying to combine them like a lot of people on the internet think they want, which is good.

3. WWDC is going to be an absolute banger this year if they are announcing something like this in a press release.

Re:Apple Brings Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro to iPad by eliseomartelli on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @11:47AM (#35876181)
I'm really excited for point 3.

I really wish iOS opens up to accept a real terminal.

I know iSH exists but it runs using usermode x86 emulation.

Re:Apple Brings Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro to iPad by adrusi on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @05:11PM (#35880445)
You can sideload UTM if you sign it with your own developer key, and run VMs with JIT-based acceleration.

It’ll sometimes get killed by the OS without much you can do about it though.

Re:Apple Brings Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro to iPad by runlevel1 on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @12:44PM (#35877037)
> Even assuming all the required horse power is there, I still don't get it...

Looks like the latest generation of iPad Pro and MacBook Air have comparable CPU benchmarks.[^1][^2]

I'm with you in not getting it, though. Editing video on an iPad seems like it'd be a frustratingly constrained affair due to the UI. But I might just be getting old too.

[1]: https://browser.geekbench.com/macs/macbook-air-2022 [2]: https://browser.geekbench.com/ios_devices/ipad14-5

Re:Apple Brings Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro to iPad by piperswe on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @01:25PM (#35877564)
Not only that, but the latest generation iPad Pro and MacBook Air have the same CPU (and SoC as a whole)