Apple downgrades new M2 iPad Air, 9-core GPU instead of 10-core

Re:Apple downgrades new M2 iPad Air, 9-core GPU instead of 1... by n9 on Saturday June 01, 2024 @08:40PM (#40550407)

I have been using an iPad Pro as my primary computing device for more than a year now. It works pretty wonderfully for my use case. I just finished writing my dissertation on it last week, actually. I have an old MacBook that I use for specific tasks once or twice a week, but otherwise my iPad, pencil, and keyboard/mouse/5k monitor on my desk works really, really well — better than a laptop by far for my workflow: Zotero/Markdown/MSWord/Logseq/Obsidian.

I’m very happy to not use a general purpose computer anymore, to be honest.

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Re:Apple downgrades new M2 iPad Air, 9-core GPU instead of 1... by goosedragons on Sunday June 02, 2024 @07:35AM (#40553253)

I think the fact that you have to use a MacBook once or twice a week for specific tasks says everything.

The iPad Pro has been literally as fast as a MBA and supported KB/M input alongside touch and pen for years but you still run into weird edge cases where it's either too janky and time consuming to do on the iPad (e.g. file management) or some really basic app is just missing.

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