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Re:Apple has locked me in the same cage Microsoft's built fo... by walterbell on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @10:22PM (#43349807)
> iPads are just unserious computing devices for real work.

  Video conferencing work: iPad + Center Stage unmatched for portability, audio quality, integrated cellular modem.

  Writing work: iPad with hardware keyboard and single app mode for distraction-free writing, ergonomic screen mount.

  SSH work: iPad has unmatched HiDPI 4:3 screen real estate 

  Video editing work: Lumafusion usability with M4 rendering speed, $30 one-time fee unlike subscription alternatives.

  3D planning or design: vertical industry apps for iPad Pro Lidar sensor that is absent from competing tablets.
Source: decade on iPads as primary device. Secondary device: Lenovo /w Linux sidecar VMs accessed from iPad.

After Apple enables hypervisor API for Linux VMs on iPad, Lenovo sidecar budget can be redirected to larger iPad storage.

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Re:Apple has locked me in the same cage Microsoft's built fo... by walterbell on Thursday March 13, 2025 @03:40AM (#43351063)
Why is this comment being downvoted?
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Re:Apple has locked me in the same cage Microsoft's built fo... by JimDabell on Thursday March 13, 2025 @09:15AM (#43352983)
This is exactly right. I hate seeing so many people say that iPads aren’t for “real work”, because it’s being hugely dismissive of the real work plenty of people do every day. You don’t have to be writing a compiler for it to count as “real work” FFS. Just because it’s not suitable for your work, it doesn’t mean that the work other people do on it isn’t real work.
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