Apple has locked me in the same cage Microsoft's built for Windows 10 users

Re:Apple has locked me in the same cage Microsoft's built fo... by signal11 on Thursday March 13, 2025 @03:51AM (#43351103)

They’re both called Pro (iPad Pro and MacBook Pro) but thermals, RAM, etc are different.

I think it’s fair to say an iPad Pro and a MacBook Air should be capable of similar-ish things, and that iPadOS could have way more “power” features. Eg a terminal app to start with. But I’m not sure iPad Pros can really replace MacBook Pros.

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Re:Apple has locked me in the same cage Microsoft's built fo... by reverius42 on Thursday March 13, 2025 @04:03AM (#43351154)

But they could absolutely replace 2005 or even 2015 MacBook Pros in terms of hardware capability.

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Re:Apple has locked me in the same cage Microsoft's built fo... by ben_w on Thursday March 13, 2025 @04:10AM (#43351186)

Or even 2024. Nobody is disputing the hardware.

Just software. Kinda odd, given how much more interest there is in iOS app development than in Mac OS app development; but it is what it is.

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Re:Apple has locked me in the same cage Microsoft's built fo... by ghaff on Thursday March 13, 2025 @08:20AM (#43352533)

Outside of probably Adobe apps in particular (and a variety of utilities) along with dev tools for the relative niche that does that sort of thing and local AI these days, most Mac OS users basically live in the browser.

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Re:Apple has locked me in the same cage Microsoft's built fo... by walterbell on Thursday March 13, 2025 @06:58AM (#43352062)

> e.g. a terminal app to start with

If the rumored convergence of Android and ChromeOS happens soon on Chromebooks, including support for Debian Linux terminal VM, then iPads will finally have real competition from touch-screen Chromebooks with both desktop & mobile UX.

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