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  • Early benchmarks prove M1 iPad Pros are 50% faster than previous generation

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    GeorgeBMac said:
    Beats said:
    GeorgeBMac said:
    "All dressed up and no place to go"

    So, hobbled by iPadOS, where is the M1 iPad going to go?l

    I don't know.  But I see Macs integrating more into the tablet world while iPads integrate more into the Mac world.
    ....  Only Apple knows how and when it will take place.   They have a lot of options -- except for one:  the status quo -- which is not viable over the long haul.

    It’s obvious Apple will announce some big new features at WWDC for these new beasts.

    I’m betting on Apple’s Pro apps debuting. I want Logic Pro.

    I don’t like the idea of macOS running on iPad. Seems too complicated for a simple device. I guess if you attach a keyboard it could give the user an option.

    When the ipad is in laptop mode, let it run a laptop class OS
    When the iPad is in tablet mode , let it run a tablet class OS.

    I don't see the problem.
    I’m sure Cupertino is waiting for your CV to arrive.
    williamlondontmaywatto_cobra

  • Early benchmarks prove M1 iPad Pros are 50% faster than previous generation

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    Zeebler said:
    fastasleep said:
    hmlongco said:
    The iPad is amazing hardware... that's hobbled by requiring iPadOS for all apps, even when connected to a keyboard and trackpad.
    What a bizarre way to say it runs a different OS than the Mac.
    iPadOS is trash. Don't even try and defend it. 
    The iPad tech is good - but it needs a complete re-think with the OS.
    I'm sure they are working on it - a scaled down version of OSX.  
    And what do you think iPadOS is now if not a scaled down version of MacOS (OSX)?
    In fact when Steve stood on stage back in 2007, remember what OS he said was going into the then new iPhone?  .....    That's right, OSX the world's most advanced OS.  (His words). 
    williamlondonthtwatto_cobra

  • Early benchmarks prove M1 iPad Pros are 50% faster than previous generation

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    DAalseth said:
    thedba said:
    DAalseth said:
    Ok but compared to my existing iPad Pro 10.5



    Holy S***. The single core score almost triples, and the multi core is three and two thirds time faster. I am so getting one of these. 
    Beat you to it. Mine is in the mail (figuratively of course). 
    I'm also upgrading from a 10.5 inch version and no need for added accessories since my significant other already has the magic ⌨️ and ߍﯸamp;nbsp;for her iPad Air. . 
    I’m seriously considering the 1TB version just for the 16GB of RAM. My 10.5 has 6 and I run into limits because of it. Can’t do as big or as fine a drawings in Procreate as I’d like to. I could get the 256 or 512 but they come with 8GB and I want to future proof. Here in Canada with a new Apple Pencil, AppleCare, case and such it will be closing in of $2k. Ouch, but I’m on the thing all day. 
    I hear ya, about the price. 
    I'm Canadian too and with our GST+PST we have to add 14.785% to the sticker price. 
    I'm not as artistically oriented as you so I'm only getting the base model. 
    After COVID lockdowns and all, I'll probably leave my Dell company issued laptop at work permanently, have my trusty 2015 MBP at home, docked and ready to go and for the in between commute, use the iPad with Keyboard, for mails, Teams messaging and other Office 365 related work. 

    Seems like you use your iPad quite a bit, should be fun exploring its added capabilities and with WWDC around the corner you may be getting even more out of it.
    I know I can't wait, the 27th of May cannot come soon enough. 
    watto_cobra

  • Early benchmarks prove M1 iPad Pros are 50% faster than previous generation

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    MplsP said:

    I’m in the same boat - I love my iPad for a lot of things, but there are many other things I have to use my MBP for. Not because the iPad isn’t powerful enough, simply because iOS either isn’t capable of doing them or makes it  inconvenient and cumbersome to do so. Even before the M1 Thai was true. The m1 just makes it painfully obvious. You have a machine with a desktop class processor running a glorified smartphone operating system. :neutral: 
    I’m curious to know what things iOS isn’t capable of doing for you. Through my experiences, I’m inclined to think that you’re feeling/experiencing these limitations because you haven’t gone all in. I would argue the inconvenience and cumbersome that you’re feeling is because there’s no need for you to push through the struggle. I am very excited to see where they take this interface vision for the iPad. 
    I absolutely went all in - I got an iPad pro to replace my aging MacBook air and used (or tried to use) it exclusively for 3 months. At that point I finally gave up and got a new MBP. I wanted the iPad to work, but there were things it couldn't to and other things it could do but the workflow was so cumbersome that it took 5 times as long.

    One huge problem is the way the OS manages files. I got a 512GB model with the thought that it would be plenty of space since my MBA only had 256. The problem is iPadOS does not store everything locally and gives you no control over what it keeps and what it deletes. If you're connected to the internet (with no data limits) that's fine. I found out the hard way at 30,000 feet. I made sure that I had downloaded add the files and attachments I wanted to work on ahead of time, pulled out my iPad once we were in the air and they were gone, curtesy of iPadOS so I spent the rest of my flight playing solitaire. 
    What are you talking about?
    Here's a screenshot from my iPad. All that is basically stuff on my local iPad directory.
    If there is absolutely no place in your budget for both devices, then you are probably best served by a Mac.
    Besides, if my job is sitting in front of a desk, day in and day out, working on documents/e-mails/meetings, then I would choose the most ergonomical for me device.
    An iPad, even the 12.9 inch version is way too small for that. I'm sitting in front of my desk and I count 9 windows open spread over two screens. 
    I would never think of doing such work on an iPad. Not because it can't, but because it's not the best device for my back and neck muscles. 



    tmaywatto_cobra

  • Early benchmarks prove M1 iPad Pros are 50% faster than previous generation

    thedbathedba
    lkrupp said:

    So this article announces that the new iPad Pro is a wild beast in performance and what do we get in the forum posts? Bitching, whining, dissatisfaction, ‘not good enough’, "too bad it doesn’t have...” “I would buy one if it has this or that” Nothing is good enough, nothing satisfies. What a Debbie Downer AI forums are... all the damn time. 
    I'm surprised nobody has brought up the lack of ports argument yet. 

    LOL As I was posting this, I noticed this ad at the top of my web page. The naysayers' dream machine with (LOOK at all those ports). 


    tmaylkruppwatto_cobra