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yojimbo007 said:

I upgraded from a gen 1 12.9 ipad pro with pencil to the new 12.9 ipad pro with new pencil. This thing is blazing fast... quite often, while observing my videos rendering or witnessing complex effects in realtime... i cant stop myself from saying Wow... followed by a big smile!...... and the new pencil docking and charge solution and the ‘tap to change function’ take care of all the stupid design issues of the old one. Love this thing. But Please Apple. Give us an iOS pro with a core, comprehensive user manageable file/folder system with consistent UI accessible from all apps..... and please open up the usb-c port to external drives ! You have a powerhouse here handicapped by the above ..

AppleInsider said:

Expandability is constrained on the 12-inch MacBook and its single USB-C port. The Air, on the other hand, has two Thunderbolt 3 ports that are capable of transferring data at up to 40 Gbps. You can also connect peripherals like eGPUs and external monitors to the Air for a better desktop computer experience.

MplsP said:

kpom said:

MplsP said:

The single USB port on the 12” MacBook is one of the stupidest design decisions made in a long time. That feature alone creates enough usability issues to remove it from consideration. 

I haven’t found it to be a problem. Most USB-C hubs have pass-through charging now, and third party hubs are now plentiful. 

That's the problem - you need to carry a hub in addition to whatever else you plug in, so a basic-use scenario of needing to charge your laptop and use a flash drive or other accessory at the same time requires you to purchase and carry a separate hub. I know of no other laptop on the market that forces you to choose between charging and using an accessory. Adding one more USB port (or, God forbid, keeping the MagSafe connector for charging) would completely eliminate the problem.

Of course, I need to carry a USB A-C dongle as well, so I might as well just get an extra bag to carry all the accessories. 

OutdoorAppDeveloper said:

Rayz2016 said:

OutdoorAppDeveloper said:

If this were the only shortcoming of the new iPads there would be reason to get upset. As it stands, Apple's walled garden has shut out the iPad Pro from the pro market. iOS is seen as a toy operating system. It makes it impossible to do so many things that pros need to do like manage thousands of files or compile code or manage a network or ...

I see. 

If only there was some other profession outside network management, it might have a chance. 

What we need are alternative professions, like people who make other people better when they get sick, or people who help other people with legal problems, or people who make pictures move to entertain or inform other people, or people who collect words on a page to entertain or inform other people. 

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True but those things require apps coded by professional software developers that can't use the iPad Pro to do that. They run on networks you can't manage with an iPad Pro. You have no idea of what else you could be doing with the iPad Pro if you were not living under Apple's restrictions.

Johan42 said:

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racerhomie3 said:

avon b7 said:

I'm for choice in distribution models and less power for store controllers.

I'd like to see developers have the option to opt out of the App Store if it suits their needs and for Apple to have less say on what is 'acceptable' or not. Likewise, choice would then extend to the end user.

The open web exists for that. The App Store should be apple controlled.

Apple wants to hoard as much money as possible, which is why they make it nearly impossible for the average user to side load apps. Controlling what I can or can’t do with my phone...pfft.

Xcode is free. Sideload all you want from there.

One needs a developer account to download the “free” software, and registering such an account requires money. There’s also the fact that Xcode only runs on Mac OS X, and buying a Mac requires money. The average user has zero idea on how to virtualize Mac OS X in Windows or even use Xcode for that matter. So once again...nearly impossible for the average user to side load apps without having to pay for it.