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hmurchison said:

iPads have gotten a bit too expensive. 

Apple likes to charge premium pricing and the now iOS developers think everyone wants to pay them annually for their work.  I have less and less reason to purchase an iPad anymore.  I'm struggling to find reasons to continue to invest in iPad OS.  A  Mx based 12" Macbook would potentially obliterate any need I have for an iPad. 

It's been a nice run but Tablets "feel" like a market that has passed its zenith. 

IDK, I guess it depends upon what tablet you are using and what kind of things you do with computing devices.
I have an iPad Pro 12.9 and it has pretty much replaced the MacBook Pro as a mobile device - the MBP is essentially a desktop that could be used as a laptop if need be, connected to an Apple Studio and a set of HomePods for audio. 

The list of things you can do with a Mac that cannot be done with an iPad Pro gets shorter every month.

For the overwhelming majority of people, a good iPad is all they need.

This is a nice reminder that all Operating Systems have vulnerabilities as you would expect something as complex as a modern computer would likely have.

I still read of and hear about people running Macs or iOS/iPad OS with no security at all and all I can say is not me. With almost all banking, investing, bill paying, taxes, and an increasing number of medical and professional communications going over my devices I am not leaving things to chance.

My home router is essentially a computer and runs software that scans everything on the LAN and also monitors everything coming and going and if you look at the logs it is quite amazing how much malware is out there and how many people are trying to compromise even your IoT devices. At work ( a large hospital system) our IT department is fighting a constant battle to protect our critical systems, sensitive data and your medical records - quite a few major hospitals have been compromised and lost control of everything to ransomware.

Finally, I would strongly suggest all take a good hard look at using physical security keys to lock your Apple ID, iCloud and other sensitive accounts. Nobody makes a foolproof OS.

Pema said:

Microsoft (of DOS & Windows infamy) that has more bugs and malware than there are pebbles on the beach. They are so busy swatting their sheit, when do they have the time to debug others? 

I am no fan of Windows or of MS software, but the security of Windows has improved markedly in recent years. I own both a MacBook Pro and a Surface Pro, an iPad Pro and a Samsung Android Tablet and the number of MS security updates is not that different from what Apple posts these days. 

I hate to inform you, but Apple uses Windows in Cupertino for some things and you do as well, knowingly or unknowingly. The PC wars are over and all of us operate in a hybrid environment of UNIX, LINUX, Mac OS, iOS, Windows client and server and Android as well. Within maybe a year or two most cars will be running on some form of either Microsoft or Android based OS  (d.b.a. Google Car)- QNX software is quickly going by the wayside and Apple does not seem to be competing in that space.

Apple Classical has been a huge disappointment.
No Mac app, no iPad app, it is really not that special and one wonders what took almost 2 years to bring this app out.

It seems Apple would serve us better if they simply let users of Apple Music set up a preference profile and filtered out the types of music we do not like for those that we do.

I have the money but that is too much for a RoboVac.
Are the Roborocks modular so that they can easily be repaired as a Roomba is? 

The white plastic is also a turn off.