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  • Apple previews iPadOS 15 with home screen widget support, system-wide notes

    GeorgeBMacGeorgeBMac
    thedba said:
    k2kw said:
    Apple “another work around because we won’t allow you to run MacOs on the iPad.”
    If you want to run MacOS, then get a Mac. 
    If you want to run iPadOS, then get an iPad. 

    I think your expectations were way too high for iPadOS at WWDC21, considering that it is meant to run the same OS that goes into the iPad/iPad mini/iPad Air.

    If you want to replace your aging Mac, then get another Mac. 
    If on the other hand you want or can complement your existing workflow with an iPad then the iPad Pro is a great tool. I already know how I can complement (not replace) my workflow with it. 
    On top of that, the iPad is my most used device when I'm not working. 

    Were expectations too high?
    Or was what was delivered to low?

    Increasingly people will get tired of saying:   "Oh, boy, I can't do that because I only have an iPad."  (Or I only have a Mac).
    The only way my 8th grade grandson could do his school work using Apple products was to have BOTH a MacBook and an iPad.   Neither, by itself, could do all that his teachers required.   On the other hand, the cheap, crappy Dell 2 in 1 the school handed out could do it all and, if it had a better processor and better screen could do it very competently.

    Nobody in his family will be upgrading their MacBook or iPad until Apple lifts what are becoming increasingly artificial constraints on their functionality.

    Perhaps the analogy might be a Ferrari without a reverse gear:   It can go out-run and out-perform almost anything on the street.  But you can't park it.
    For my grandson:
    -- If he only had a Mac he could do his English and Social Studies Homework (most of it) -- but not his math or science homework.
    -- If he only had an iPad, he could do his math and science homework but not his English and Social Studies Homework (not without a great deal of difficulty)

    To put it simply:   Have you ever tried to solve a quadratic equation on a Mac?  Yeh, you can do it -- but it would take many times longer than on a tablet with pencil.   And drawing a political cartoon for Social Studies?   Forget it.
    muthuk_vanalingamwilliamlondon

  • Apple previews iPadOS 15 with home screen widget support, system-wide notes

    GeorgeBMacGeorgeBMac
    StrangeDays said:
    k2kw said:
    Apple “another work around because we won’t allow you to run MacOs on the iPad.”
    Another “I don’t understand why macOS is not a touch-based OS” post…

    Except nobody but you said that.
    muthuk_vanalingamwilliamlondon

  • Apple faces higher taxes after G7 agree to global tax rate changes

    GeorgeBMacGeorgeBMac
    Biden. LOL

    You’d think our leaders would stand up for our corporations. But you’d think wrong I suppose. 



    He's standing up for our country and its people.   It's a concept that hasn't been in favor here for a couple decades -- while the rich got richer, the poor got poorer and the country's infrastructure (you know the stuff those corporations depend on) slowly fell apart and / or became obsolete.  He is investing in both human and physical resources

    Instead of whining that other countries were over taking us he is pushing us forward and building competitiveness.

    Every CEO knows that he has to invest in his company for it to survive and thrive .   Every president should know the same is true for his country.   We finally have one that understands that.  Time to move forward.

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    Is it just me, or did they actually complain, and quite a lot at that, about the previous administration waging trade wars with China? Now, these guys are about to do the same. Nothing new under the sun. 

    Also, we may all end up paying more for new products and services because of this. Or do you think the tech giants are going to kindly absorb the increase? 
    You asked:
    "Is it just me, or did they actually complain, and quite a lot at that, about the previous administration waging trade wars with China? Now, these guys are about to do the same. Nothing new under the sun. 

    Also, we may all end up paying more for new products and services because of this. Or do you think the tech giants are going to kindly absorb the increase? "

    Obviously those old policies not only failed to achieve their goal but ended up hurting the U.S. more than it did China (ask the farmers and Harley Davidson).  And it was obvious that they would fail:  we tried protective tariffs back in the 80's:  they failed then just as they failed now.

    INow, instead of trying to tear down a competitor we are investing in the future to make ourselves more competitive.   We can debate the HOW to do that.  But debating whether we need to do that is just foolish.   No company or country can survive long without investing in itself.

    And, yes, the tech giants will absorb it.  Because they rely on the infrastructures (educated work force, stable society, physical resources, etc.) to do what they do.   Without that infrastructure any G7 nation becomes just another third world country struggling to feed its people.

    [Deleted User]baconstangmuthuk_vanalingam

  • Apple faces higher taxes after G7 agree to global tax rate changes

    GeorgeBMacGeorgeBMac
    Biden. LOL

    You’d think our leaders would stand up for our corporations. But you’d think wrong I suppose. 



    He's standing up for our country and its people.   It's a concept that hasn't been in favor here for a couple decades -- while the rich got richer, the poor got poorer and the country's infrastructure (you know the stuff those corporations depend on) slowly fell apart and / or became obsolete.  He is investing in both human and physical resources

    Instead of whining that other countries were over taking us he is pushing us forward and building competitiveness.

    Every CEO knows that he has to invest in his company for it to survive and thrive .   Every president should know the same is true for his country.   We finally have one that understands that.  Time to move forward.

    [Deleted User]nadrielbaconstangroundaboutnow

  • Apple releases two new videos showing viewers how to set up Apple Card Family

    GeorgeBMacGeorgeBMac
    This is great -- for adults.   But I would hesitate to add a teenager to my card.  
    But, there is a better way for kids and teenagers:    Apple Cash via Family Sharing.

    I just set my grandson up with this and its been working great.  
    He was already a member of my Family Sharing.   So I went to family sharing under "Wallet" and added him there.   Now I or his mom (or anybody) can send him money and he can spend it anywhere that accepts Apple Pay.  He can also send cash to others via iMessage from his Apple Cash account. The benefit is that he can only spend what we have already given him -- he can't run up the balance on my Apple Card.  Plus, I get a transaction list of where he spent the money so I have some idea that it isn't being spent unwisely.  
    muthuk_vanalingamFileMakerFeller