r/ipad • u/Rare_Scientist7861 • Jul 17 '24
What opinion about iPads will have you like this? Discussion
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u/HACKSTAR_YT Jul 17 '24
most of the ipad pro users bought the pro because they just wanted the 120hz display
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Jul 17 '24
I bought it because of the 12.9 screen, since that’s the closest size to a piece of paper. When I finally need to replace my Pro, I’ll just get a used 13” Air.
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u/Waygookin_It Jul 17 '24
I bought it because of the speakers. If I could get a basic iPad with Pro sound, I would have. My first iPad was the original Pro and my current one that replaced it is the 11 inch M2. It has ProMotion, but isn’t OLED. I got the 12.9, but returned it after finding it too cumbersome.
The screen is nice enough. I’m still holding on to my 12 Pro Max and haven’t decided to upgrade to the 16 yet. A lot of people say the 120 hz screen and USB-C is worth it, but I still don’t think they justify $1500. We’ll see what comes of the AI features, but I’m currently thinking I should probably wait for the 17’s redesign.
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u/MusicLover707 Jul 18 '24
For the M1 chip too. Makes more sense longevity wise because it’ll run smoother many years after buying. And in hindsight, seeing that Multitasking only works on M1 processor having iPads (when I bought it, the Pro was the only one with M1) I’m glad I chose the Pro even more
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u/Longjumping-Bat-1708 Jul 17 '24
You don't always need the powerful chip, especially if you're a student.
Budget ipads do more than what you need it to.
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u/HardStroke Jul 17 '24
lol
99% of people won't notice the difference between the last A Bionic iPad Pro and the latest M4 Pro
Idk why people must have the M4 for their notes and YouTube device...
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u/Arrad Jul 18 '24
This is true. But I also know that some people got the base version iPad and still use them after 4-6 years, they’re forced to constantly delete stuff, reload apps, deal with lag, etc.
So it might be people who plan to use their device for 6+ years, and don’t want any slowdowns.
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u/mrdave1 Jul 17 '24
This is like the most popular take about iPads lol. True, but not controversial at all.
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u/VAS_4x4 Jul 17 '24
I used a Chinese mind map app that was incredibly cpu taxing and incredibly useful to study from lots of different sources. I had the 2018 pro and with it wasn't that good with the big maps (the whole class though). It was at the time of the M1 release and it wasn't much more powerful, maybe it was a RAM issue I don't know.
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u/sirloindenial Jul 17 '24
Im interested in that kind of app, what is the name?
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u/VAS_4x4 Jul 17 '24
Margin note 3, veeeeeeeery powerful, pdf reader, notetaking and mind map app.
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u/theAvenger423 iPad Pro 11" LTE (2018) Jul 17 '24
Shapr3D is the app that broke my camels back. My M2 is the first iPad Pro since 2018 pro that won’t crash when dealing with complex objects.
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u/DiamondUnicorn Jul 17 '24
No your 4 year old does not need an iPad Pro 13” with a Magic Keyboard and Pencil Pro.
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u/KuchKhaasHaiYNWA Jul 17 '24
That iPad cannot be a laptop replacement
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u/Alarming-Divide3659 Jul 17 '24
Some people just use their laptops to watch youtube and scroll reddit or news outlets, an ipad could easily replace a laptop for them
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u/kandaq Jul 17 '24
I have seen many people like this. Besides using it for the same contents as iPads, they also went the laptop route because it’s easier to download pirated stuffs on it, specifically movies, series and music.
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u/mr_bots Jul 17 '24
As long as iPadOS doesn’t allow browser extensions it’ll remain one of the worst devices you can use to watch YouTube or browse the web.
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u/basil_0408 Jul 17 '24
It does. I’ve been using userscript, adguard, hyperweb, baking soda, and vinegar on Safari. Never seen an ad since.
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u/EffectiveEquivalent Jul 17 '24
That’s a lot of effort… using the YouTube app is an objectively better experience on iOS, besides ads.
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u/nawksnai Jul 17 '24
It can, but it really depends on your profession.
Even so, I view the iPad as a tablet with a bit of laptop usefulness, and I don’t need it to completely replace a computer.
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u/WettyBanana Jul 17 '24
Agree. As a student. I first bought an ipad during pandemic, I thought it would suffice my need for online classes and academic writing. But there were some features on docs or word that the laptop does while ipad doesn’t.
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Jul 17 '24
Not having a built in citation manager for Google Docs on the iPad sucks. I just needed to write a simple discussion post response and brought my iPad mini and a folding keyboard in a sling bag since I was going out.
Would have taken me 30 minutes on a laptop. Nope. Ended up having to find and use a web based citation manager, which wasn’t nearly as intelligent as the ones baked into Word and Docs, just because one of the most important features for students isn’t available on the two most popular document editors.
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u/swiftfastjudgement Jul 17 '24
It’s true, at least in my profession. I get about 75% of the way there but still need my MacBook for remaining 25%.
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u/soignees Jul 17 '24
As long as apps exist over desktop programs, I agree. I’ve tried. I’m a working artist and I need programs for various laser cutting/sewing/3D printer stuff, as well as illustrator for vectors. For plain illustration work, clip studio and procreate is 99.9% okay, but not for specifics.
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u/YoussefAFdez Jul 17 '24
Yup although I agree, for “laptop” replacement in this kind of sense, I’d much rather use a phone
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u/Balcara Jul 17 '24
100% It needs to be able to install programs freely and support programming at least
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u/Shimano-No-Kyoken Jul 17 '24
“Hold my beer” - me doing development and AI work on an iPad for shits and giggles
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u/Herackl3s Jul 17 '24
Well chances are you are using servers and remote access to computers so technically yeah…
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u/Evil_Striped_Sock Jul 17 '24 edited Jul 17 '24
iPad pros are overkill for most people that buy it and a way cheaper tablet would do the work just fine
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u/bristow84 M4 iPad Pro 13" (2024) Jul 17 '24
Do I agree with this? Absolutely, I say as I type this from my iPad Pro.
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u/gamerfiiend Jul 17 '24
It’s an excellent gaming device
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u/Stingerposts Jul 17 '24
lmao, thats exactly what I'm using it for now. Should have got PS for the same price, lol
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u/jdbrew Jul 17 '24
Agreed, except it was much easier to convince my employer I needed them to buy me an iPad for testing tablet UIs than it would be to convince them to buy me a PS5
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u/pherkes Jul 17 '24
what are you playing on it other than emulating old games?
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u/gamerfiiend Jul 17 '24
Genshin Impact, Loop Hero, Wild Rift, Ex Astris, PPSSPP, Stardew Valley, Dead Cells
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u/Equivalent_Love4799 Jul 17 '24
Ipads should last 10 years. Like unless you are handing it off to someone like a younger sibling or smashed it you can use yours for like 5 years at least. They should last more tho. Especially if you just do basic web browsing. Email, view PDFs. Youtube and netflix and even take notes to be honest
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u/JudeEatFood M1 iPad Air (2022) Jul 19 '24
Still got a 2nd gen that works perfectly cromulently now
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u/FirefighterNo2409 Jul 17 '24
iPad is more than enough for most users (especially the corpos)
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u/jdbrew Jul 17 '24
Our Chief Marketing Officer always has the latest fully loaded and biggest screen Mac book pro, and all she uses it for is email, browsing, and reviewing the occasional power point or excel doc. It drives me nuts.
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u/animatedminus Jul 17 '24
A 60hz display isn't the end of the world.
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u/Grobfoot Jul 17 '24
reversal take: a 60hz display IS the end of the world.
60hz was the standard when 720p was the standard. If you still love working on 20-year-old display specs, that's fine, but that doesn't mean everyone else is crazy for having higher expectations.
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u/Hibiscus80808 Jul 17 '24
Don’t need to upgrade to a new iPad just because a new one came out, I drop 400 and it last me years
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u/Grobfoot Jul 17 '24
Been on the same iPad Pro for almost 7 years! This is also because the iPad Pro of 2024 is double the price as it was in 2017...
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u/Public-Cookie5543 Jul 17 '24
ipados is what most users demand from iPad.
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u/lemoche Jul 17 '24
Yeah, that's my take. I'd rather have them not go full hybrid since I fear that this will lessen the experience of using it as a tablet. First of all, Apple does have a bad track record of making stuff on non-mac devices "optional". And even if they do, the non-used option is still in the background using up resources, be it processing power, RAM, battery life and even if they severely minimize those... Storage.
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u/Professional-War-324 Jul 17 '24 edited Jul 17 '24
People don't understand, that there's no magic and laptops that run macos are bigger and of a different shape for a reason.
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u/CorneliusJack Jul 17 '24
I thought I might want to run some kind of IDE on it as a laptop replacement. I don’t, and I can just Remote Desktop to my computer for it if I really want to compile.
It serves most of my purpose which is a personal assistant for pdf annotation and markdown notation and some light video editing.
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u/jonalaniz2 Jul 17 '24
I don’t want macOS on my iPad, even as a so called power user.
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u/DylanSpaceBean Jul 17 '24
I don’t want macOS but I do want the ability to install Mac programs. Seems such a waste of stage manager and M4
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u/jonalaniz2 Jul 17 '24
I think another opinion that would have me put to death is I actually like Stage Manager on my MacBook Pro. For my iPad I use a mini and can’t imagine using something like that on it even if it were available.
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u/sirhalos Jul 17 '24
I don't either but I want/need an improved iOS experience which consist of a real dock, a real finder, a real web browser, and a terminal with something like Podman but with an Apple flair to it (maybe based on jails).
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u/Rare_Scientist7861 Jul 17 '24
The M4 iPad Pro does not justify it’s price.
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u/Marino4K M2 iPad Pro 11" (2022) Jul 17 '24
I fully agree. OLED isn’t worth hundreds of more dollars imo.
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u/otrapendejada Jul 17 '24
Trying to have mac os on an ipad is like trying to use a canvas as your journal. Each tool is different and great but each has its place and use.
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u/RidingADream90 Jul 17 '24
Most people ( 99% ) can have most of their needs met with the base model iPad.
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u/sir_duckingtale Jul 17 '24
Not offering Multi User Accounts is a devilish money grabbing scheme by Apple to sell you and your family more iPads
While that same money could be used to actually make people happy and buy groceries
While as it stands it is designed to take as much of your money as they possible can.
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u/lemoche Jul 17 '24
Not disagreeing with your assessment of it being a money grab, but if families opt for another ipad over groceries, they are doing something severely wrong.
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u/justinsane15 Jul 17 '24
"I'm a college student that wants to take notes and do a lot of art. I also consume lots of content and play heavy games. Should I get the 13" iPad Pro?"
Reality: "I'm a sociology major that does random doodles occasionally that I'll never look at again. I also scroll TikTok for hours at a time and play the 819th iteration of shooting enemies on a bridge solving math problems to get better weapons game. Should I buy a $1,300 tablet?"
If you have to ask if you need an iPad Pro, 99% of the time you don't. A 10th gen with a $15 Amazon Pencil™ will take care of the vast majority of use cases posted here.
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u/MasterofMuppets2k2 Jul 17 '24
iPad mini is the best form factor of them all and needs a big overhaul
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u/Coolguy188 iPad Mini 6 (2021) Jul 17 '24
iPads were the solution to a problem that solved itself. In 2010, most laptops were bulky and not very portable with weak battery life. Smartphones were still in their infancy and couldn’t do a lot of things. While people were buying netbooks, they were too weak to be a laptop and too cheap to be anything but subpar with small keyboards and even smaller trackpads. The iPad seemed genius in its early years, but grew stagnant. Pro users basically wanted a MacBook while standard users were holding on to iPads for much longer than what Apple probably anticipated. Nowadays, laptops are getting thinner and faster with more battery life and smartphones have advanced so much they can replace a standard computer for casual users. The iPad is in kind of a weird state where it’s not a laptop replacement but doesn’t do much more than an iPhone, making it harder to justify climbing the price ladder. Perhaps the lineup needs an overhaul.
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u/Shehzman Jul 18 '24
I mostly agree but they are phenomenal content consumption devices. I barely watch anything on my tv, laptop, or iPhone comparatively.
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u/Coolguy188 iPad Mini 6 (2021) Jul 18 '24
That is what the iPad excels in. I have an iPad mini 6 and it’s much nicer to watch YouTube videos and play Zenless Zone Zero than my iPhone
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u/Bubby_K Jul 17 '24
Can you PLEASE parent and remove that iPad from your child?
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u/and_so_forth Jul 17 '24
As a parent, I agree with a qualification. We did for a short while let our kid play with an iPad until we realised fairly quickly that, like TV, it makes our job more difficult as he just ended up using it as a really counter-productive mood regulator. So the qualification is that he still has use but only with us and only for doing specific things, which frankly is the way we should all be using devices anyway.
You don't sit there fiddling with a paper book getting increasingly frustrated simply because you're bored; you pick it up and read it. You don't just walk around investigating a cricket bat; you use it to knock a ball around with mates. Same with tablets. You wanna take some photos and muck around with them? Sure let's go do that together, sounds like fun. Wanna draw together? Great. You're bored and you wanna turn your brain off? Ok fine let's go upstairs and find your Lego because that iPad is just going to piss you off and make you loopy.
It's not about screen time, it's about mis-use of technology. And just like TV, it's a dreadful way to simply fill time.
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u/lukub5 Jul 17 '24
Ipads and apple in general is anti repair and anti consumer, and the fact that many of us rely on the quality of their hardware for our work is a cruel joke.
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u/Competitive-Fox-5458 Jul 17 '24
This is not unpopular.
Most people in tech savvy fields believe this.
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u/RightGuide1611 iPad 10 (2022) Jul 17 '24
The iPad 10th gen is good for mostly everyone even lacking a m series chip
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u/squirrel8296 Jul 17 '24
Apple needs to figure out what the iPad is going to be and pick a direction:
- If it is going to be a secondary device, then it needs to be cheaper across the board and doesn't need to offer most of the performance and features they are currently including.
- If it is going to be a laptop replacement then the software needs to be dramatically improved and it will likely need to be closer to a Mac tablet than they want it to be.
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u/IceBlueLugia Jul 18 '24
The reality is the iPad isn’t ever meant to be a laptop replacement for any professional. It can do that well if you’re in school or an artist, which is a big audience anyway
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u/Vanguardbliss iPad Pro 11" (2020) Jul 17 '24
The storage cost difference and using 60hz for non pro iPad models is corporate greed. Also the Apple pencil must be included atleast with iPad pro models not a seperate 100 dollars for it.
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u/Blue_Nyx07 Jul 17 '24
M series chip is pretty much useless and marketing ploy for those who uses the ipad purely for entertainment purposes.
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u/xLinduhh Jul 17 '24
It’s just a giant phone! flinches
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u/CounterSYNK iPad Mini 6 (2021) Jul 17 '24
That’s been true since the beginning. The common saying was it’s just a giant iPod touch.
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u/lemoche Jul 17 '24
Which is totally ok for me. I mean, it's not so long that the OS was practically identical.
And that's basically how I use it. For stuff that would be a subpar experience with a much smaller screen, like reading, especially comics and scans from school and watching videos of any kind.
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u/Jimmybee1108 Jul 17 '24
I know this is the dedicated sub….but you don’t need an iPad at all…and especially not the Pencil.
You’re a student, or you’re just also broke like I am now. An Amazon fire tablet can do most of what you need. Sorry not sorry
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Jul 17 '24
1st gen Apple Pencil is so much better. Sure, charging it looks ridiculous, but it pairs better and battery lasts longer
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u/gtedvgt Jul 17 '24
A large amount of people would prefer a samsung tablet(not the cheap ones they suck) over an ipad but because of how DOMINANT the ipad is in tablet marketshare they don't even consider it an option.
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Jul 17 '24
So glad I bought my in laws a Samsung tablet instead of an iPad. Having the ability to create separate profiles is great for families. My father in law uses it to watch workout videos, and my mother in law likes to doodle and read on it.
Plus the S pen came with it, so no need to fork out extra money for a pressure sensitive stylus that only Apple sells. If they ever lose the S pen, there are a ton of Wacom pens out there, so it would be about a $30 replacement instead of $70+
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u/TheGreatProbe Jul 17 '24
I started off with a 7” Galaxy Tab A from 2016 before I upgraded to a 6th generation iPad and finally an Air 4 in 2022. That little Galaxy Tab A holds a special place in my heart, they do not suck. They’re good enough for what they are, just entertainment devices.
They’re pretty neat and is exactly what most people need. Just like the iPad, nobody needs these things, but they’re a nice thing to have.
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u/HistorianBusiness166 Jul 17 '24
Aspect ratio for the letterbox-phobic video user. Separate profiles. Android it's pretty easy to download off YouTube with third party apps and probably browser extensions for Firefox or one of the non-Google chromium browsers in the store that enable extensions. If the tablets just for media consumption, no need to be picky towards an ipad
People that don't need oled, the oneplus pad 1 or 2. A lot cheaper. Good processors with the 2 being latest high end. Plus these are 7:5 so should be good for reading
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u/YungSeele Jul 17 '24
People who want thinner and lighter ipads have limp wrists and they're the same people who will later complain about battery life.
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u/Grobfoot Jul 17 '24
The iPad is a product that splits the difference between a phone and a laptop. The market is still waiting for the product that splits the difference between an iPad and Laptop, and that product will become legend.
People always talk about what the iPad does worse than a laptop, but there are so many scenarios where the iPad is better than a laptop for me. I work construction, and it's way easier to walk around on-site with an ipad than my 45 lb thinkpad.
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u/linedrive18 iPad Pro 11" (2018) Jul 17 '24
iPad OS is great, and is more capable than most people even need. Everyone that wants macOS on the iPad is trying to replicate/emulate their current “workflow” on iPad. If you want it to work like a MacBook, get a MacBook.
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u/icywind90 Jul 17 '24
People who need a laptop should buy a laptop instead of complaining that iPad should meet their needs
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u/SnooChickens5937 Jul 17 '24
i bought a ps4 controller when im bought my ipad rather than the apple pencil
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u/Hefty_Heavy Jul 17 '24 edited Jul 17 '24
They're not just media consumption devices. No they don't need a better OS. The simplicity and ease of use is its greatest selling point. Just look at how many industries use iPads. The military, aviation, service industry, health care.
Just because you just use it to play Angry Birds doesn't mean everybody else is.
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u/Michael_Rizzi Jul 17 '24
The sole reason why they create 4 apple pencils is to make us fork out our money
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u/Straight_Warlock Jul 17 '24
People always be like “uuuh they make us spend money”, and? It is a business, of course they need your money and have lots of people working on their marketing
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u/Michael_Rizzi Jul 17 '24
You can do both and not be a hypocrite man. On one side Apple claims to save environment by getting rid of the charging brick, yet produces 4 different types of apple pencil that cannot be used on different type of ipad should you want to upgrade the model but still use the same pen. Like pick a side.
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u/HerrisC Jul 17 '24
I would be fine paying for the price of a MacBook and ipad with 8gb of ram + 256gb of storage if it meant I could have my whole work flow in one device like the Mac version of the surface laptop studio
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u/Carboyyoung Jul 17 '24
The iPad is better than a MacBook
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u/CounterSYNK iPad Mini 6 (2021) Jul 17 '24
I mean I have both and I hardly touch my MacBook and use one or more of my iPads everyday
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u/marslander-boggart Jul 17 '24
They allow to perform most of the tasks laptops are made for. Especially with a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse.
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u/EddJ95 Jul 17 '24
Buying the apple keyboard for the iPad is a waste of money, for that just buy a laptop and at least won’t be terrible ergonomically and won’t wiggle every time you touch the screen 📺
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u/No_Temporary9696 Jul 17 '24
It's just an iPhone but with a bigger screen that does less than an iphone
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u/l8n- Jul 17 '24
I don’t care if my Mini 6 is smaller than your air or pro. Its mine, i love it and it does what I need it to do. Mostly open procreate and draw small stick men dancing then close it.
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u/sacredgeometry Jul 17 '24
Tablets are almost exclusively for people with more expendable income than imagination.
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u/ViveMind Jul 17 '24
They’re a great learning tool for children and there isn’t anything wrong with introducing toddlers to them.
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u/obantheking Jul 17 '24
As a trainee teacher who sees so many "iPad schools" and has had to write about apps and devices, this is true... They're just so poorly utilised. Introduce in the right way and sure, they're inherently great! It's just we, as the adults, aren't quite there with it yet
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u/Spacey_Cadet04 Jul 17 '24
99% of kids don’t need their own. I understand long car rides and doctors offices or places where they have to wait, but children having unlimited iPad time at home is just lazy parenting.
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u/RICO61927 Jul 17 '24
That it's a laptop replacement. Can it get the job done? Yes. But I know apple won't just give us a MacBook Air that has touch screen and can run all iPad apps. That's the perfect computer
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u/TelephoneActive1539 iPad 2 (2011) Jul 17 '24
Apple should at least let us pay for a MacOS installation on iPads.
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u/Eofdred Jul 17 '24
the right way to use it is in portrait mode. I think the landscape accessories are waste of opportunity.
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u/pmmaa Jul 18 '24
iPads do not need Mac OS. Experience tablet mode on windows to understand why your iPad should be closer to a iPhone than a Mac.
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u/Fraaaakkkkk Jul 18 '24
whenever people call an ipad an oversized iphone. its the kind of opinion someone whos just never used an ipad would have. it just ignores that ipads are an unrivalled combination of utility, user interface and size. if i could only have one device for the rest of my life it would be an ipad mini with an apple pencil.
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u/Hot_Sentence_1591 M2 iPad Air 13" (2024) Jul 18 '24
There are markets with products that do not cater to your needs and that's fine. Not everything needs to work in your ecosystem. You can't think of ways to use iPads, so don't buy them, instead of buying them just to complain about how they don't work for you
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u/Street-Common-4023 Jul 20 '24
Was wondering what is the cheapest IPAD I could get that is strictly for note taking and studying ?
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u/noxide77 Jul 20 '24
iPad for home iPhone for away its great I love it. I I recently got a iPad compared to having for iPhone for several years. iPad does all I want and I gotta desktop for the rest.
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u/itanite Jul 21 '24
They're nice tablets, but everyone seems to buy them as status symbols for their cashflow, and then comes to the internet to try to confirmation-bias themselves into justifying their purchase.
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u/tysonedwards Jul 17 '24
iPad is better than Mac.
The restrictions on software development ensure that tools like VoiceOver and VoiceControl can better understand the apps, and allow people with vision or mobility issues to easily and fully use the products.
Under macOS, Windows, or even Android, accessibility tools and screen readers are much more limited, often responding with "Screen: empty" or worse, starting over at the top of the screen several times per second because the content changed.
So, one simple reason: iPhone and iPad accessibility are simply better than what's available everywhere else - because the platform forces that developers use the same programming languages, frameworks, and UI engines.
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u/otrapendejada Jul 17 '24
Ipad and apple pencil segmentation is good. Each ipad is a great tool for a different market. Students, musicians, business owners and of course creatives
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u/anonteje Jul 17 '24
Here's a few:
The apple fan boys here and in ipad pro are insane and will defend anything apple does (and this is from someone who has all apple devices for over a decade)
QC on last 2 pro gens with bending and now graining has been below acceptable
iPads are held back tremendously by their OS - anyone who says it can replace their computer have super simple workflows
iPad pricing is getting unacceptable, and so are the 4x pencils and super expensive storage upgrades, which leads me to...
Apple as a company has lost their innovative USP under Tim apple's steering; they have gone from a creative revolutionary company to one that pushes super slow evolution and mostly greed by pushing small upgrades at a higher and higher pricw
Most people wouldn't notice a difference if they had a standard ipad or a pro, and it would suffice for them, they just want the flex
Stop giving your kids ipads ffs
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u/CorneliusJack Jul 17 '24
M4 in the new iPad Pro is justified, seeing how the AI will be integrated and unlock a lot of resource intensive application.
Not to mention the not that bit of price point difference over M2 Air variant makes it a no-brainer in terms of application and future-proof.
Edit: this is only deciding between the current gen iPad Pro and iPad Air, not about older gen.
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u/WillYumzz Jul 17 '24
The iPad Air shouldn’t exist.
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u/CounterSYNK iPad Mini 6 (2021) Jul 17 '24
The Air 1 and Air 2 made sense. The rest of them are just worse pros for almost as much money.
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u/respring_warrior Jul 17 '24 edited Jul 17 '24
The iPad Pro does not need to have terminal, finder, or whatever MacOS feature you miss to be for pros. It works as a professional and entertainment device for enough people for Apple to justify making it.
If it doesn’t fit your particular pro workflow that sucks, wish it did, but it doesn’t. Go find a device that does instead of telling other professionals their work isn’t “real”.
Also computer ≠ laptop. Your phone is a computer, as is a tablet. The “what’s a computer” ad was stupid from day one.
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u/IcyIceGuardian iPad Pro 10.5" (2017) Jul 17 '24
I don’t want MacOS. I want iPadOS with more features.
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u/vision_peer Jul 17 '24
ipad can replace laptops.
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u/YungSeele Jul 17 '24
This isn't really a hot take imo, it just depends on the scenario. For example: for a hobby digital artist who wants something portable, getting an ipad+apple pencil and procreate would be a better deal than a laptop, pen tablet and dongles setup. But if you want portability and need the fully featured version of software like photoshop for professional work, then basically buying a laptop is your only choice.
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u/SpokenDivinity Jul 17 '24 edited Jul 17 '24
MacOS is never coming to iPad. They make too much money selling the iPad as an accessory device for Mac and MacBook users, they’re not going to risk those sales when they could keep getting you to buy into the Apple ecosystem instead.
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u/SirCats Jul 17 '24
As a childless person, that kids don’t need them to be entertained or to act “well”. Also, that they’re doing more harm than good for their overall behavior because when they don’t have one, the kid usually acts like a terror. They need to stop being used as the babysitter.
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u/FireFright8142 Jul 17 '24
95% don’t need a Pro and waste their money on it