I have been using iPads since their inception. I use them virtually every day for extended periods of time, but almost exclusively for content consumption. I still do 95% of my content creation on a Mac and cannot see that changing anytime soon. iOS is still far too primitive compared to MacOS, and so are most apps designed for iOS, and by the time you add a mouse/trackpad and keyboard to an iPad you've still got all the bulk of a laptop... so, why not use a real MAC? What would REALLY be great is an iPad running MacOS, that automatically detects monitors, keyboards and trackpads when they get close, so I can use it like an iPad all by itself, then walk into my office. set it on my desk, and have it detect and start using my monitors and other peripherals. You'd probably need some form of eGPU though.
Toby - 5 years ago
Long, Long, Long overdue, now all I need are a few decent vector drawing (Adobe Illustrator) and animation apps (Adobe Animate) - I'll be able to use the iPad for actual production and be able to work how 'i want'.
At last Apple has finally realised they will need to stray from Steve's vision and permit a full cursor interface as an alternative to the limited finger/pencil offering and accessible cursor. My iPad is good but I always need to jump back to my mac to get the real work done.... iPad sadly goes back in the bag at that point.
Who knows, with iOS 14 they might even offer a OSX like system finder...
paj - 5 years ago
An iPad won't support the applications that I am using for meteorology.
As Avieshek remarked above, the only way an iPad will come close to shifting me away from my Macbook and my desktop iMac Pro, is to , essentially, turn it into a touchscreen Mac.
Which, if I could get a 27" touchscreen iMac, that I would TOTALLY dive into, (as long as it didn't cost as much as my house!).
Brian - 5 years ago
I would like to ability to use my iPad as a a Citrix receiver.
They'll need to bring entire x86 features including multitasking, to.. allow apps downloaded outside of the AppStore (or all walled garden policies, tactics, approach) - essentially a Mac with a touchscreen. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Simply adding a file system after a decade doesn't suddenly make an iPad a workstation with a battery accessible only through a AppleCare+ Service - a 13yr old Toshiba with 4GB RAM updated to Windows 10 while my mid-2012 13" MacBook Pro runs the latest macOS in 2020, will the iPad be updated with Software Updates (and without Performance Throttling)?
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I have been using iPads since their inception. I use them virtually every day for extended periods of time, but almost exclusively for content consumption. I still do 95% of my content creation on a Mac and cannot see that changing anytime soon. iOS is still far too primitive compared to MacOS, and so are most apps designed for iOS, and by the time you add a mouse/trackpad and keyboard to an iPad you've still got all the bulk of a laptop... so, why not use a real MAC? What would REALLY be great is an iPad running MacOS, that automatically detects monitors, keyboards and trackpads when they get close, so I can use it like an iPad all by itself, then walk into my office. set it on my desk, and have it detect and start using my monitors and other peripherals. You'd probably need some form of eGPU though.
Long, Long, Long overdue, now all I need are a few decent vector drawing (Adobe Illustrator) and animation apps (Adobe Animate) - I'll be able to use the iPad for actual production and be able to work how 'i want'.
At last Apple has finally realised they will need to stray from Steve's vision and permit a full cursor interface as an alternative to the limited finger/pencil offering and accessible cursor. My iPad is good but I always need to jump back to my mac to get the real work done.... iPad sadly goes back in the bag at that point.
Who knows, with iOS 14 they might even offer a OSX like system finder...
An iPad won't support the applications that I am using for meteorology.
As Avieshek remarked above, the only way an iPad will come close to shifting me away from my Macbook and my desktop iMac Pro, is to , essentially, turn it into a touchscreen Mac.
Which, if I could get a 27" touchscreen iMac, that I would TOTALLY dive into, (as long as it didn't cost as much as my house!).
I would like to ability to use my iPad as a a Citrix receiver.
They'll need to bring entire x86 features including multitasking, to.. allow apps downloaded outside of the AppStore (or all walled garden policies, tactics, approach) - essentially a Mac with a touchscreen. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Simply adding a file system after a decade doesn't suddenly make an iPad a workstation with a battery accessible only through a AppleCare+ Service - a 13yr old Toshiba with 4GB RAM updated to Windows 10 while my mid-2012 13" MacBook Pro runs the latest macOS in 2020, will the iPad be updated with Software Updates (and without Performance Throttling)?