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@simonwoods I came to a lot of the same conclussions. Fortunately for me, the timing was right and I was able to grab a new MBA as a workhorse replacement for my ailing MBP and can still enjoy my iPad Mini for everything else (reading, light writing and notetaking, Procreate-ing, etc).
@simonwoods Ouch. I’ve long hoped that my iPad could eventually replace a laptop, but that hope seems to be fading.
@adders For any work involving the web — since that’s all I know right now, and even then I feel like I’ve only scratched the surface of the problems — this OS is just not good enough. I also don’t think they can fix it with a single, yearly update.
As a casual, netbook-style machine that doubles as the world’s best tablet? Sure, it’s great for that. But definitely not an investment for work, especially with the existence of the M1 Macs.
@jessekelber Yep, that’s my plan. I am happy to have this machine, and in so many ways it is vastly superior to any other computer I have had. It just fails at too many essential tasks to come close to the all-round utility of a traditional computer.
@simonwoods So the truck vs car analogy still holds. Most users do light to moderate computing, for which iOS is sufficient. For heavy computing one still needs a traditional computer. Tim Cook can use an iPad, but his PA needs a Mac.
@simonwoods It pains me that I’m starting to lean this way as well, as I love the iPad and what it represents as a new paradigm for computing. Between little things like homescreen widgets and App Library being denied on the iPad (WTF?), to bigger issues like poor external display support and lack of multi-track audio routing, I question how devoted Apple really is to this platform.
On top of that, take Panic’s recent announcement of abandoning Code Editor alongside previous great apps like Transmit, and I worry that other developers will start following suit. Yes, part of their decision was it not being profitable enough to continue development — which in and of itself should be worrying — but they also highlighted technical limitations, and barriers with App Store acceptance.
Manton’s linked article about the pricing of the M1 Mac vs iPad platforms was also spot on. If I want to get a 16GB iPad for future proofing and maximum performance, the price of just the device alone (sans keyboard, trackpad, and Pencil) skyrockets above an equivalent storage and RAM capable M1 iMac.
// @manton
@renevanbelzen Exactly that, yep. Even if I wanted to enjoy the web as a hobbyist this machine still isn’t good enough.
@simonwoods I understand completely why an iPad wouldn't work for some. For instance, I'm a fan of retro computing, and want to write assembly language for the Commander X16. It's almost impossible to do, unless I invest large amounts of time and effort ⇨it's no longer a hobby ☹︎