Not sure what you mean if you are not a pro user than 4GB of RAM is more than enough for a iPhone and iPad. And 8GB of RAM is more than enough for Mac or windows computer.
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iPad Pro After releasing the new M1 iPads and WWDC Apple is a spineless and gutless company who can take us for a ride whenever they want.
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Then why release a 16gb ram iPad? Only reason I can think of is to suck people into buying it, while apple deep down knows they’ll never release anything that will take advantage of all that ram.
This describes where I want the future of the iPad to go I think…
I don’t need it to replace my Mac or even my Windows Desktop. They have an unlimited power aspect to them that would be impossible to replicate. I also don’t want my iPad to feel like my phone with some extra parlor tricks in store (like notes with the pencil). I am hoping to see it show us the future of computing…
To fill that mythical gap between Phone and PC/Mac in a unique and powerful way. Such that you feel you can start or continue work on it and really flex once you sit back down at your desk.
Not about killing the Mac, but about giving it super powers…
The only way that will change is if next year when the iPad pro get say a M2 and the iPad Air get M1 and in three years or so the base model get M1 than programmers would see the market share and program for it.
Look at the bright side, you could of bought the 11” 1TB 16gb ram, the screen isn’t even any better from 2 models ago lol .
Apple is hoping AAA games and pro apps would make its way to app store.
But not sure there is much incentive for programmers unless the game and software cost over $100.
I doubt many people bought the 16GB version as not many would ever need that much RAM on an iPad. For those who did and were expecting something to come at WWDC that didn't, well, they can return it or cancel their order..
Unless you have a crystal ball you don't know what the future holds for iPad's. Maybe end of year or early next year they'll announce Pro apps that will make better use of it..
Not sure what others expected but I certainly didn’t expect much in the way of iOS changes that would have lead to dropping of support of recent iPad models. The path ahead is larger available RAM and storage, but we shouldn’t expect immediate abandonment of existing hardware. The additional hardware headroom is now there on the pro models and eventually will trickle down to the base models. As time goes on developers will make use of the headroom and the platform overall will continue to evolve accordingly.
Still love my mini led iPad, just wish apple did more for today’s software releases.
It would be good if Apple would make an app like photoshop and give photoshop some competition.
Well Gimp is better than nothing but not as good as photoshop.
Make it for the iPad pro and Mac.
Yep. Wasn't really expecting much from WWDC. I chose the 2021 12.9 1TB 5G for what it can do now.
Had a bad feeling as soon as they started with iOS lol.
I would say, as the old saying goes.... No $h17 Sherlock.
Not to the emotional level that you appear to be but that business does not have emotional ties to you, or me, or any person on the planet.
Their sole purpose is to exist, create a thing, whatever that thing is and then sell the thing so that they continue to exist. And they are fulfilling their purpose.
It's difficult to get upset with a thing fulfilling it's purposes because you thought it should be something else......... the machine doesn't have feelings.
So when purchasing a thing from a business, you think to yourself, do I need or want this thing? Yes or no?
No?...then move on.
Yes?..then am I willing to give up the money I worked 300 hours for? No? Move on.....Yes? Buy it.
So just because the first follow-up software update didn't have the pizzazz that you wanted, it means that the entire M1 iPad is worthless? LOL....Impatient children these days....
...And how do we know this when the machines have literally only been in circulation for a few weeks so far? Are they suddenly not able to get software and feature updates in the coming months and years?
I usually roll my eyes at posts like the OP but I can’t help but completely agree with it in this rare instance.
I will say, however, that I completely gave up on the iPad being something more than just a media consumption tool after WWDC 2019
I just don’t hold out any hope for it anymore.
I will say, however, that I completely gave up on the iPad being something more than just a media consumption tool after WWDC 2019
I just don’t hold out any hope for it anymore.
I disagree, the 12.9 iPad Pro is a creative pen computer designed for creative professionals, since 2015.
I don't think they've ever hidden their colours?
I wanted multitasking improvements. I got them. With drag and drop support. Cool.
I wanted App Library. I got it.
I liked Universal Control, not that I'll use it much but it shows where they see iPad. Remains to be seen if there are new external display options.
I got a heap of stuff I don't care about. That's pretty normal.
I will use the "watch party" stuff. At the moment I have to literally manually count down (like a savage) when watching stuff with my SO. Hopefully Netflix and others will start to build that in. But it won't be usable until the public release. I do this every day (we don't live in the same country).
I was incredibly impressed with the new Swift Playgrounds update. Building apps natively on iPad (I'm guessing it actually uses xCode Cloud) is really really maturing the platform. Not maybe enough to get me coding again (I'm much too stupid to learn to code) but I have a teenager who needs a hobby.
As its the start of the week and the keynote is only a couple of hours, it remains to be seen what changes happen under the hood to allow developers to do great things.
Time for Apple to earn our money? The whole world doesn’t upgrade their devices on the same schedule. Theirs probably millions of people on older iPads that will buy 2021 iPad Pro. Yes, I was also underwhelmed with PadOS 15, but Apple will sell millions of devices simply because of upgrade cycles. I went from a 2015 12.9 on launch day, to a 2018 12.9 on launch day. Now I’m at the 2021 12.9. It’s just part of the upgrade cycle. Apple earned my money… many others too.
no basis for the below observation...just my thoughts
An average user (like me) will keep their macbook for 5-6 or 7 years..
Compare to that, an average user will keep their ipad for 2-3 or max 4 years.
Now if they allow ipad pro to support features like external monitor support or better multi-tasking then a lot of users will actually move away from macbook air, lowest config versions of macbook pro to ipad pro.
and that is a big loss to them not only for $$ but, also to keep the market share increasing year over year.
Of-course few with lot of money and few who are very much in app or digital media work, they need to upgrade frequently, so perhaps that is justified.
An average user (like me) will keep their macbook for 5-6 or 7 years..
Compare to that, an average user will keep their ipad for 2-3 or max 4 years.
Now if they allow ipad pro to support features like external monitor support or better multi-tasking then a lot of users will actually move away from macbook air, lowest config versions of macbook pro to ipad pro.
and that is a big loss to them not only for $$ but, also to keep the market share increasing year over year.
Of-course few with lot of money and few who are very much in app or digital media work, they need to upgrade frequently, so perhaps that is justified.
The iPadOS 15 multitasking model needs more RAM to be effective.
It's not just about more RAM per app, but the number of apps that can be stored in memory without having to be restarted. Those two limits are a benefit to the consumer and a motivation to developers to not get greedy with RAM demands.
I think they're in a difficult transition at the moment. The outgoing incumbents whose processors are lacking are still on the shelves with plenty of people still running those processors and with an M2 on the way. Legacy owners have about another 4 years before they will be finally set adrift and even then those machines will be good to run for years after. Taking advantage of that new tech too quickly will inadvertently ostracise existing customers early and that isn't Apple's way.
You find the biggest innovations are the quiet ones and not necessarily bound to the device. Universal control is and Private Relay on ICloud+ will likely affect how people use their macs on a daily basis, but they're not in your face. Hearing enhancing with Air Pods Pro; I could have done with that years ago (too many rock concerts as a kid). There are loads of little things that will amount to a lot.
And the M1 iPad isn't just about the processor, it was about the screen too. So it's not all bad...
I bought my ipad pro 12.9 2021 mainly for the screen, the software updates and other enhancements brought by ipadOS15 are just icing on the cake 
once they introduce the updated screen to their ipad pro 11 next year will surely jump on that one as i am still using the 2018 version, Would have upgraded it too this year but the screen for the 11-inch was not updated so will wait for next year. Different strokes for different folks. In my case my work involves a lot of typing and on the go so the ipad pros are more than enough for me… my macbook air M1 (company issued) hardly gets usage time from me.
i understand others are more power users though and were wishing the ipad pro could be more capable, hence the disappointment. Apple will never merge the two as they earn from macbook, pro, etc for power users and earn from ipads for those light users, so its a win-win for them in both categories. Maybe after several years when market demand changes, like how the iphone/ipod touch cannibalized the ipod classic that apple just stopped manufacturing the iPod classic altogether
once they introduce the updated screen to their ipad pro 11 next year will surely jump on that one as i am still using the 2018 version, Would have upgraded it too this year but the screen for the 11-inch was not updated so will wait for next year. Different strokes for different folks. In my case my work involves a lot of typing and on the go so the ipad pros are more than enough for me… my macbook air M1 (company issued) hardly gets usage time from me.i understand others are more power users though and were wishing the ipad pro could be more capable, hence the disappointment. Apple will never merge the two as they earn from macbook, pro, etc for power users and earn from ipads for those light users, so its a win-win for them in both categories. Maybe after several years when market demand changes, like how the iphone/ipod touch cannibalized the ipod classic that apple just stopped manufacturing the iPod classic altogether
My PoV: Apple will never make iPadOS special on iPP. I also bought the new iPad and upgraded my iPadPro 2018. Will I return? No? Would I have hoped for more pro apps? Don't think this will ever happen ONLY for the iPP. Was I disappointed with the iPad OS features? Yes... that more like a "now iPad OS is even with last years iOS".