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iPad Pro Be honest do you even want an iPad Pro to run Mac OS ?
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I’d be fine with iOS if developers would get some of my professional app’s working on it. But as it stands, that’s honestly looking less and less likely. It sucks that we have lightning fast hardware with only a handful of app’s that take advantage of it.
No. Make better iOS apps. The processing power is there and iOS should be at least as efficient to execute code as MacOS. Many tasks and apps typically need large screens for efficient interactions so rather make a 17-20 inch desktop "iPad" than putting MacOS on a small screen device. We see a co-development of apps and hardware at the moment so it will take some time before we get desktop apps to iOS.
I’m with you.
I like iPadOS for being more open and more capable than “old iOS”, for sure. I hope about multi users development in the future, too.
But I don’t want macOS on an iPad. Apple is not Microsoft.
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fortunately it won’t happens.
I’d like to keep that garbage as far from my ipad as i can.
I would think that an iPad could not run a desktop version of OS X (Catalina, Mojave) since Bionic processors are ARM architecture, and OS X runs under x86-64.
That the iPad had OS X would be a super breakthrough but it would be weird since it would compete directly against Macbooks.
I think the revolution that Apple should take is to make its own processors and stop relying on Intel.
Actually he had to do this before, currently the Desktop and Notebook PC market I think it will go down over the years.
That the iPad had OS X would be a super breakthrough but it would be weird since it would compete directly against Macbooks.
I think the revolution that Apple should take is to make its own processors and stop relying on Intel.
Actually he had to do this before, currently the Desktop and Notebook PC market I think it will go down over the years.
Never, that would be a huge step back in my eyes. iPadOS already has a bunch of advantages over macOS. I tried it the other day and everything felt so slow and dated. Apple should stay the course they are on and continue to develop iPadOS. No reason to go back in time.
I never thought the iPad line needed to run MacOS. However, I do think that the apps in iOS needed to be brought to Mac spec. To me, the blame is not on Apple but on the app developers.
In reality, the question is moot because of the arm vs x86 problem. On top of that, the two OSes along with their corresponding apps and hardware, are designed with conflicting emphases—one for mobility and simplicity, the other for power and customizability. The hardware and software are made for each other specifically, so it’s not simply a matter of mixing and matching whichever software and hardware one wants.
Hypothetically, if macOS could somehow run on an iPad well, I would first ask which iPad we’re talking about. For my iPad Mini, I wouldn’t see the point of running macOS. For my 12.9”, yes, it would be beneficial to have that option since ipadOS doesn’t always do what I need (again, purely hypothetically). In fact, on the 12.9” size device, I never truly need ipadOS other than Pencil functionality, so if I had to choose a single boot OS, it would be macOS, if it supported the Pencil.
But as it is, I can only use the Pencil on ipadOS, and it works out well enough.
Hypothetically, if macOS could somehow run on an iPad well, I would first ask which iPad we’re talking about. For my iPad Mini, I wouldn’t see the point of running macOS. For my 12.9”, yes, it would be beneficial to have that option since ipadOS doesn’t always do what I need (again, purely hypothetically). In fact, on the 12.9” size device, I never truly need ipadOS other than Pencil functionality, so if I had to choose a single boot OS, it would be macOS, if it supported the Pencil.
But as it is, I can only use the Pencil on ipadOS, and it works out well enough.
I would like to see the iPad be able to adopt some aspects of macOS in order to make it a more full fledged operating system. If there are features that can make iOS a more stand alone platform / laptop replacement, they should be considered.
Some of the big ones (already mentioned most) are mouse control, file management, and deeper software capability across the board. While I do think iOS should be its own unique thing, better interoperability with macOS would be awesome. For instance, my pipe dream is to be able to code on an iPad, and send the information over to my mac for rendering / execution / testing.
Some of the big ones (already mentioned most) are mouse control, file management, and deeper software capability across the board. While I do think iOS should be its own unique thing, better interoperability with macOS would be awesome. For instance, my pipe dream is to be able to code on an iPad, and send the information over to my mac for rendering / execution / testing.
