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iPad Pro I returned my M1 iPad Pro 12.9" 2TB
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Not sure it’s overly comparable, an xp pen display verses a complete mobile device… especially in the context of the op- but for what it’s worth you can use an iPad as a graphics tablet too, and therefore ‘get macOS’.
Because all apple products are just used by video editors and graphic designers and a few architects?
That was the cliche in the 90s.
Files app doesn’t crash!?
How much did you pay for your iPhone?
Build an M1 ‘Mac’ up with 1TB & 16GB of RAM (without 5G or GPS, touch pencil or the insane transportability of iPad) and the prices are very close to even.
for you
…it makes no sense
For the ones who profit from the use of theirs or knock time of a task they’re charging for - time = money.
It’s definitely a genuine Pro device with genuine Professional software.
In fact, the iOS/ipadOS App Store is the largest selection of apps in the history of computing.
Not just Angry Birds but Microsoft and Adobe’s dedication to the platform and their apps ability to play with the iPad is extensive.
In some cases these companies are spending more time and hours working on their mobile product than they are their desktop/static softwares.
And it doesn’t end there. Plenty of massive instrument and synthesizers available as expensive plugins are now $5-$20 bucks. With real DAWs. Real Photoshop and the M1 update nearly instantly.
Even Google is playing ball.
Whether your a photographer or videographer, a pilot or a doctor - a professional artist or architect or just a hobbyist… gamers, you’ve NEVER had this large of a selection of software on ANY platform in the history of computing.
I’m 50 this year and owned the IIe in ‘83 so don’t gimme the ‘I can run heritage software on my ….. whatever ‘real computer’ means to them).
There was no HDD or lol SSDs then. We had 5 ¼” floppy disks we had to keep safe between classes.
iPad Pro is an honest to goodness computer with functionality a desk or laptop doesn’t and cannot have - including options for incessant connectivity with 5G, GPS, and the best display 99.9% of owners have ever owned.
Maybe work out a bit? They’re no heavier than a standard book!
And the third party industry has built a bazillion ways to hold your iPad for you available on Amazon!!
Sure it does!
Has for almost a year now. Round trip as frame.io compatibility allows for proxies to be edited on the iPad and easily returned to the original ProRes file with the edits in place and all through Luma Fusion. It’s sent back as FCPXMP with its edits. Adobe has upgraded Premier AE and Rush as well.
And another one or two apps or more.
The 2018 is still a killer iPad. Especially if one picked up a 1TB as it included the 6GB RAM that was standard in 2020.
m1 iPads are bleeding edge tablets worth every penny a user spends on their tablet.
That’s BS!
There’s plenty of third party file system manipulation apps available and that’s, again, the largest Damn sandbox ever built. Why would one need to leave when one has access to everything there is that’s used by everyone else?
the biggest thing missing currently is XCode but I don’t think we’re far away from a built from ground up app simulation software like XCode but for all OSs that make sense and have continuity in the ‘walled eco system!’ Yikes!! (Even the Windows and Google and Adobe and … are available. Today! With near parity with their siblings. In some cases better, I’d argue for the less than editor of the front page of Cosmo exch month.)
I believe you were called on that already but if not it’s untrue.
I concur with both points. And I think sooner than later your wish will be granted
They’re a helluva lot closer than ever and in many cases even more stable and faster. As well, they’re spending more money and manpower in the mobile realm today than the desk and laptop world. As everyone has a phone
Since the days displays and resolutions became larger!!
It only makes sense higher density and larger display areas will benefit multitasking. More display area. More area for more info.
I hope you are able to code your games / congrats BTW! On your newer iPad soon. iPad Mini 2 was a 512MB RAM, first edition of retina with a weak SoC to play with.
so excellent job coding.
And good luck.
To everyone who considers the iPad Pro a rip off, it’s not your tool. For those who benefit from it, they’re enjoying the enhancements made that help their skill set, boost productivity or speed up tasks.
No one person needs everything but as a die hard MacBook Pro and Mac Pro user for many years, I honestly use my iPad more often and profit from it’s use significantly more and with the extended storage and memory - more layers, more tracks or instruments or video mixing etc can be held locally, and played back instantly. Or drawn without latency. Played with as fast a response as your home desktop and has the battery to last all day
oh yeah
And the largest, most extensive and diverse selection of software… now called ‘apps’ then anytime in history - in fact probably double the amount of programs live in the App Store than were ever coded and sold in stores in their entirety before the App Store and Googles response were a thing.
same with media; from music to magazines. Music to home videos and blockbusters in theaters with the classics ready to steam. As well as podcasts, millions of song catalogs and true supercomputers residing in your pockets. Capable of doing literally anything one can imagine.
And it’s a 24/7 communication device with GPS and compass/barometer and altimeter and Bluetooth and WiFi and LTE/5G radios as well as cameras that rival the big manufacturers with AI and computing power to help take killer shots and motion.
Whether you’re a carpenter or dance instructor, bartender or DJ, the CEO or janitor, that phone in your pocket is soooo much more.
and the extension of the idea to the tablet with differentiation using Apple Pencil and smart folios - along with the development community realizing that a billion of these devices are already in hands.
Legacy software on 64bit architecture is a PITA anyway and other than extraordinary circumstances, totally unnecessary and been far surpassed in ability by new apps - and software.
Yeah, I'm calling BS on this. The 12.9 would operate just like the 11", so why on earth did you think that just adding 1.9" to the size will automagically make it "more productive" when that doesn't make the OS operate any differently.
Did you think the OS would be different on the 12.9"? Honestly? Or are you trolling us?
Ohhh the 12.9 is better for productivity for sure. I had the 11 and was sooo small to do anything serious on work wise and hard to see it outside in the sun. So glad I stayed with[ the 12.9. I’m hardly using my MBP! Lol never thought that would happen.
That 1.9" diagonal may not sound like much but that translates to 40% bigger display area. 1/2 split view gives tablet UI on the 12.9" while it's still phone UI on 11".
Annotating PDFs side by side, the 12.9" is workable while the 10-11" is just too small for comfort even with the margins cut off.
Files app doesn’t crash!?
How much did you pay for your iPhone?
Build an M1 ‘Mac’ up with 1TB & 16GB of RAM (without 5G or GPS, touch pencil or the insane transportability of iPad) and the prices are very close to even.
for you
…it makes no sense
For the ones who profit from the use of theirs or knock time of a task they’re charging for - time = money.
It’s definitely a genuine Pro device with genuine Professional software.
In fact, the iOS/ipadOS App Store is the largest selection of apps in the history of computing.
Not just Angry Birds but Microsoft and Adobe’s dedication to the platform and their apps ability to play with the iPad is extensive.
In some cases these companies are spending more time and hours working on their mobile product than they are their desktop/static softwares.
And it doesn’t end there. Plenty of massive instrument and synthesizers available as expensive plugins are now $5-$20 bucks. With real DAWs. Real Photoshop and the M1 update nearly instantly.
Even Google is playing ball.
Whether your a photographer or videographer, a pilot or a doctor - a professional artist or architect or just a hobbyist… gamers, you’ve NEVER had this large of a selection of software on ANY platform in the history of computing.
I’m 50 this year and owned the IIe in ‘83 so don’t gimme the ‘I can run heritage software on my ….. whatever ‘real computer’ means to them).
There was no HDD or lol SSDs then. We had 5 ¼” floppy disks we had to keep safe between classes.
iPad Pro is an honest to goodness computer with functionality a desk or laptop doesn’t and cannot have - including options for incessant connectivity with 5G, GPS, and the best display 99.9% of owners have ever owned.
Maybe work out a bit? They’re no heavier than a standard book!
And the third party industry has built a bazillion ways to hold your iPad for you available on Amazon!!
Sure it does!
Has for almost a year now. Round trip as frame.io compatibility allows for proxies to be edited on the iPad and easily returned to the original ProRes file with the edits in place and all through Luma Fusion. It’s sent back as FCPXMP with its edits. Adobe has upgraded Premier AE and Rush as well.
And another one or two apps or more.
The 2018 is still a killer iPad. Especially if one picked up a 1TB as it included the 6GB RAM that was standard in 2020.
m1 iPads are bleeding edge tablets worth every penny a user spends on their tablet.
That’s BS!
There’s plenty of third party file system manipulation apps available and that’s, again, the largest Damn sandbox ever built. Why would one need to leave when one has access to everything there is that’s used by everyone else?
the biggest thing missing currently is XCode but I don’t think we’re far away from a built from ground up app simulation software like XCode but for all OSs that make sense and have continuity in the ‘walled eco system!’ Yikes!! (Even the Windows and Google and Adobe and … are available. Today! With near parity with their siblings. In some cases better, I’d argue for the less than editor of the front page of Cosmo exch month.)
I believe you were called on that already but if not it’s untrue.
I concur with both points. And I think sooner than later your wish will be granted
They’re a helluva lot closer than ever and in many cases even more stable and faster. As well, they’re spending more money and manpower in the mobile realm today than the desk and laptop world. As everyone has a phone
Since the days displays and resolutions became larger!!
It only makes sense higher density and larger display areas will benefit multitasking. More display area. More area for more info.
I hope you are able to code your games / congrats BTW! On your newer iPad soon. iPad Mini 2 was a 512MB RAM, first edition of retina with a weak SoC to play with.
so excellent job coding.
And good luck.
To everyone who considers the iPad Pro a rip off, it’s not your tool. For those who benefit from it, they’re enjoying the enhancements made that help their skill set, boost productivity or speed up tasks.
No one person needs everything but as a die hard MacBook Pro and Mac Pro user for many years, I honestly use my iPad more often and profit from it’s use significantly more and with the extended storage and memory - more layers, more tracks or instruments or video mixing etc can be held locally, and played back instantly. Or drawn without latency. Played with as fast a response as your home desktop and has the battery to last all day
oh yeah
And the largest, most extensive and diverse selection of software… now called ‘apps’ then anytime in history - in fact probably double the amount of programs live in the App Store than were ever coded and sold in stores in their entirety before the App Store and Googles response were a thing.
same with media; from music to magazines. Music to home videos and blockbusters in theaters with the classics ready to steam. As well as podcasts, millions of song catalogs and true supercomputers residing in your pockets. Capable of doing literally anything one can imagine.
And it’s a 24/7 communication device with GPS and compass/barometer and altimeter and Bluetooth and WiFi and LTE/5G radios as well as cameras that rival the big manufacturers with AI and computing power to help take killer shots and motion.
Whether you’re a carpenter or dance instructor, bartender or DJ, the CEO or janitor, that phone in your pocket is soooo much more.
and the extension of the idea to the tablet with differentiation using Apple Pencil and smart folios - along with the development community realizing that a billion of these devices are already in hands.
Legacy software on 64bit architecture is a PITA anyway and other than extraordinary circumstances, totally unnecessary and been far surpassed in ability by new apps - and software.
I paid close to $900 for a gently used iPhone 11 Pro Max (512GB Gold) in late November 2021. Warranty was set to expire in March, but I bought AC+ in December 2020, so I'm covered until December 2022. The files app crashed for me when I would select 25-30 large 4K files from an external drive. No issues copying those from an external drive on an old 2014 MBP or even a 2012 MBP.
I just want a updated iPad mini with current design, my current iPad mini 2 is almost 8 years old. I love the size of my
ipad mini i take it everywhere. the other iPads are just too big for my liking.
ipad mini i take it everywhere. the other iPads are just too big for my liking.
I returned my 2TB because I am waiting for the 4TB version next year.
I agree it’s unwieldy to hold. I've had my 3rd gen 12.9 for two years now and am shopping the new ones and I think I'm going 11" this time around.
I’m not going to pay for a subscription to an online service, grind through converting all of my footage to h.265, then reconform back to ProRes on ANOTHER NLE (that I also had to purchase) just to edit on an iPad. It’s hilarious that Apple’s iPad “Pro” doesn’t support Apple’s own ProRes format. But it’s intentional, they want you buying a 4,000 buck MacBook Pro, not a 1,100 dollar iPad Pro. I can’t blame them, but it shows that the “Pro” in the iPad line is like the “Pro” in the iPhone line… kind of an inside joke.
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My wife has the m1 11" and it's great. She loves to read it it's perfect. My toddlers use the 11" with their little hands and have no issues.
I guess I must be the only one who has no problem using the M1 12.9 iPad Pro with 1-hand?
I hold and edit with the pencil all the time. I’ve had 3 12.9” iPads prior. After seeing the new screen and realizing my primary use is for digital photo editing of black and white files, I was sold.
The contrast and dynamic range beautifully matches the Leica lenses and monochrome file putput.
The contrast and dynamic range beautifully matches the Leica lenses and monochrome file putput.
Of course the size effects it. For one, the keyboard format changes on smaller iPads, especially in portrait or when multitasking.
I went with the 12.9” 5G 128gb I could not justify the extra cost for more storage that I really do not need maybe in a few years when I upgrade again but for now 128GB is fine