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iPad as a laptop replacement
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I have dealt with Samsung service multiple times. I have a Samsung refrigerator, washer, dryer, and two big screen TV's. Not any better or worse than any other tech company to deal with....including Apple.
Oh, now I see, that was someone else in this chat. Sorry for the misunderstanding. I appreciate your perspective. 👍🏻. I use all Apple devices now, I do have access to a Windows PC, but don’t really use it for anything because I don’t really like Windows all that much. My favorite computer is my iPad, and it’s the one I use the most for my workflow. I have a Mac Mini, but it isn’t really essential for anything, just a nice to have so I can still tinker with macOS and stay up to date. That and saving local backups of my iPad when I’m testing betas. When I originally bought the iPad, I thought I would use it as a companion device to my MacBook I had at the time. Once I began using it, I discovered I didn’t need a MacBook anymore, and many aspects of my workflow work better on iPadOS than they did on the Mac. So then I decided to replace my MacBook with an M1 Mac Mini, and I love the combo of the two. It is handy having a Mac Mini, because I can use it to manage external storage drives I wouldn’t want to carry around, and use it as my own private “cloud storage” and “cloud PC” if I want to via VNC. I do have a smaller cheap Android tablet as well, but I never use it because the apps that are essential to my use case aren’t available on Android. I’m glad that it is a good fit for you and others, I think both have their pros and cons, and so it’s just more a matter of preferences and workflow when deciding between the two. I think some are way too tribalistic and quick to judge both platforms, which I think is a shame. 👍🏻
Samsung uses Gorilla glass 5 on their Tablets. Personal question. Does being abrasive to others on the internet give you some kind of pleasure?
Out of curiosity, did you have “Center Window” enabled for Stage Manager? I noticed that apps were opening full screen, and that isn’t the normal behavior I experience using Stage Manager. For me, they open at a more medium size on the screen.
Yeah, I’m really excited about that as well! I’ve been watching for it since iPadOS 17, and my Substack has seen exponential growth since sites like Macworld and MacRumors have linked to it! 👍🏻Oooh! Looking forward to this...
Beta reveals powerful macOS disk formatting options coming to the iPad and iPhone
Report uncovers new storage options in iOS 18 and iPadOS 18.www.macworld.com
Your experience and mine is very similar. I also bought my iPad Pro as a companion device, but quickly realized I could replace my MBP with it. I also bought an M1 Mac Mini, and now have an M2 Pro Mac Mini. You can read the whole story at the link in my signature.
My M1 iPP 11 is my Laptop
Yes!
Good question. I just enabled Stage Manager to make the video. Didn't mess with anything else.
scroll down. iPad Pro M4 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S9+
Both have very good quality OLED panels, but the iPad's is superior mainly in two aspects: colormetry and brightness.
Too bad!
You sir, are about to disappear from my computer screen. It's real easy to be considerate and courteous to others on the internet....even when you disagree with them. Good rule of thumb to follow is, don't say stuff to people on the internet that wouldn't have the nerve to say to their face.
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I just checked Settings, and I don’t see a setting for “Center Window”, I believe it’s just a default behavior of Stage Manager. It could be that those apps were already open full screen before turning on Stage Manager, which would then explain why they were opening in full screen. Otherwise, I’m not completely sure what’s causing that. 👍🏻
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iPad OS has never had a real file management system annd never will because of how locked it is. Android you can drag and drop from any device. And quickshare works just as good as airdrop.
Samsung One UI is night and day better, they aren’t even in the same universe.
You do you... no need to justify your moves, if it works for you... that's all that matters.
I've had my eye on the Tab Ultra series when Samsung initially launched... but I wanted cellular support, and they didn't have it available. I use OneUI on my Fold daily... so I know how powerful it is and I like my current setup of an Android phone and iPad.
I have the luxury to experience how it is on both sides.
I disagree. How is the file system not “real”? Am I just hallucinating when I use the Files app? Or perhaps it is a “real” file system, just one you don’t like as much.
And again, I’m glad that you like Android, but One UI isn’t objectively better to all people, just better for you in your subjective opinion, which I think is perfectly fine. We each have our preferences, and I respect that, let’s just not get too carried away thinking our preferences are the only ones that matter or exist. 👍🏻
It's a matter of perspective... as @Kal Madda mentioned, who really needs to have that many apps open.
Because there's two different multitasking environments when it comes to the iPad... SplitView and SlideOver, which some folks favor using. And then there's a more floating window-style (or more than 2 apps open), grouping apps at the recent app area... it's a more controlled environment.
But there's two major gripes I have with DeX.... one is not enough keyboard shortcuts and the other being the mouse/trackpad experience. I do like the fact that it's an option for my Fold, but I prefer to use the iPad when plugged into a monitor.
The multitasking on Samsung One UI is so good and smooth that it’s easier and quicker to use that than to use windows 11 and manually resize your programs. I always thought that the iPad aspect ratio was the best, but aside from taking notes and having it resemble a real size piece of paper, 16:10 is far superior.
I would like to see Apple release a perfectly squared aspect ratio iPad.
I would like to see Apple release a perfectly squared aspect ratio iPad.
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One thing where Android's file system seems genuinely superior is that it basically treats the entire phone as a flash drive. So you can take some photos, then connect your android phone to a windows laptop, search the contents like you would with external storage, locate the files and drag them to your PC.
With my iPhone, I had to plug it in to my work laptop with a usb-c to lightning cable, open the gallery app, and loading the preview window would like fail half the time. I ended up just uploading the photos I wanted to transfer over to OneDrive, and then downloading them from OneDrive on my PC, and I have not bothered with wired transfers ever since. Like this works for me because I am aware of the limitations of iOS and have since evolved my workflows to work around them, but for less tech-savvy colleagues, I can't extend the same advice to them because they haven't invested in the same infrastructure that I have. At least with Android, I do have spare thunderbolt cables (the generic kind) that I carry around and can load out at moment's notice.
I guess that’s true, but when you plug an iPhone into a Mac, it does allow you to access files and things stored on the iPhone from the Finder app. I think on Windows, you use the iTunes app, now I think it’s called something like “Apple Devices” or something. That allows you to access the iPhone’s files on a Windows PC. Personally, I prefer this, because it makes my data much more secure and harder to access.
True, but this was a windows laptop, I remember it being a hassle just to transfer a few photos over, and come to think of it, I am not sure if it even has iTunes on it.
Many people I know just WhatsApp the photos over to themselves, which in turn degrades the image quality. But they are also the ones who plug a usb c flash drive into the charging port of a usb c hub and wonder why it can’t be read and I realise Macrumours is not an accurate reflection of the tech savvy of everyone else outside of this community.
Transferring any files onto an iOS device is like trying to walk through a brick wall. Ridiculous amount of runaround and excess hassle. Never again for me.
Why are you even on this forum? As far as I can tell you just enjoy being a provocateur
Not really. For me, it's either airdrop or cloud storage. Hardly a hassle, but maybe I have already normalised the process after dealing with it for so many years.
Samdung? It’s like I stumbled on a middle school conversation…