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Having a dedicated device like an iPad Mini to draw on is infinitely preferable to folding a laptop over.
True. Iā€™m not a fan of clamshell laptops with touchscreens and keyboards that fold over either.

Thereā€™s a ton of products and workflows that many people love, like, dislike, hate or loathe. To be clear I am referring to devices with detachable keyboard that run desktop operating systems, and I am merely trying to point out that a market clearly exists for such devices too.

As for the main topic of this thread I totally get that for many the current state of iPad development whereby much of a laptopā€˜s functionality is achieved with detachable keyboards and mouse/trackpad support is all that they need, but we all know that there are limits to what can be done with how iOS is designed which leaves a segment of users unsatisfied. Bottom line is up to this point if Apple felt such a segment was worthwhile to invest in they would have done so. Maybe one day things will change, who knows, but Iā€™m not holding my breath so I make due with multiple devices including an iPP, a MacBook Pro and a Surface Pro.
 
They shouldnā€™t run it as badly as Stage Manager. Neither should a Mac. By your logic macs should also not run Mac OS. Just throw the entire operating system out bc a stupidly convoluted feature was badly executed.

You havenā€™t even begun to have the conversation about how Mac OS workpks and doesnā€™t work on tablets. Iā€™ll bet half of you think the entire idea is still just hypothetical & have no idea that designers have been running Mac OS on tablets ever since Wacom came out with the Cintiq line like 20 years ago.
 
True. Iā€™m not a fan of clamshell laptops with touchscreens and keyboards that fold over either.

Thereā€™s a ton of products and workflows that many people love, like, dislike, hate or loathe. To be clear I am referring to devices with detachable keyboard that run desktop operating systems, and I am merely trying to point out that a market clearly exists for such devices too.

As for the main topic of this thread I totally get that for many the current state of iPad development whereby much of a laptopā€˜s functionality is achieved with detachable keyboards and mouse/trackpad support is all that they need, but we all know that there are limits to what can be done with how iOS is designed which leaves a segment of users unsatisfied. Bottom line is up to this point if Apple felt such a segment was worthwhile to invest in they would have done so. Maybe one day things will change, who knows, but Iā€™m not holding my breath so I make due with multiple devices including an iPP, a MacBook Pro and a Surface Pro.
Pencil support on the Max iPhone would solve a lot of problems. Often the only reason a person might even have an iPad is just to scribble down something digitally before transcribing into text to edit in a word processor or to sketch some artwork before importing into illustrator.
 
Pencil support on the Max iPhone would solve a lot of problems. Often the only reason a person might even have an iPad is just to scribble down something digitally before transcribing into text to edit in a word processor or to sketch some artwork before importing into illustrator.
While you're at it, make a keyboard for the iPhone Max. The dinky little thing just might cut it as a mobile computer.
 
Pencil support on the Max iPhone would solve a lot of problems. Often the only reason a person might even have an iPad is just to scribble down something digitally before transcribing into text to edit in a word processor or to sketch some artwork before importing into illustrator.
I donā€™t think the iPhone will get Pencil support until you can pair and charge it easily. That means no buttons on one side for the Pencil-2. But if someoneā€™s needs are pretty modest, there are plenty of 3rd Party pencils out there.
 
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