Probably about the same amount of touchscreen laptop users who actually use the touchscreen 😏
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All iPads iPads shouldn't run macOS - Stage Manager shows it clearly
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Where do 2-in-1 users fit into this? I'd venture to guess they use the touchscreen more often than touchscreen laptop users.
Having a dedicated device like an iPad Mini to draw on is infinitely preferable to folding a laptop over.
True. I’m not a fan of clamshell laptops with touchscreens and keyboards that fold over either.
There’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 laptop‘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 I’m not holding my breath so I make due with multiple devices including an iPP, a MacBook Pro and a Surface Pro.
They shouldn’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 haven’t even begun to have the conversation about how Mac OS workpks and doesn’t work on tablets. I’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.
You haven’t even begun to have the conversation about how Mac OS workpks and doesn’t work on tablets. I’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.
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.
I don’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 someone’s needs are pretty modest, there are plenty of 3rd Party pencils out there.
You can do so with Google Voice... I've done it in the past. But there's always FaceTime Audio available...
i use stage manager all the time now. it has improved i just hope ios 17 it allows to resize the windows to any size
Then why carry around a Mini if you still need an iPhone? Why not just get the biggest iPhone?