Is iPad Pro 2018 faster than 92% of portable PCs?

[mi7chy]

I’m just trying to understand what workflow you’re trying to simulate here. What exactly would this apply to in real world usage? I don’t use bash or anything so I don’t know what you’re showing with this thread?

That's like asking why anyone would need to learn how to drive a car when they already ride a bike. If you haven't used MacOS or any other mainstream unix OS with bash shell and don't see the significance of batch processing then this thread isn't for you.

 

[tromboneaholic]

That's like asking why anyone would need to learn how to drive a car when they already ride a bike. If you haven't used MacOS or any other mainstream unix OS with bash shell and don't see the significance of batch processing then this thread isn't for you.

So would you say it's a "useless synthetic benchmark" for us in that case?

 

[Aston441]

MacOS can already run iOS apps via Xcode. Makes much more sense to run the much more capable and robust MacOS on iPad since you get the best of both worlds with professional MacOS software and mobile iOS apps then add touch capability since it's not impossible for a company like Apple with all of their resources when enthusiasts have touch working on Surface Pro hackintoshes. Much like ChromeOS approach with running a desktop class OS that can also run Android mobile apps.

Well hopefully all of those bright people at Apple have a coherent and cohesive plan for the future.

However I wouldn't be surprised if it's decision making by committee in Cupertino these days, with most afraid to rock the boat too much.
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I don’t know why people like you just can’t accept that macOS is simply never coming to the iPad.

Of course Apple CAN do it, but there’s clearly a different path forward.

Or there's no clear path forward? I think that's more likely based on the behavior of Apple over the last 5 years.

 

[mi7chy]

So would you say it's a "useless synthetic benchmark" for us in that case?

No, it means you need to take a bash 101 on MacOS class and learn what a simple loop is.

 

[NT1440]

That's like asking why anyone would need to learn how to drive a car when they already ride a bike. If you haven't used MacOS or any other mainstream unix OS with bash shell and don't see the significance of batch processing then this thread isn't for you.

Holy crap, I literally asked WHAT you were trying to demonstrate, NOT that there’s no significance to it.

I never claimed at all that what you were doing wasn’t valid, I asked WHAT you were trying simulate because I didn’t understand it.

I never work in photoshop but I’d never make the claim that it’s useless. Basically I was asking what your job/workflow is, and how is this test applicable to it because I have no context to go off of.

 

[AlexJoda]

The questions is on what is the iPP faster than 92% of the laptops if the iPP can't do most of the things these laptops can...

 

[tromboneaholic]

The questions is on what is the iPP faster than 92% of the laptops if the iPP can't do most of the things these laptops can...

Apparently according to the first post, it is faster than 92% of mainstream unix OS laptops using a bash shell to batch process.

 

[DNichter]

I believe it. Their chips are ridiculously fast. Can't wait till they bring them to Mac's and drop Intel.

 

[spacebro]

I doubt linux will ever run on an ipad, but does it matter? Setup an old desktop, or an rpi zero, and shell into it with mosh. Then you have an always-on connection even if the app is not in focus for a long time. You have access to bash, legacy usb devices, or even full desktop with a remote desktop. The "bunch of terminal windows" dev environment actually works well on ipad the way you can split screen or thumb thru all your terminals easily, all of them bash prompts whether its a local computer, local embedded linux, or remote cloud server. Why should ipad in addition to all these things run linux shell? I think bash will be around forever as an engineering tool, just not necessarily in our personal computing devices.

 

[Treebark]

So, best case the new iPad Pro 2018 is slightly faster than a ten year old laptop and worst case, if the original testing is flawed, it's less than half as fast (compared to 2nd result in screenshot). Run the bash command on your MacBook and/or iMac and share your results.

Or, you know, your cherry-picking of a test is flawed and not representative of real-world use in comparing the iPad to the laptops sold in the last year?

Just giving you a hard time. The "stats lie" sayings you hear don't always refer to a specific stat or test being falsified or fraudulent. Often it indicates you can pick the side of an argument and find stats or tests to support your claim. Marketers do this quite often.

 

[cinnabun814]

Considering it's geekbench score is around 17-18000 i'd think so.

 

[darkarn]

We'll be seeing iPads with twice the performance in a couple of years too.

I hope so, looks like we are about to enter another era of computing!

 

[Dovahkiing]

Seems like apples to oranges. You cant compare a command line script to Shortcuts. Shortcuts likely has way more overhead.

 

[dude-x]

The 2018 iPad really is a lot faster than 92% of modern computers, but the real problem is that if you try to peg the CPU with intensive work for longer than say 45 seconds, iOS will kill the app.

But in one review of the iPad Pro, a photographer was able to zoom around a 300 MB photo in a beta of Photoshop with zero to low latency. If i try to do the same on my iMac, it is laggy and I can see the screen redraw itself slowly. So yeah, it is real fast for some workloads, but don't expect it to do complex video rendering, or fold proteins for hours.