iPad Pro M1 iPad Pro. Main Computer or Secondary Device? Where does it fit into your life and workflow?

[rui no onna]

I’ve thought about that. The only reason I could think for not waiting is marketing.

The average user isn’t going to care about power or productivity, or want ‘pro’ apps necessarily. It will be far easier to sell and market if they can say ‘hey look we put the Mac chip in an iPad!’.

But what do you do when you update the Mac Pro/MacBook Pro with M1X? Suddenly your marketing how good it is you put the M1 chip in an iPad, but also how much better the M1X is.

It makes sense to get all the M1 products out now, so in the latter half the year, the M1X or whatever it will be called can go into new products and be the new focus from a marketing hardware point of view.

As much needed as it is, I don’t think Apple have used its OS features/apps to sell iPads very often.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure it will be more of the same, but that’s my reasoning at least for not waiting. That and I guess they needed to release something this spring ?‍♂️

Yep, this.

It's not even the Macs. Apple can easily justify higher end chipsets on $$$$ MacBook Pros.

However, they probably can't continue hyping the M1 after the Apple A15 SoC for iPhones with likely faster single-core and almost comparable multi-core and GPU has been released. Historically, new major firmware updates tend to drop along with new iPhone releases. Latest they could've announced an A14X/Z or M1-based iPad Pro was WWDC.

 

[The Game 161]

M1 air for work and when I need multiple windows and iPad Pro for everything else

 

[Mac47]

I teach online. There are times when I just use the iPad Pro (grading, email) and times when I use the iPad Pro to show slides and draw in a Zoom meeting that is on my iMac. But there are almost no times when I use the iMac by itself without the iPad.

To my way of thinking, this makes the iPad my primary device and my iMac my secondary device.

 

[O.N.Y.X]

My plan is to replace two of my current devices with a brand new iPad Pro: the old Retina MBP from 2012 as well as the very new iPad Air 4.

 

[Kierkegaarden]

I am strongly considering using a 12.9” iPad + 24” iMac setup with the products announced last Tuesday.

Exactly what I’m doing. One M1 deserves another ?

 

[appleisler]

I’ve had an interesting time lately. My last laptop was a mid-2011 Air. I’ve been very happy with a 2017 iMac and an 2018 11” IPP in recent years. At the start of Feb I upgraded to Big Sur and triggered the logic board to fail in my iMac.

Although I mentally kicked the tyres on either the last intel iMac or else a M1 laptop/external monitor set-up I couldn’t pull the trigger. I have followed the rumours and waited for this event. I am self employed running a tiny strategic planning/evaluation consulting biz and trade my personal investment fund (equities, CFDs, options).

Until the logic board failed, I would have said the iMac was my main device and the iPad secondary. Although the IPP was my sole device when travelling ( usually for 1-3 weeks at a time), this longer period solely on IPP has made me reconsider.

The iMac provides me with screen real estate first and foremost. But then I get the full versions of Word and Excel and my charting and options analysis softwares which are Windows only via Parallels. Excel gets a special mention because I use functions which are only available in the Windows Excel (though I believe they are going to be made available for the Mac version because enough people have rightly complained that the Office 365 subscription is not cheaper for Mac users ?).

I solve my windows issue with a virtual machine from Paperspace accessed via Jump Desktop. Although I got a Swiftpoint mouse, I have found I prefer manipulating charts with the Apple Pencil.

Life with only an IPP has been much easier than I thought (despite the backlog of paperscanning because I cannot configure my scansnap to scan to cloud/iOS without a computer).

The 11” has been been my goldilocks sized iPad. I previously had the original 12”, then moved to the 10.5 and then the 11 because I found the big one unweildly. Because I had the iMac, I prioritised weight and portability. However, realistically, I am at home much more since COVID such that this time around I really want that bigger screen. I have played around with the current model in store and it seems less unwieldy than the original did.

After the announcement I figured the responsible thing to do was to wait until WWDC on the off chance the big iMacs are announced but so far I am leaning towards going with the new 12.9” IPP and a purple iMac. The IPP will be significantly more expensive while the iMac is likely to be around half the price of my previous iMac so I think it is fair to say that the IPP will be the main device and the iMac secondary.

If its a bust, I will trade it in when the big iMacs arrive but I can’t see myself ever wanting a laptop again.

 

[chrism_scotland]

I'll reserve my judgement until we see what iPadOS 15 brings; in its current state just adding the new screen, 16GB RAM and an M1 chip isn't really going to aid with the things that an iPad can't do for me.

I need to see far improved multi-tasking & proper external screen support; that would just about replace my Windows Laptop & Android Tablet

 

[m0nkeyb0y]

I'm a academic, which involves reading a crap ton and marking up what I read. My desktop setup is 2x32" 4K, but I need something to read on that's mobile. iPhone is terrible for pdfs, and even my 16" MBP isn't great because it still has to be in my lap, and it's landscape. An IPP works great for reading in the car, plane, backyard, doctor's office, playground, gym, etc. The gym is especially good, because I can read from the iPad, on the control panel, and walk on a treadmill during "work" time.
So I go with IPP because bigger, brighter, clearer screen.

 

[iZac]

I use mine mostly for procreate. I stopped sketching on tracing paper years ago now.

Got a Mac mini on my TV for 3D/Photoshop work and all my media consumption.

 

[Momof9]

my 2018 12.9" iPP is my main device to my Mac mini 2018. I use Affinity Photo / Designer and procreate all my graphic design needs.

The only reason I have the Mac mini is because of external storage and new printer set up.... LOL

So at my desk, I use the Mac mini for browser use, listening to music and Files. I do have 2 large monitors. At first, I was using my 4K with my iPP with the awkward dongle....

everything else on my iPP's plus the above when I am not at my desk....