It does, it also has some basic touch functions (zooming and some kind of scrolling), but that's it. Duet pro and Luna display support touch and trackpad (but are paid options). I made a detailed comparisons of all these solutions (including others) in a different thread
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iPad The iPad is not for traditional Mac users
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here you go https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/sidecar-on-macos-12-3-two-ipads-at-once.2340651/post-31012875You should link to that thread while this one keeps on burning
iPad on its own is a pretty minimalist experience… as part of an ecosystem, it shines... When i can stream games to it from my consoles, when it can remote in to my Mac, when it can interface with my other devices without a single hitch; it is a full system… faceID, email, web surfing and video consumption are at their absolute best. As a consumption and lightly tasked creation device; the iPad Pro has no equal… as a straight up creation device… not so much.
I wouldn’t recommend a working professional rely only on an iPad. But, it is good at what it can do, and definitely would work for most non-power user’s needs.
I wouldn’t recommend a working professional rely only on an iPad. But, it is good at what it can do, and definitely would work for most non-power user’s needs.
I had a MacBook Air 13. I liked my MBA 11 a lot better. I would’ve bought a 12 inch MacBook if I was ready for a new laptop at that time, that was the size of an 11 but with a bigger display.
I disagree with your assessment that everyone should just use a 13 inch MacBook Air. I know for a fact that there is a huge market for smaller ultraportable notebooks. I have no idea why Apple left that space, but I wish they would return.
I also don’t understand the reasoning you used in your second paragraph. Apple has four different size iPhones this year, how many different size iPads? So I don’t understand what would be so confusing to consumers to have two different size MacBook Airs just like they have two different size MacBook Pro‘s.
Much like the market for the iPhone mini, it’s probably not as huge as you think.
Mind, apart from Chromebooks, I don’t believe there’s a ton of sub-13” laptops nowadays. I have a ThinkPad X280 and I think it’s the last 12” Lenovo made. With that said, the 13” X1 Nano is even smaller and lighter than the X280. Honestly, it actually feels lighter than my iPP 12.9” with SmartFolio case.
Hey, I’m all for Apple making a 13 inch MacBook Air with a very small bezel and decreasing the overall size. ?
Not gonna get what? If you are talking about Windows, I am perfectly fine with Windows on Arm running on Apple Silicon for the Windows apps that do not exist on MacOS.
I have two MacBook 12”, one produced in April 2015 (one of the first) and the other in July 2019 (one of the last), needless to say, they are my favorite Macs, despite all their flaws.
I used a last edition 12” PowerBook from 2005 to 2015, and the only real replacement was the MacBook 12”.
The reason for so much appreciation? It's an iPad, in fact it's better than an iPad, in terms of weight and size, but it's a Mac. An iPad will always remain only an iPad (and I love iPads, especially minis), it's great for those who need an iPad, but I'm not that young anymore and I'm better off doing some tasks with MacOS.
What I would love to see is a 13in Macbook that has tiny bezels and weighs as much as the 12in Macbook, has 2 TB4 ports + MagSafe and a mini-lend screen. Hopefully M2 will support 32GB RAM and 2 external monitors. And really the ultimate dream would be cellular for this MacBook.
I think that time has passed.
The MacBook 12” is clearly a product imagined and wanted by Ive (a tribute to the PowerBook 12” and the previous ones), and widely ostracized for this too.
As well as certain versions of Apple Watch (Ceramic Edition) or Apple Watch bracelets (grey and black steel, which featured other historic products from other brands).
But personally I don't even think it would make sense anymore: young people have to use tools designed by them and for them, and tablets are even old for that.
The near future (indeed, it would be better to say the present) would be an iPad Pro in various sizes with the ability to function as a keyboard when paired with another iPad/dock, with MacOS, and as a tablet.
After the iPad Duo (which follows Microsoft’s concept) the future should only concern wearables: Apple Watch that work like iPhones, with CPUs performing tasks for other wearables such as glasses, and rollable screens of any size that reproduce MacOS thanks to the power of the Apple Watch on the wrist.
It will never happen: Apple has to sell and earn, innovators have gone elsewhere, those who replaced them do not have the strength and vision to dictate the line to management and investors.
I think the death of traditional tools is greatly exaggerated....
Many thought that laptops and desktops were doomed many years ago and they are still here and not going anywhere.
Over 5 years ago a big CEO (of a Swiss luxury watch company) said smartphones were bound to be replaced in 5 years by wearables and other new techs.... Didn't happen either...
Let me make a crazy prediction. Laptops and smartphones are here to stay for decades. New form factors will join them, take some market share, but not replace them, because some things will not change:
1. We want an all screen device that can fit in our pocket, foldable or not. A watch will not replace it.
2. We need keyboards and a decent size screen to work, and this will never fit in a pocket. Smartphones will not replace laptops.
3. People want a phyical keyboard for a laptop, not a screen.
Going back to the subject, it's a great time for a Macbook successor with Apple Silicon
I feel like guys like AlumaMac get some special kind of pleasure from demeaning iPads… weird.. ?
I am personally in the Make-It-Run-macOS boat because freaking iPadOS has so many little bugs and inconsistencies that I simply have to use my MacBook in order to make sure I don’t lose my data. And that’s just for little things like file management and documents! I simply cannot trust it.
But there are times where I just want the screen without a keyboard! I would love an M1 iPad Pro running macOS because it would allow me to cut down my device collection. I would use that thing nonstop.
But there are times where I just want the screen without a keyboard! I would love an M1 iPad Pro running macOS because it would allow me to cut down my device collection. I would use that thing nonstop.
But, you dont even want to use an iPad. Why are you even here discussing this (for real?) You hate both iPads and MacOS and you like windows but hate Intels crappy hardware.. So… What are you doing here?
Just get an AMD and call it a day.
I think iPads should run MacOS if for no other reason than because they are so damn powerful.
Here is what you are missing. MacOS on iPad is a horrible idea.
Look if you don't trust me - go ahead and try it. Install Jump Desktop and VNC into a MacOS. And just work in it for a while. Than tell me what to you prefer
And it wont be OSX.
they can. you just use crappy software for them.
but its up to your software not up to iPad OS.
how do I know? Well what you described is not a problem for me. For me it works as it should.
And we talked about this before. iPad is way more powerful than people realize - especially people that never wanted an ipad in the first place and want to use their stone age type workflows ?. Or second group - people that want a POWERHOUSE Workstation. iPad is not a powerhosue workstation, if its not already obvious. For that you need a desktop.
But, dont blame iPad if you are using it wrong / or using old and/or bad developed software…
it’s not iPads fault…
you can you just don't know how because you never invested time to learn and you just want to do it the windows way… Photos app is a centralized location btw… ?
How ? How will you use it? MacOS is not touch friendly?
It amazes me how people don't understand that. Do you know why windows for touch failed? Because it was exactly what you want to put on iPad now. It was a garbage os that was not designed for touch.
iPad will never ever have anything other than iPadOS.. so. idk what to tell you.. deal with it I guess ??♂️
But thats for the better too. We need a touch first OS not a mouse/keyboard first OS on a tablet… how is this not obvious to a such a large group of people? Could you please explain…
I think what you actually want is iPadOS to get a few more features, but mostly get more Pro apps. But you call that MacOS, even thou MacOS on iPad would be the worst idea ever. Thats what killed windows mobile computing let me remind you ? And I wholeheartedly agree with iPad getting more pro apps, getting a few tweaks here and there— it’s a great system , but it still has quite a few things to improve and sort of long way to go.! to reach it’s full potential. To me, thats a reason for celebration *(but we should probably keep discussions like this where we complain about it - since that might sort of keep Apple innovating. hm maybe? I would like to think so at least.)
Have a great day btw
I’m not going to do that.
Tell me why Apple can’t make OSX work on a tablet that has a keyboard and trackpad cover attached to it?
Again, I completely disagree with you.
You are using your own anecdotal evidence with a control of 1 to say that everything works just because it works for you in your situations.
It’s not the fault of the apps that I use that the operating system on the tablet doesn’t allow me access to the file system and doesn’t allow me to choose a file and which app to open it in. That is the core function of all computing, but taken away for the iPhone in the iPad. Maybe at the beginning it was a good idea, but not now.