I use Affinity and Cubase/ Cubasis. I don't agree that the iPadOS versions are as powerful as the MacOS ones. I might concede that the Affinity iPad versions are more useful because of the Apple Pencil but that's more hardware related. Cubasis can't do half the stuff Cubase Pro can. Cubasis has always been branded as the lightest version of Cubase, and I think that still applies here.
A poster already gave a few, to which you conceded in your above comment, to my statement:
Yeah, a lot of misinformation is stated as fact on online public forums because of the whole anonymity/no accountability thing. I guess people either don’t want to be bothered to type in things like “I believe” or “probably”—which in a lot of cases is actually needed to let readers know not to take the statement as coming from an actual authority on the matter—or people feel they do have authoritative knowledge and are absolutely certain their claim is true. I’m sure we’ve all been there and ended up wrong, which is really bad in a public forum because literally anyone in the world could come along and read what we wrote as “fact” and it could negatively influence their life to some degree. So I try to remember that and always use qualifiers like “I think” when I’m not 100% sure about my statement—but also when I am 100% sure, I try to cite a higher authority (depending on the nature of the statement, if citation is appropriate and possible). It’s extra work, but it does a few very important things—it gives authority and credence to my claim, it gives me an out if the higher authority happens to be wrong, it gives the reader a thread to follow for more info, and it allows me to fact check myself before I post. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve nonchalantly fact checked myself only to find my memory was off and I was wrong. Saved me a lot of embarrassment lol.
I feel like “pro” is widely used in the tech industry, and usually just means better specs. But I’m sleepy and can’t think of examples.
It's the arrogance that gets me - Blammm.. I'm this and you're wrong.
To be 100% honest, congrats on not completely exhausting yourself on this topic. What ultimately matters is that you're able to make the tools you have work for your needs.
No need, I'll summarize the fact that OP earlier accepted he goof'd when he bought the iPad Pro he owns thinking it was going to be given a desktop class.
But you know going into it that the iPad is limited so why spend $2k when the $329 iPad will do the same?
Why use 2k as the goalpost here? Obviously a 329 iPad doesn't do 'the same' as a 2k one, simply from a storage space and ram perspective.
The iPad is, on the most part Apple's answer to the $300 Windows laptop. If you need a computer for entirely non-work related stuff the base iPad is pretty much the best machine you can buy. All their marketing is aimed squarely at the casual user or perhaps students.
Look, it's okay. We all make choices that don't pan out the way we wanted. Besides, the iPad and Mac is one solid combo of tools for your toolbox.
Yes. If you’ve got an iPad and one of an iMac, MacBook, Mac Mini or Mac Studio you’ve got all basses covered for work and entertainment. An iPhone just adds to the mix.
