But on any MacBook, the display can be detached only once. Without HW-Keyboard, iPad is still a tablet. One machine, no data to sync, no 2x Apple Care.
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What is the main feature you want most, on the next iPad Pro?...
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it seems, the code that 9to5mac found, is that Apple will have on the new ipad pro, BOTH lightning and usbC connecters
Very very intresting if Apple goes that way...on one part they open ipad to more capabilities like external 4k 60hz dislays and also going to make pace with UE by adding usbC
Very very intresting if Apple goes that way...on one part they open ipad to more capabilities like external 4k 60hz dislays and also going to make pace with UE by adding usbC
I've been wanting Apple to do that since shortly after the iPad 1's release. When I starting using a bluetooth keyboard and mouse on a jailbroken iPad 1 back-in-the-day, I knew that would be the future. I recently stopped waiting and found an alternative that works quite well for me. Should Apple ever do that, I'll go back to an iPad Pro.
Yes you do.
I love the Astropad experience (using the iPad Pro as graphics tablet) but don't want to subscribe to their premium studio version to also have a touchscreen keyboard for the Mac. (See 2001: A Space Odyssey.) .
I would love to see even more integration with the Mac as a second working surface-----for Final Cut Pro X - Photoshop - etc controls. The iPad Pro becomes my keyboard and mouse - graphics tablet when plugged into Mac. (With the iPad in front of the monitor.. I don't want to constantly have to move the iPad away to use the physical keyboard.)
The MacBook Pro Touch Bar... but large.. for the desktop Mac... using the iPad Pro.
Although the "Luna" hardware dongle might get me there too. (Touchscreen Mac).
I would love to see even more integration with the Mac as a second working surface-----for Final Cut Pro X - Photoshop - etc controls. The iPad Pro becomes my keyboard and mouse - graphics tablet when plugged into Mac. (With the iPad in front of the monitor.. I don't want to constantly have to move the iPad away to use the physical keyboard.)
The MacBook Pro Touch Bar... but large.. for the desktop Mac... using the iPad Pro.
Although the "Luna" hardware dongle might get me there too. (Touchscreen Mac).
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Besides USB-C, all Apple really needs to do is an extreme internal upgrade that will make me buy this. This Pro machine needs at minimum 6GB (but preferably 8GB) of RAM and a Quad Core A12X (with 4 smaller cores too). With them vying to be a laptop replacement it needs to perform like a Pro.
This is exactly where I am at. I really doubt we will see an increase from 4GB this iteration but I'm using apps that could really benefit from a little extra headroom - Affinity Photo and Lumafusion for example.
There is something fundamentally limiting with the design if a device performing fewer tasks needs more RAM than a devices that does more. On my 2014 11" MBA with 4GB RAM, I could simultaneously be encoding a video in iMovie and have multiple browser tabs open in Safari and NOT have tabs reload after switching back to them.
Yes, RAM utilization is different between macOS and iOS, but adding more RAM is a short-term band-aid. At the risk of getting piled up on... for as advanced as iOS has become over the years, at its core, it is a single tasking phone OS. This is why system-level functions like multi-window support must be enabled within the individual app for multi-window to be used rather than it being universal to all apps and transparent to the apps.
macOS uses a swap file on disk that RAM can spill into. This makes a fundamental difference to what happens when there's high memory pressure
The other thing concerning desktops or laptops is you normally have the option of upgrading RAM based on your needs. I used Affinity Photo to do a Panoramic merge of 10 RAW Fujifilm files for a 240MP output. I find it incredible to think we can do this on an iPad but it wasn't a fast process and more RAM would definitely facilitate this - it's normally something I would use my Mac which has 16GB RAM. This is where the Pro part of these iPads comes in but of course having twice the RAM of the standard 2018 iPad (2GB) probably ticks this box for Apple!
I like all of these ideas - Greenmeenie said it all for me - other than I don’t need waterproof.... LOL
One of my thoughts - Apple seems resistant to a MacBook Pro with touch screen. So could this be their alternative? It is already faster than the MacBook Air’s.... We just have iOS. But with the capability of a full version of Photoshop, it is going to be a monster of a tablet!!!
One of my thoughts - Apple seems resistant to a MacBook Pro with touch screen. So could this be their alternative? It is already faster than the MacBook Air’s.... We just have iOS. But with the capability of a full version of Photoshop, it is going to be a monster of a tablet!!!
A release date.
No, seriously.
I sold my 10.5" Pro too early thinking these were coming out in September. If future me had come back in time and said "these aren't coming out until November and you'll be so obsessed with your new XS Max and LTE Series 4 Apple Watch that you'll almost not care anymore", I would not have sold it and maybe not planned on selling it in October/November either. I love new shinys but I really wish I had my 10.5" Pro back right now.
But I can't have it back, and I did what I did. So now I just really need the new ones to be launched. My company just recently implemented Jamf for all Mac users and have really locked my Mac down to the point where I can't even open the Mail app, so I REALLY need my own computer now, and it's going to be whatever this new iPad Pro is.
No, seriously.
I sold my 10.5" Pro too early thinking these were coming out in September. If future me had come back in time and said "these aren't coming out until November and you'll be so obsessed with your new XS Max and LTE Series 4 Apple Watch that you'll almost not care anymore", I would not have sold it and maybe not planned on selling it in October/November either. I love new shinys but I really wish I had my 10.5" Pro back right now.
But I can't have it back, and I did what I did. So now I just really need the new ones to be launched. My company just recently implemented Jamf for all Mac users and have really locked my Mac down to the point where I can't even open the Mail app, so I REALLY need my own computer now, and it's going to be whatever this new iPad Pro is.
I’d love to see more Ram, at least 6gb or more.
I’d love wireless charging also, but doubt that happens.
One thing I’d really love but doubt would ever happen, is better sound for movies. I watch movies on my iPad all the time, but the sound isn’t great. I’d love an option for simulated surround sound through the speakers and while using headphones. Like a 7 or 9 channel simulated surround. And different sound options plus an equalizer to mess with.
I’d love wireless charging also, but doubt that happens.
One thing I’d really love but doubt would ever happen, is better sound for movies. I watch movies on my iPad all the time, but the sound isn’t great. I’d love an option for simulated surround sound through the speakers and while using headphones. Like a 7 or 9 channel simulated surround. And different sound options plus an equalizer to mess with.
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What I would look for in a new iPAD is this: 15 or 20 hour battery (against the usual 10 hours since the 1st release), and the headphone jack still there.
All the rest was already covered in this thread
If one of these things isn't possible then I will not buy again, no matter what else they offer.
Oh, and I almost forgot: I wouldn't buy an iPAD that exceeds in terms of weight and thickness the current 10.5, or one that is smaller than the 9.7
All the rest was already covered in this thread
If one of these things isn't possible then I will not buy again, no matter what else they offer.
Oh, and I almost forgot: I wouldn't buy an iPAD that exceeds in terms of weight and thickness the current 10.5, or one that is smaller than the 9.7
The 9.7” Pro had 2GB but both of the current iPad Pros, the 10.5” and 12.9”, have 4GB.
