Apple Silicon Macs KILLED the iPad!

I'm moving on from the idea of iPad as my everything.. gonna uogrdqe M1 iPad pro to surface pro or surface laptop

This is ludicrous. The M series iPads can do everything the MacBook Air can do and more. The only thing artificially limiting it, is Apple itself. And they specifically do it, to push you into buying both a tablet and laptop/desktop.

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The inconvenient truth is Apple makes too much money from the iPad (as a mobile OS) to even consider loading MacOS onto it. Apple is not allergic to money, if they see a path to take more of your money they will do it. If iPad ran MacOS it would not cannibalize the MBA just like the Surface Pro doesn't cannibalize the Surface Laptop.

Feature locking full-screen desktop output to m1 for me. I had the 2020 iPad Pro and ended up collecting dust once I got the M1 Air Macbook. Now Windows has arm and iPad should be worried.

Mac Mini is my main computer, iPad Pro with Magic Keyboard is my grab and go. I’ve tried really hard to make it that true “in between” device that Steve Jobs initially introduced it as.

Perhaps the keyboard case distracted people with unrealistic expectations. I use my iPad daily as a tablet and love it. Putting an input device between your hand and the screen removes all the magic.

Yep sounds about right to me. Sold my last iPad Pro (M1) on October last year after trying to make the iPad life work since 2017. The platform’s not goin nowhere so I’m just using my M1 MBA + the iPhone 14+. Got the power and capabilities I need when I need it plus I still have a big mobile screen for my aging eyes.

There was a time where I would use the iPad because of weight limitations on some international flights. A suitable MacBook with enough power would have been too heavy. That’s over now. So it comes down to the apps you use. I prefer Capture One on the Mac and don’t like the iPad version. I use LumaFusion for a quick edit on site, but that runs on MacOS now as well. And I need my Photoshop Plugins, which are not available on iPad. Makes it an easy choice for me. But it may be completely different for someone else

Still loving my MBP, but I find a lot of use in the iPad. So much so I find myself using it more than the MBP.

I have both an M1 Max Macbook Pro and an 11" iPad Pro, and I use the iPad Pro 75% or more of the time. It's smaller, lighter and convenient for me to carry with me everywhere. And it does almost everything I need to do. I have the Macbook for those few things that I don't want to do or can't do on my iPad. So for me the iPad isn't dead, and I have no desire to have MacOS on it.

I've never understood the interest in making the iPad the primary mobile computing device. For me, the iPad is for content consumption; the MacBook is for creation. I recently bought an iPad Air to support my 2020 14" MacBook Pro (base model). The MacBook can do all of what the iPad can do, and more, but the iPad can't do what the MacBook can do. If you need just one device, get a laptop - the newer MacBook Airs look very good, a good combination of power and portability.  I'm in the fortunate position of being able to own both types of device, but each has its own role.

Except it is a computer - it has processing power, memory, storage, IO, software, connectivity, etc. You can use it to consume or produce!

Thanks to the ARM chips, Macs and iPads provide the best technology in each category, e.g., PCs, laptops, and tablets. Apple improves on technology every 18 months with significant technological gains, which was impossible with Intel. Depending on your user requirements, the Mac, iPad, or both can cover them. Here’s my opinion: Now that Macs have the M chips, Apple’s strategy for the iPad is to develop new workflows around the Apple Pencil or touch-first. Examples of this approach are Math Notes, Smart Script, Final Cut Pro for iPad, Logic Pro for iPad, and Procreate. Apple is pushing the iPad in a different direction than Macs, but there is still an 80% overlap in capabilities between the two devices. Apple is ahead of Microsoft thanks to the continuous development of the Mac and the iPad.

Can anyone comment on the 13” iPad Pro with 16 ram and 1 tb storage? I’ve been hearing that there’s a problem with heat and the battery is draining too fast. I’ve got the 12.9” M1 and I’m thinking of upgrading after 3 years.

Thank you for the great video, Jerry! I'm still running an M1 Macbook Pro, and the decision about my next machine is really tough. I never take my laptop from it's permanent location on my desk, sitting in a vertical stand. Because of that, my next Mac will be one of the desktop models. An iPad pro takes care of all of my portable needs. This leaves me with the Mini or the Studio. I don't NEED the power of the studio, but it seems to be more future proof with its base configuration having 32GB of ram.

Yes, I agree with you. They should not have ever put M series on iPads. People started to expect too much out of it because basically it has the same Macbook processor.

I recently purchased the M1 iPad Air 5 as a companion device to my M3 Pro MacBook Pro 14. Since the MBP is docked most of the time as my primary computer this is the perfect combination for my use case.

When the new m4 is made more power efficient, Apple decided to make the ipad thinner, instead of letting we have more battery life. And what I hate the most is the browsers have less capabilities than the desktop versions. So many work these days run on web apps, ane the iPad app versions of those apps usually very limited.

After seeing the new Surface Pro 11 w/Snapdragon I am considering replacing my Apple Tech for that. Just waiting for the SP11 w/5G later this fall. One mobile device to replace my Mac and iPad Pro 5G.