Even with a new industrial design, I'm just not excited at all by the prospect of paying two grand to get a new iPad Pro, keyboard and stylus just to run the same software it does today. The software roadmap just seems so out of alignment with what I want from an iPad that it's becoming hard to motivate myself to invest in building for it.
Unsurprisingly, paying $4000+ to run the exact same apps on a face computer, with a two-hour battery and crummy input, is even less appealing 😔
@stroughtonsmith I love iPad, it is my favourite device but it is so limited by the way Apple controls it.
I don’t want macOS on it, but I do want them to allow gatekeeper style security rather than only App Store. I want to run full Xcode, I want a terminal. I want these things to be touch first and iPad focussed which is why I don’t want macOS on it.
The files app needs replacement ASAP, the cloud first design is bad, it should not have to think to load my file hierarchy.
@stroughtonsmith I’m still using my 11inch 2018 Pro everyday and love it. Wouldn’t update to have basically the same experience in a nicer screen (to me the one it has it’s more than enough) for +1000€. Not worth it. And I would probably buy a cheap Air model to replace it if it breaks because it runs basically the same software. They really need to step up what it can do to make me want to spend big money
@stroughtonsmith Totally agree. I have the 2018 iPad Pro with keyboard and pencil and there's nothing compelling about the software roadmap that would cause me to upgrade. It seems the iPad has lost its way and I've found myself just migrating any iPad workflows that I did have back to my mac.
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