@daringfireball Yesterday I thought @gruber is “late”, sure he has a different take than great hardware/limiting software, and of course you did. Lexus analogy is spot on, just the Pro being relatively more affordable and a nicer upgrade imo. 👊🏼
> Apple’s own Final Cut and Logic for iPads are not toys
And yet they can't export in the background.
That was a constrain that made sense for the original iPhone that could barely run and power its OS, let alone apps. It hasn't made sense in a decade, at least.
@tambourineman Same thing for my longstanding gripe that iOS doesn't support clipboard managers. It could, if Apple created APIs for it, without fundamentally changing iOS into something akin to the Mac.
@tambourineman Agreed that those background limits are absurd. But I can't help but think Apple could remove those limits without fundamentally changing iPadOS.
@daringfireball@gruber I think the answer to why the 13" M4 iPad Pro is slower than the MacBook Air is that it has two sets of pixels to drive at a higher resolution.
@jemal That's an interesting theory. Speedometer repaints the display as fast as it can when it runs; Geekbench just shows a progress bar. Perhaps that accounts for the discrepancy?
@kavehv Good question! But I only use that pluralization schtick with iPhones, on the grounds that if I pluralize “iPhone 6" as “iPhone 6s", it's hard to distinguish from the actual phones named iPhone 6S, and the plural of that phone would be ... “iPhone 6Ss” which is just horrible.
I’d never disagree with making iPadOS more powerful, flexible, or even Mac-like, because a Mac is the best tool for ME for most things.
But I know many people who are SO MUCH more productive on iPadOS (now, even before WWDC) than on a Mac. They would give an uncomprehending blank stare at the Mac capabilities some long-time computer reviewers demand that iPad must share.
I’m glad we have two different platforms—BUT also glad that they keep learning from each other!
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