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0 pointsmakeitdouble2y ago0 comments

It would be fine if there was a flurry of DEX tablets and a ton of competition in the market. Then the iPad could be a device on the side, the same way Apple monitors are a specific taste of monitors and very few people complain about what they can and cannot do.

Things is, there's very few competent tablets: basically two or three makers on the Windows side, the Samsung Ultra tablets, Xiaomi, and the iPad Pro. And right now the future or the Surface Pro line is pretty dicy, so the iPad becoming more competent would be more than welcome.

To your point, there could be more differenciation between the "pro" line and the regular iPads.

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throwaway2902y ago· 1 in thread

Pro work can be done in iPad. Audio production, photo processing, painting, 3D modeling and what have you.

The only pro thing that is being complained about here is programming but hey most people are not programmers. Don't let the HN echo chamber mislead you...

makeitdoubleOP2y ago

There is a lot of gotcha outside of the obvious stuff.

For instance iOS's process management model means your program gets suspended if it goes too long in the background. Let's say you want to write an email in fullscreen while exporting your superb 4K movie in the background, tough luck.

Idem if you want to have multiple programs running video content in parrallel (or even look at multiple videos at the same time. Short of using a dedicated app, the default ones won't help you)

The browser situation could get resolved as the EU has pressured Apple to do it, but there is still a lot of things that could get improved to help power users, even outside of our circles.

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