The Problem with the iPad

Has the Mac gotten so good that the iPad Pro has been left behind?

[SpadeOfNades]

As someone who's owned iPads for years now, I've always just viewed them as very decent tablets and nothing more. I don't think it'd ever replace laptops soon since I doubt it'd be able to provide the same experience as one, whether it's a Macbook or a laptop from outside Apple's ecosystem.

[wltdo]

Apple want to sell you two devices, instead of one🤷‍♂️

[DomDijkstra]

Nobody ever talks about how the iPad is used a lot by artists and graphic designers as basically a portable workstation. They're extremely popular in that scenario.

[thunderarch]

In other news, Austin discovers in 2023 that the iPad is a tablet

[muhammadirfaniqbal]

As a student, im sooo glad i picked the ipad air over macbook. Lifesaver. I can do all my work anywhere. Excellent to take notes on, on the go drawing and vector work.

[Kenny]

Though it is pricey at some point and for certain people. iPad is the only device that has changed my life in Uni, its so compact yet portable (mine’s 11 inch pro), the features within an iPad are almost everything u need except for certain softwares, or typing, which it might not be an ideal choice if u were to choose it for such reason. Taking notes, organises it, watching videos, doing arts, feels surreal if it is being done in an iPad. In a nutshell, super convenient, exceptionally better than a laptop.

[spastcho]

Great video, putting out a statement without any examples of “stuff missing”

[BoJangles]

The iPad Pro (and probably the Air and the iPad 10 as well) IS a laptop replacement for MOST people. My M1 iPad Pro has been my "laptop+tablet AIO device" for 3 years. I don't see myself replacing it anytime soon, and I don't miss hauling around 2 devices.

All you YouTubers think everyone has YOUR use cases. We don't all run a YT channel or have a commercial-level digital video/audio/art production workflow.

Ever considered that the majority of people don't have one of the narrow slice of occupations that really need to run 3 or 4 professional video/photo production apps simultaneously? Not everyone is a video editor, photographer, or digital artist.

And when I hear programmers complain about not having Xcode on the iPad (though I admit they have a point, really there's no good reason why Xcode isn't on the iPad, seems like Apple just wants to sell more MacBooks), as an IT guy myself, I gotta ask: ever heard of remote desktop or SSH?

Most of us normies can make good use of a decent tablet for surfing, FaceTime, Netflix, note-taking, reading, gaming, and maybe some sketching, and a decent laptop for email, writing documents, shopping, paying bills, general organization, research, building a presentation, etc. The iPad with a keyboard and pencil is BOTH.

[GuyMonochrome]

Musician here. iPads aren't macbooks, and that's it. I use an iPad not because I need it to do what my laptop does, because I want it to do what it doesn't—read sheet music on a stand.

A laptop can't do that, and bulky two-in-ones get in the way. Buy the iPad for what it is, not what it isn't!

[whitemask]

“Ugh! Why can’t my tablet work the same as a laptop” what’s next?? “Ugh! I hate that my Honda civic isn’t as good as a truck” ?

[Alphabetwillbet]

It’s funny how tech folks always forget about artists. The iPads are the best option out here to draw and bring your art everywhere with you, nearly every artists that can afford it, will buy an iPad.

Besides that, it’s really good for students who takes lots of notes and would rather have a light iPad with everything inside than a heavy backpack full of papers.

And gamers use iPads to play high resolution/demanding games because the iPad is really good for that.

It also has quite a lot of storage depending on which model you pick, (it can literally go up to 1tera i believe).

It’s also useful for people who want to keep their phones’ storage not full, etc.

There are TONS of ways of using an iPad.

All of what you described is not the iPad’s problems, it’s a YOU problem, lol.

[hazymelodii]

I’m a photographer and I use my iPad Pro for photoshop and Lightroom as a portable workstation with the stage manager feature

[johannesviljoen]

when a macbook is more cost effective, something went wrong.

[hasnosurnamegreg]

Had a macbook, didn't like it. Have a 12.9 inch M2 iPad Pro now and it fits my workflow so much better. I can connect a bluetooth keyboard and with stage manager and an external monitor, and it works almost exactly like a Mac. + note taking, learning and consuming content is more intuitive and smooth on a touchscreen.

[khodabakhshi]

I completely agree with you, the iPads can’t replace the Mac because they are limited to the iPadOS, but in some cases you could use iPad as your main device. I am using my iPad Pro for more than two years now instead of a laptop for my Uni stuff. But for work I use the company computer only because it’s not limited to a mobile OS

[rafaeltorovip]

You know how you can solve the issue with the IPad? When you start thinking that the iPad is a computer. The iPad is a very expensive tablet. That’s all.

[anonymousguy]

They’re fantastic for students. Almost everyone at my university has one to take notes on with the pencil. I don’t pretend it’s something it’s not though; I need a laptop as well.

[andresvaldevit]

I agree. Tried once to go iPad Pro solo and miserably failed. Now, almost 2 years later I’ve found a really good use for it, and it’s video editing. I have a 2018 iPad Pro, the first one with USB-C and it runs laps around my Ryzen 5 laptop. I’m talking about simple family video editing, nothing fancy, but it comes handy to have such a great video editing tool like iMovie free with every Mac and iPad

[sloppynyuszi]

As someone that draws for a living the iPad Pro is exactly what I need as my digital companion device for my work. And that’s who the iPad Pro is Pro for. Not for video editors who have a perfectly fine Laptop

[robertwolfgan]

Since im ignorant in the Apple industry, may I know which Macbooks are actually "cheaper" and better than said iPad? I genuinely would like to know