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Apple’s Craig Federighi on the long road to the iPad’s Mac-like multitasking (arstechnica.com)
submitted 6 months ago by some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Personally, I was shocked that they did the thing that people have been asking them to do for years. I expected them to continue to dig their heels in and ship another halfstep / half-assed measure.

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[–] the_q@lemmy.zip 26 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (21 children)

I think it's hilarious that people will buy an iPhone, iPad and Macbook and not realize the only thing that's different about them is the software. Any restriction is manufactured.

edit: apparently I've upset some Apple users. I apologize. My point was that the features each class of device has is manufactured to ensure you buy 3 products instead of 1 while the hardware inside is essentially the same. Like restricting touch and pen support isn't about hardware limitations; it's about getting you to spend. If you're happy with a company that does that you, then hey you do you, but don't get upset when that fact is pointed out.

[–] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Yep, you could use your iPad as your primary device if Apple would let you, but they're never gonna let it run OSX

[–] Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Have you used a Surface Pro? It’s a terrible tablet and a terrible laptop. Thats what the iPad would be if it ran MacOS. Also the battery life would be horrendous. Maybe as an option or something but if it’s not gonna be used by a significant chunk of usersApple is not going to spend time on it. People online are not representative of the market.

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago

Yep. They don’t understand how hardware and software are interconnected, yet love to call us fanboys and zealots if we don’t bash Apple from the start.

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