Tried Switching to 100% iPad – Today, I Ordered a New MacBook Pro
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I'm pretty upset about it.
Garage Band is essentially abandonware at this point and things that used to work (like coreUSB midi) don't work anymore. Like, they broke it and don't care about fixing it.
They'd rather I was using Logic, which doesn't have an ipad version (it has a nice controller app which is not the same thing).
The app store is a joke, full of scammy ad supported junk. It used to have lots of very expensive (but extremely usable) apps. Now its a wasteland.
I tried some of the DAWs and music production stuff and it all feels like windows 98 BS.
I've switched to an old mac book and have given up on the pad as a moble production rig.
SmartStrings on the iPad is a magical instrument. My brother recorded, produced, and mixed two whole albums on his iPhone while it effortlessly drummed along to his playing. What happened to the momentum that was there for iOS to be a useful professional production tool?
Lol, and forget using that fancy M1 to compile anything ever 'cause iPadders arent allowed to use xCode.
I’ve stopped trying to go on a full iPad workflow but embrace the iPad for what it is: not a laptop replacement but more of an add-on.
PS did my best not to use the word “computer” for this comment.
To put it short it’s primarily just personal preference (mostly hardware) and hard to shake tendencies.
I’m still on the older 10.5” iPad Pro (when this breaks I’m definitely upgrading) and the keyboard is okay but I prefer a mechanical keyboard if I type more. I’ve tried connecting a Bluetooth mechanical keyboard to it but I don’t like the added layer of setting things up.
Also the moment I’m working on something for a longer period, the higher the chance that I’m opening up different references etc. and juggling multiple things is easier when not on iOS.
Btw thank you. Your question really made me think and when I switch devices next time I’ll probably ask myself why I’m doing it and not just because I feel like it.
I travel by motorcycle a lot, and though luggage space is scarce, I still pack my laptop with me. My iPad is a great reader and drawing tablet, but it's not a work machine.
I've tried a Surface tablet too, but it was terrible as a tablet and as a computer.
> So that I can more swiftly and comfortably type documents and spreadsheets, format blog posts, and maybe do a tiny bit of Photoshoppin’ here and there when I need to.
This is complete overkill for their usage... I got a new MBA M1 with 16GB RAM that can do all of that and much more. Currently using it as my photo (Capture One/Photoshop) and video editor (Premiere/Final Cut), programming workstation for my personal projects, my music producing machine, etc.
I simply cannot trust the writer, they complain about simple issues and their solution is to go completely overkill on a purchase, feels like just consumerism.
"Couldn't work on iPad because couldn't find a comfortable position after my injury, reverted to using a laptop"
It's even fits in the current %MAX_TWEET_LENGTH% (and probably could fit in 140 with some work). Okay, okay, you couldn't fit it in 140 chars if you add "and iPad versions of apps I use sucks d....". Or..?
"Ditched iPad for laptop: apps suck, can't sit comfortably after injury": 72 chars.
Between this type of posts (KBytes of nonsense spread with "responsive design" over multiple screens even though I'm clearly on a desktop with FHD monitor in the landscape orientation) and 30+ tweet series (eg Foone) I hate both.