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I think the iPad hardware has been outstanding for many years. It's the software which is is limiting it constantly. They should let us put macOS or Linux on it. Or be able to do full on dev work (I realize some dev work is possible). If I could do my iOS and Android app dev on iPad, it would be instant buy.

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I think vittualization would be enough. Especially if it works well with an external monitor.

I need to be able to debug apps on physical devices from the iPad. And it needs to be wired connection because debugging over wifi even on my Mac is very bad (lots of complaints online about it too).

Yeah iPad hardware is sadly limited by software and I think Apple shoots themselves in the foot.

It took them a long time to start allowing apps to use meaningful amounts of ram and managing custom fonts is a mess.

I also suspect the limited number of “pro” apps is partly thanks to how the App Store runs. If I were going to invest in developing powerful software for iPad, being at App Review’s whims and ever-changing policies seems like a pretty big risk.

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