Just three days ago, on May 8th, 2024, Apple unveiled its latest innovation in chip technology – the M4 processor. Debuting in the refreshed iPad Pro lineup, the M4 promises significant performance gains and a focus on artificial intelligence, marking a noteworthy step forward from its predecessor, the M3.This unveiling comes just six months after the M3's introduction in the MacBook Pro, and two months after the M3 refresh in the MacBook Air. This aggressive release schedule suggests Apple's de
  • Nate CoxEnglish
    38·
    8 months ago

    I would be way way more excited about this if I could actually use the iPad as a dev machine rather than just a big web browser.

    Gimme a full terminal, let me run containers, open up installing full Mac apps, and I will buy one today to replace my aging 2017 MacBook Pro.

    Of course, then their “product differentiation” vanishes and the shareholders make slightly less money…

    • Skunk@jlai.luEnglish
      11·
      7 months ago

      Amen brother.

      I’ll buy a 13’’ iPad Pro right now if it could do all those “non-mobile OS” things for a perfect small productivity machine.

      Hell, I’ll even buy the official pen, keyboard and the non-existent docking station for office use.

      • Nate CoxEnglish
        9·
        7 months ago

        It’s so frustratingly close to perfect too. It has a great screen, is more than powerful enough for all my dev work, it’s super portable, I can plug it into a monitor via alt mode, my Bluetooth keyboard works great on it…

        It is like right there to being my favorite device, but the crappy mobile OS relegates it to sitting unused on my desk 85% of the time.

        Really the only thing I use it for is CAD work via Shapr3D.

    • LeroyJenkins@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      7 months ago

      tim apple just added you to a list for even posting this. keeping saying these things online and tim will send his goons.