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#273208 10-Aug-2020 12:16
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Just posting to see if anyone has replaced their laptop with an iPad Pro? I see a few videos on YouTube and things, but I'm curious to see if anyone who's a bit more of a power-user has done this and what it's been like.

 

The new iPads have USB-C and can connect mice and keyboard and screens which would be useful if I need a bigger screen and want a bit more of a desk. And my laptop no longer gets a whole lot of use, but my iPad sure does.

 

Wondering if it's worth the upgrade :P 


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  #2537838 10-Aug-2020 12:25
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I am about 5 months in to using my 12.9" iPad pro + Magic Keyboard as my daily driver for all "general" computing:

 

     

  1. Emails
  2. Chat/Messaging
  3. Video conferencing
  4. Photo viewing and editing
  5. occasional movie making/editing
  6. browsing
  7. general media consumption - video, music (as a Roon client for my headphones and DAC etc

 

 

 

Previously I had a Macbook Pro for this and so far, it is working perfectly.

 

I do still have a Windows PC which is acting as a "workstation" and server for the house - running Plex, Roon, 3D printing and games on occasion.





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  #2537844 10-Aug-2020 12:40
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Thanks! I'm currently on a Macbook Pro too.

 

The only thing that I used to do that might be a pain is some of the coding stuff:

 

  • Playing around AWS CDK
  • Javascript
  • Node.js
  • Cloudformation

Also some previous projects involved a lot of Raspberry Pis and such.

 

But I've got a NUC if I want to do any of that (not that I do any of this stuff these days anyway)

 

Have you tried connecting it to an external display?


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  #2537845 10-Aug-2020 12:41
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I have seriously considered it, but I use Time Machine on the Mac and the lack of any temporal backup functionality on the iPad would probably be a deal breaker. Yes, you can put all your stuff on iCloud but I still want Time Machine as an extra safety net.




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  #2537846 10-Aug-2020 12:46
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Good point. All my stuff is already stored on the cloud (I do have a time machine backup for my macbook too). I found that when I upgraded my macbook I didn't restore the time machine backup because I'd rather start fresh. All my important stuff is cloud based anyway so I may not have the same issue.

 

 


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  #2538009 10-Aug-2020 16:12
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My only beef with connecting an iPad to an external display is the 4:3 aspect ratio...I find that annoying. 





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  #2538357 11-Aug-2020 08:10
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Oh yeah, that would annoy me. I guess they haven’t got it to the point where you could make an external display the primary one. I wonder if that’s a feature they’re working on...

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  #2538363 11-Aug-2020 08:33
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chriiiish: Oh yeah, that would annoy me. I guess they haven’t got it to the point where you could make an external display the primary one. I wonder if that’s a feature they’re working on...

 

If they truly believe that an iPad can replace a laptop (as they claim on occasion) then this has to be a feature they will enable at some point. 





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  #2538364 11-Aug-2020 08:34
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alasta:

 

I have seriously considered it, but I use Time Machine on the Mac and the lack of any temporal backup functionality on the iPad would probably be a deal breaker. Yes, you can put all your stuff on iCloud but I still want Time Machine as an extra safety net.

 

Can you not put an external HDD via USB-C on as a Time Machine back up vehicle? 





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  #2538369 11-Aug-2020 08:42
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Handsomedan:

 

alasta:

 

I have seriously considered it, but I use Time Machine on the Mac and the lack of any temporal backup functionality on the iPad would probably be a deal breaker. Yes, you can put all your stuff on iCloud but I still want Time Machine as an extra safety net.

 

Can you not put an external HDD via USB-C on as a Time Machine back up vehicle? 

 

 

iPad OS doesn't feature Time Machine, does it? I thought it was just a Mac OS thing.


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