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Apple iPad Pro |OT|
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LyleLanley
Banned
I hate how long it takes to restore from iCloud in my office. It's been stuck at less than 1 minute for what feels like at least an hour.
massivekettle
Member
So is this the Surface killer?
Apple's engineering is very impressive. An A9X chip as fast as a Core i5-i7 and a superior pen from its first iteration. Apple is definitely not messing around.
Apple's engineering is very impressive. An A9X chip as fast as a Core i5-i7 and a superior pen from its first iteration. Apple is definitely not messing around.
awilliams213
Member
As a Wacom Cintiq owner I am super interested to see Youtube drawing demos with the pencil. I didn't like drawing on the iPad even tried most of the major styluses.
Yeah this is the main thing I want to see, as well as what will be the essential painting app for illustrators, comic artists and concept artists.
The usual app for that on iOS is Procreate, which was recently updated with iPad Pro and Pencil support (and was one of the apps Apple put on iPad Pro test demos at the announcement, Adobe Max, etc).
Robot Carnival
Member
I'm in the Pasadena store in LA right now and they're already out of stock on the space grey and gold (what's the deal with people and the color gold!? geez...) 128 wifi ones, mostly from pre-orders which is understandable. I did manage to get a silver one so that's nice and since I'll be putting it in a case most of the time anyway it's not a big deal. still waiting for it right now since they're a little busy.
and yeah, no demo units and no pencils or keyboard covers in stock right now, and very limited amount of cases.
edit: jut got mine, setting it up right now.
and yeah, no demo units and no pencils or keyboard covers in stock right now, and very limited amount of cases.
edit: jut got mine, setting it up right now.
Yes, but for some reason they don't make pencil and keyboard available at launch most places
LyleLanley
Banned
God damn it, it's been an hour and my iCloud restoration has gone from less than a minute to about 2 minutes! Steve Jobs is rolling in his grave!
I really like the look of gold on Apple devices but I'm not a fan of the white front. I wonder if a gold iPhone/iPad with a black front would look good or just gaudy.
I really like the look of gold on Apple devices but I'm not a fan of the white front. I wonder if a gold iPhone/iPad with a black front would look good or just gaudy.
When you've finished restoring, use your fancy new creative productivity tool and do a photoshop mockup. I think it'd look quite nice
LyleLanley
Banned
Robot Carnival
Member
trying it out as I setup the thing, the sound is SO much better! (of course I was still using an iPad3 before so the leap was noticeably big)
Wonder if the size means you'll naturally use it in landscape mode more often than portrait, which might also mean using the side by side/slideover more than you might with iPad Air? Curious how people will settle on using it - I tend to rest my iPad Air 2 in portrait on my leg while sitting on the sofa which feels comfortable
LyleLanley
Banned
I doubt they do, but any idea if they had pencils or keyboard cases?
EnVy_CaLiBeR
Member
The skepticism has always been more about the software than the hardware.
I didn't see any, but again they didn't have anything out yet.
What shit are they getting other than the price? That's the only complaint I have seen.
I need to find a case now! Dang it
I've ALWAYS viewed iOS (at least when the first steps of multi-tasking went in) as more of a chicken and egg thing.
"I don't use iOS to create because there are no good creation tools"
"We don't develop creation tools for iOS because no one creates with it"
I mean there are enough single threaded workflows out there that you could do SOME creation with iOS.. and even the rudimentary multi-process workflow capabilities apple added way back can be used in some very basic multi-threaded workflows. iPad Pro opens a lot of that up, but it still needs that one (or two, or three) development company to release a feature-complete creation app to get the ball rolling.
Most of the shit was focused on the software, and that is being upheld in reviews. The size is nice for productivity but iOS isn't. Needs better keyboard support (see gruber's review for a detailed breakdown), and/or mouse support. Also clearly needs better side-by-side functionality (drag and drop between panes, multiple instances of an app so you can have two safari or word windows next to each other, better app discovery for the right pane - that list view is already frustrating and most apps don't support it yet)
LyleLanley
Banned
I wonder how much it would cost them to convince Adobe to make an iOS version of Photoshop. I feel like that's the milestone a device needs to pass to be considered a professional tool for many people.
Xan Kriegor
Banned
I'm not a fan of Apple to put it lightly, but the A9X is a beast, hot Damn. Seeing that performance on ARM is amazing!
Ephemeris
Member
I heard whispers of an ARM based air a few years back.
freenudemacusers
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A lot of people on anand, Reddit etc were very dismissive of the performance claims.
https://m.reddit.com/r/apple/commen..._the_ipad_pro_is_likely_faster_than/?sort=new
Fun thread in retrospect.
BlastProcessing
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The main thing I see holding things back is the App Stores current pricing conventions. I don't know if the type of Apps that need to be there can charge prices that can be sustainable. I suppose the solution if for stuff to be subscription based like the Adobe does.
I would love, love, love, for it to work out though.
DataStream
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CharminUltra
Member
Man, can't afford this right now, but WANT.
LyleLanley
Banned
Yup. I almost don't want to buy the 2016 MacBook 12 knowing that ARM macs with OSX is practically an inevitability. The hard part is going to be 3rd party software, everything is coded to x86-64. How are they going to get these programs over to ARM macs? Or are they going to get these companies to port their iOS apps with a M/KB optimized interface (could be kludgy).
LyleLanley
Banned
What the hell? The iCloud restore finally finished and now when I slide the screen on the "slide to upgrade" screen I get a black rectangle, then the apple logo and then it brings me back to the "slide to upgrade." Tim Cook has ruined this company.
Isn't the guy who made the iPad Pro flop thread the same guy who went into the iPhone 6S thread just to shit it up and say that it was practically the same phone as the 5 or 6 and that it was a waste?
The iPad Pro looks great in my opinion.
Edit: Yes he is.
The iPad Pro looks great in my opinion.
Edit: Yes he is.
They seemed to make the switch to x86 without missing a beat.
Everything's not "coded to x86-64," it's generally coded in Objective-C, making porting from x86 Macs to ARM Macs a simple recompile in many cases.
Adobe has a couple of Photoshop apps coming out which sync up with any edits you're doing on the desktop version. I doubt anyone would expect to be able to do their entire photoshop workflow on an iPad, no matter how pro, so I think syncing up with a desktop version is the best we'll see. Key there is how smooth the syncing is, and how beneficial the larger screen and pencil is.
Why not?
Probably little to none. The size of the Pro makes it not ideal for casual daily media consumption, is my guess. Just too big.
LyleLanley
Banned
Great, now I get to put the iPad in DFU mode and start this all over again.
Hatty
Member
quadruple the ram is bound to make a difference
the increased RAM makes a huge difference over the 1GB devices