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VCFundedGenYer • today at 5:18 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

Fully disagree. iPadOS is too unstable, janky, immature, and prone to awkward half-baked changes to be used as a regular computer. I've tried for years. OP is correct - stay far away from iPadOS for computing. Use macOS.


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tkdb • today at 6:47 PM

I should clarify: I have never attempted to replace by computer with an ipad. It wouldn't work for me.

Those who I have observed who have done so basically use the ipad for email and writing.

I was responding to "why would anyone use an ipad ever for anything?"

bigyabai • today at 6:27 PM

This seems to hold true for most people. One of my close friends (a successful founder) was an early adopter of the iPad Pro, and intended to make it his go-to device for traveling. He ended up buying the Magic Keyboard case, a USB-C dongle for HDMI out, and the Apple Pencil to comprise a proper Rube Goldberg travel experience.

After months of suffering through that, he switched back to a Macbook Air and carries the iPad for watching Plex now. I am still baffled as to which "pros" the iPad Pro is targeting.

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