Ruining the iPad 

Well said. As an IT guy from the late '80s programming, scripting, building PCs, and much more I finally bought an Apple for my home use somewhere around 2015. I'd been using Apple computers since the early '90s in my work, but felt I could not afford the Mac at home. But my decision to switch was due partly to get out of the constant buggy nature of Windows, a desire to use the computer more rather than maintaining the computer and it's OS, and to stop upgrading all the time. I knew Apple would bring that to my existence and it has. I still use the same iMac, about seven years now. Amazingly displays haven't gotten any better than my 5K display. At this point the processor will limit my ability to upgrade to the latest MacOS, so I will have to face an upgrade in the next couple of years. But the tablet is genius for most people. Even my SO, who can barely use a computer, loves her tablet - to the point that she ponied up her own money for one! After I'd passed along my older one to her, she decided to buy one newer than what I currently use! Funny, but certainly she's after the simplicity, ease of use, and the ability to consume content. Nerds came out against tablets precisely because they weren't great content creation tools. Well, get over yourselves, most people have never created much content! Leave them alone, let the tablet be what it is best at, a device for content consumption and secure interaction with the various tools needed to make our lives easier, like online banks, credit card accounts, utilities, home automation, the list goes on. Again, well said Rene!

I miss getting a Rene video every couple of days or so. He was the one constant Apple RU-vidr with high quality thoughtful videos.

I think Apple should add a ‘Pro’ switch in iPad settings which is turned off by default. The majority can use their IPad as Jobs intended and those that want more options such as multitasking can turn on. Could even be option to turn on when attached to Magic Keyboard only.

After nearly a year trying to bend my 12.9 iPad Pro to be a PC, I now see your point. Part of why I love using my iPad as my main PC (I am a software developer) is how the OS gets out of the way and the apps I need work well. I found the best balance is, use iPad as a thin client or dumb terminal to remote into a traditional PC for big boy work. But when I need a tablet (on the treadmill watching movies), I use the iPad for that and it’s superb!

I’m an Apple guy, I’m always around tech and even I struggle to understand the decisions that Apple has gone with for iPadOS. Multi tasking is a mess and definitely is not solved with ‘stage manager’. Multiple instances of applications, like safari or mail like Renee said, is soooo confusing to use. What has happened to Apple with the iPad ??

I miss the old Rene with a lot more videos. I am happy he is getting a consistent paycheck and hopefully it’s a big one from you tube too.

I think there is zero heaviness to the iPad. It's as simple as can be to use. Yes, there are definitely some improvements that need to be made but my kids understood how to use it in under 10 minutes. It was the first device I introduced them to for school and it wasn't hard. There are some users these days that make technology harder that what it needs to be and use the excuse "I'm bad a technology" as a crutch for not learning. As an IT I see this behavior everyday. I think you are 100% right about a small amount of people who do reviews skewing the narrative on tech. It seems like its the cool thing for tech RU-vidrs to want to bash Apple Products these days. Max Tech and Zone of Tech I think are leading this. If you bought an iPad for the average person who doesn't watch this stuff they would say "Wow" instead of 'I should have gotten the M1."

After trying to teach elderly parents how to use technology, I wish UI designers would reconsider the trend of hiding controls. For example, to pause a video you have to hover the mouse over the video or tap the video first for the controls to show up. For email, the reply button is tiny, and the print button is hidden under a "..." menu. For old people just starting to use technology, these can be insurmountable obstacles. Make the controls prominent and always on. Thank you.

The iPad was the first “computer” that made sense to my mother and didn’t feel intimidated by, but it’s been getting more convoluted with each passing year. It’s like a weird tug-of-war between two competing ideologies.

It’s a hard balance to find. Truthfully, I use a Mac for work and the desktop apps all work with a pointer mouse and keyboard, I really wouldn’t be able to do that on an iPad. My main personal computer is an iPad and I enjoy having all the mobile apps that launch insanely fast. I see the computer as a tool and the iPad as a toy.

I like to think of three circles, ambient computing, casual computing, and dedicated computing. iPads and iPhones fit squarely into casual, but apple is trying too hard to blur the lines.

It was nice to view your video. I appreciate your perspective. Blessings on your day 👍🏻

I dunno, I love Stage Manager myself, it’s far more flexible than before, without the windowing system being hard or intimidating to use, and being able to have multiple instances of apps running at the same time is much more freeing than before, it’s way better than having them suspended like before, especially since it can be used with apps not optimized for side-by-side windowing (like games or iPhone apps). It made me love my iPad once again, it’s useful both with or without a mouse and keyboard, it genuinely boosts my speed and productivity with my iPad, leading to using it way more fun. And if you don’t like it, just turn it off. I don't really see what the fundamental problem is, since it comes disabled by default, so those who wanna use it can turn it on and enjoy it, and those who either don't like it or don't know about it can just carry on and have the regular iPadOS experience.

Well said! Helping my parents navigate their tech is getting increasingly complicated. I really wish there was a “simple” mode for iPad to take it back to its roots.

I didn’t think about this from this angle until this video. And it’s spot-on. Perfectly articulated.

Always insightful. Thanks Rene

You’re so right! My parents love their Ipads (they are in their 70s) but within the last few years, it has started to confuse them. I try to make the iPad as basic as I can for them. But yea, these updates confuse them-and I have to go into the system and turn things around for them

Tried out Stage Manager on my 11” 2021 iPad Pro w/keyboard cover. It might make more sense once full external monitor support arrives, but in its current form its an unintuitive solution to a problem I’m not sure many people actually have. Absolutely agree with ‘let an iPad be an iPad’ sentiment. Got my phone, MacBook and desktop PC for those specific use cases.

Very well said Rene. In my 75 years on this planed I’ve run that whole gamete you mentioned, from boxes of punch cards on the computer at the university, through almost all the microcomputers, on to windows and Mac PCs to where we are today. Though I have a 12.9” iPad Pro, I still long to have a tablet that’s simple to use for my daily computing needs like mail and social media. Though I’m very computer literate - even taught computer technology at the university level - I find most of the multitasking techniques on my iPad get in the way. I’d hoped that Stage Manager might be the answer, but based on what I’ve heard so far, it’s just as bad and perhaps worse than what we have already. You’re idea of two operating systems for the iPad is great. One could be for those who want the simplicity of a tablet and the other would better serve the needs on the nerds and “power users” who want professional level apps on a tablet. Unfortunately I don’t see that happening. I guess we can still hope that Apple and others figure it out. Thanks.

I never used the beta, directly jumped to iPadOS 16.1. Personally, I feel Stage Manager is a big improvement compare to the previous multitasking interface. It feels lot better to group similar apps into a stage & switch between stages. It's far from perfect but I feel this is big improvement. And this will get even better when we get full external display support.

Rene, you just nailed the very top reason I miss Steve Jobs so much. Steve would’ve kept the iPad on-mission. Since the very start of personal computing, Steve Jobs was the advocate for exactly the user you describe. It took years for those users to know someone was fighting for them. Thankfully, he got to enjoy some of it and nothing made him happier than pleasing that kind of user. Every single time I go through 7 submenus on my iPhone to block a phone scammer, I think of Steve. He would not just have put that into a single command like a device-shake, he’d go terrorize the carriers and global regulators to get them stopped altogether. It pains me to say it but Apple is slowly but surely forgetting how to be “insanely great.”

Sure, a simple OS for tablets, and the possibility to install the desktop OS for those that wants more, would be a great solution.

First of all, Stage Manager is turned off by default, which means it doesn’t replace full-screen-based experiences: Split View and Slide Over. And it is still limited to certain iPad models. So you don’t have to use it you don’t like it. For those reasons I don’t think Stage Manager “ruined” the iPad experience. I don’t see why Apple added this feature to iPad though.

Refreshing to see a different & honest perspective...

The thing I’ve noticed is the declining quality of the software. Some of the things that would have made Jobs livid and would have been fixed immediately seem to linger on forever and appear to be increasing in number. Used to be once .1 of the latest version of iOS came out I felt safe to upgrade. Now I wait until like .6.

Isn’t the answer to this already in front of us? iPad for most, iPad Pro for pros? Both can, and should, exist. It also could be solved in software with default and pro modes on pro models for those who want nicer screens.

If stage manager was better received, I think Apple would have said that was their path to desktop replacement. It really feels like another os, which is so insane to have to Os on one devices. Im just needing a video editor on ipad (interested in davinci) and some kind of external display support and better safari. Only safari is applicable to the mainstream.

Great thought man😊

I do agree with you. Much love Rene

They really need to add a switch in Settings to turn off all options for running multiple windows or split screens. They used to offer a simplified interface for beginners on Mac Os (System 7 or 8 I think). Especially for seniors for whom the simpler iPadOS was just about perfect.

Great to see you back!

Such a great insightful video. I know a lot of older people that have an iPad because of the simple interface. Year after year the interface has become more bewildering and confusing for senior people - yes, the nerds have run the narrative to the detriment of senior people and mainstream people who just want a working simple tablet. I think there should be a simple mode and an advanced mode option. Great video so I am subscribing. Agreed - the mobile is light because desktop is heavy.

We needed this reality check!

4:30 Valve has a great experiment going on with the Steam Deck as a portable device with dual Steam OS to Linux desktop. Something that could work wonders on iPads with iPadOS to MacOS.

I honestly really love using stage manager. Maybe it’s just because I’m used the the horrid multitasking iPads had previously, but stage manager felt really nice & easy to use.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! That needed to be said, even though it will just roll off the back of that small percentage of the market (Techies) who controls the message.

Hi Rene. I can agree with the points you highlight though the video seems short on grounded solutions. How do we serve both "the nerds" and the everyday consumers? Would love to hear more of your thoughts on potential pathways. Thank you.

A brilliant point, brilliantly made.

Great rant! I remember when the first iPad came out (I was a reviewer in print then) and was amazed by how beloved they had instantly become, and still are, especially in the global south (where I've lived for 21 years after retiring from IT). Personally, I've got an iPad5 still, and it's of little interest (and I'm a nerd for sure). On the other hand, I love my iPhone and my M1 mini, airpods2 pro, and Apple Music... those items still amaze me; the rest, not so much.

"Let us run the desktop OS on the tablet" It's why I like MS Surface so much. I dock and do computer stuff or I use as a YT tablet, eReader, and play simple games on it. For me it's a great home PC. Apple should really allow dual booting of the iPad Pro into Mac OS or iOS.

I love stage manager on both my M1 iPad Pro and my 16” MacBook Pro. I use it so much! I wish we can rotate where the apps on the stage lived though.

I think Valve almost nailed the balance between a portable device and full blown computer well with the steam deck. you are initially booted to the opmized steam UI where you have a tailored and optimized experience where you can download and play games/apps, but at any time you can switch to desktop mode which would do a like a soft restart and you can use it as a full PC, and when you want to return to the steam you can exit deskop mode with a soft restart and return to the optimized steam UI. Samsung dex seems to work fine also.

Nailed it. Most iPad lovers don't want a desktop experience. Cudo's to Apple for letting us disable the stage manager feature, personally I think it's an abomination. If I want or need a desk top experience I'll use my Mac.

I get what you are saying. I am computer nerd. My 2019 Intel MacBook Pro's bootcamp partition is now running Windows 11 22H2 and I run Linux GUI apps and sideloaded android apps alongside my Windows apps. Both my wife and I have iPads, my wife has a M1 iPad Air and I a M1 12.9-inch iPad Pro with 2TB storage and magic keyboard. My wife's iPad is her only computing device, and she always uses it as a tablet, whereas I have numerous computers including desktop, Steam Deck, etc, in addition to the above-mentioned Apple devices. I haven't even told my wife how to turn on Stage Manager because I know it would totally frustrate her, as she doesn't like split view and slide over windows. Whereas, for me iPad OS does not go far enough! I have Raspberry Pi 4 USB-C gadget with my iPad Pro providing power and UI, so I can format / repair external SSDs / memory things, along with other things iPad OS can't do. I use my Apple paid developer account to compile / sideload apps, such as ScummVM, Dolphin emulator, UTM (OS emulation) app ... , not available in the App store. And even then, some of those apps must run in tethered mode on non-jailbroken devices, so I had to compile jitterbug with my developer ID, so I can run e.g. UTM tethered via an internal VPN to the same iPad Pro it's running on, rather than needing a second device Apple device! Why do Apple always make things unnecessarily difficult!

iPadOS needs a toggle at setup similar to the iPhones app size setting, except for complexity. It should allow an iPad to purely disable complex features (such as multi tabs and the three dots at the top of the screen and stage manager), but still allow those that want the full functionality to access it.

Stage Manager is optional, so they are not forcing anything to anyone, you have the two options

He described my CEO perfectly. He came to IT department while I was in there meeting with someone and gave back his iPad & said “if this is how Apple is gonna do from now I can get us less fancy windows devices instead.” “Apple use to be simple”

They really need to simplify the lineup of all products. SE, Standard, Pro. The Air designation does not seem to fit any more since all the gear is already light.

Agree with iPad OS bloat and UI complexity. But my biggest issues are with specific apps, like RU-vid TV. That's not Apple's problem, but after 10 years with an iPad I'm seeing more and more app-unique touches and gestures that adds multiple layers of capability-but-complexity. Thanks for the video.

Thanks

This was well thought out. I agreed

100% correct. I have had the same experience with relatives!!!

The there are those of us that want a bit more complexity--Ipad OS 13 I think made me be able to not consider replacing my Macbook Pro and use my 12.9 as my main computer (except for formatting harddrives). Life changes means I don't need the Macbook Pro that i did but I need a computer that allows me to do a lot (if you don't want it, don't use it) and I much prefer touch and type on a keyboard.

Well said Rene.

I want the newest, latest and greatest M2 iPad Pro, but I bought the cheapest M1 iPad Air because the usability and experience between those 2 devices will feel identical. When I upgraded across generations of iPhones I felt the difference, when I upgrade across newer generations of PC’s/MacBooks, I feel the difference. I see the future of tablet use as something similar to what Microsoft Windows Continuum or Samsung Dex is able to pull-off, multitasking/stage manager just feels hampered for all the tablet-focused reasons you mentioned. I think the future is the option to toggle between “tablet mode” (non-stage manager conventional iPad interface) and a “desktop mode” that enables the best features of a cut-down MacOS (as they are familiar in MacOS, not something ‘new’) - in Apple’s quest to reinvent the wheel they’re trying to play 3D chess with their customers, be everything at once while still distinguishing the iPad features (not drifting too close into MacOS territory) and the experience is suffering - hardware far outpacing the potential capabilities of the device for us nerds leaving no value proposition for new hardware to increase individual productivity.

What Apple is doing with the iPad seems chaotic. And backwards. And what comes to prices completely outregous - in Europe prices for the older models jumped from €399 to €599 - though this price hike might be to turn people for the latest iPads.

I think he just described the Samsung Tab series. Tablet in hand including an S Pen and PC when you plug it to a monitor or choose to switch to Dex mode.

Can you do a video on the bugs in iOS 16. I haven’t and others have not been able to use the lighting to hdmi dongle since the update. We are being overlooked by Apple and the ppl with bigger voices. The is very crucial to our way of life especially for the trucking industry and for people that don’t have access to Wi-Fi.

The strength of the iPad is its versatility. It is in the middle of a computer and a phone. I see a lot of youtube videos of iPad being used as their computer, gaming system, camera (yes some do) a gps system and etc. So for people saying “if you want MacOS then buy a mac” is like inhibiting its full potential especially if it carries the same chip as some powerful macs. I hope Apple will fix the iPad especially the multitasking part. Let us use the resizing windows the way its supposed to be or listen to multiple audios without the videos stopping. iPad has its potential, but thats it. Just potential!

Thank you for saying what I have been trying to get a cross for years. We are a minority and the average user doesn’t need nor want these extra complicated features. This is a solid case for a differentiate between iPad and iPad Pro. iPad is simple and more for the everyday consumer, and iPad Pro has all the bells and whistles that us nerds want/need.

Amen, Rene... iPads have gotten ridiculously more complex over the years as Apple (half-heartedly) tries to transform them into a "computer". They should keep the non-Pro iPads as simple as possible and add whatever complexity they feel is needed to the Pro line ONLY. They do that on their iPhones, why not iPads? I own a Mini, which I like, and I'm happy that many of the new windowing features are not supported on that model!

“PC on the stands….Pad in the hands” -Rene Ritchie 2022 I want this on a t-shirt please!

Perfect explanation of the iPad and it's users needs. Except for the idea of dual boot which would make it necessary to buy an iPad with a bigger ssd which is an added expense most people wouldn't need. As someone who has an iPhone, an iPad and a Mac Mini, i find the iPad Pro 11/12.9 exactly perfect for most users period !! 1. I can create and edit docs in iWork or by using OnlyOffice, which creates docs in both Open Office format AND Microsoft Office format. 2. I can split screen on it. 3. I can now connect it to a TV/monitor and have it open full size on the screen. 4. It has the Apple pencil. 5. I can use it easily enough with a Mac keyboard, mouse/touchpad as a cheap, portable and convienient option to the Magic Keyboard. 6. I can use it for content consumption. 7. I can use it to save everything to my NAS quickly and easily. 8. I can create and edit photos/videos with apps that have features that are more than enough for even some of the most demanding home users, and now with an albiet slightly trimmed downed version of Da Vinci Resolve available as well ?? 9. Add in web browsing, email, calendar and this describes all the needs of the vast MAJORITY of people. I absolutely LOVE my iPad, way more than my Mac Mini for EVERYTHING, IMO it is the perfect computer in almost EVERY way, kudos to Apple. The only improvements that are really needed are OLED display and longer battery life.

Great job my friend

Fair to evaluate Apple products while working for Google?

yup… as a guy who does photography all I want, cough, is all the power of Lightroom and it’s plugins, desktop wise, but in an iPad app, :-) I don’t need windowing, etc. just ease of editing and workflow on a beautiful slab.

I see myself not using the Stage Manager feature. It just makes things…confusing.

My ex boss, who's been working with apple since mid 80s said that past couple of years remind him of the John Sculley days, wherein Apple would just mindlessly start making all sorts of products, just to enter some verticals, even tho they may not be the best choice in any of them... :( I fear he might be partially correct

Totally agree. My sister and brother in law are really non-tech and they love their iPads because they just do what they want to do.

I tried stage manager and it’s horrible, the amount of wasted space and rigid window place makes it almost pointless for me. I turned it off immediately. At least give us 3 app splitscreen! 2 apps and a 3rd slideover is so annoying when you need all 3 but want to have all of the screen real estate used

My wife and I use our iPad as media consumption….. No issues for us.

Absolutely correct about mini iPhones. For most people I know phone is the device from where they run their business and need big screen, most people are not always sitting on a desk with laptop open in front

One possible correction is to SJ “stretched the iPhone to make the iPad”. I think it was the opposite. Here’s why: In 2002 I was at uni and struggling with disabilities limiting my work. I couldn’t afford a Microsoft tablet (£2k) and was an Apple fan anyway since my first Macintosh, the “Portable”. I replied to a comment on the Apple forum that what I dreamed of was Apple to make a tablet (fantasised really, because there was no sign of even the iPod at that time). Next day I had a stern email from Apple advising me my comment had been removed and not to speculate again about Apple’s product development or I’d be barred. 😮

I actually agree with Rene’s conclusion in the end. We should be able to use Mac OS when we want and swap to the more simplified tablet OS to do content consumption.

Couldn’t agree more! I’m going to download IPad OS 16.1, play with Stage Manager for a day or so because I’m interested, but then turn it off. It is just more bloat and complication for a multitasking system that already works on the iPad

I understand the constraints of a mobile platform, but I have always hated gestures. Back in the day, an evil of UX was "mystery meat" navigation, where something represented a UI element but gave no idea what it was actually for unless you hovered or clicked it. Gestures are the same thing, except without even an indicator there's something there.

I’ve turned off all the multitasking features that I can on my iPad Pro to try and use it as it originally intended. I really believe a single tasking computer is the greatest and I say this as someone who swapped a MbPro for iPad Pro and Pencil and have loved it more than any other computer I’ve ever used (apart maybe from the Amiga 500 decades ago!). 🤷‍♂️

Always great insight from Rene. But the unintended consequence of just porting desktop OS to tablets would result in less innovation by professional software manufacturers to rethink their software paradigms. When pro software is rethought for touch-first, those innovations can trickle down to consumer level versions of the software or new software. Therefore, encouraging large developers to create tablet versions of their software will actually grow all segments of the market and allow the platform to develop. I don’t think bifurcating the user base is ideal as a result.

Apple could implement a legacy iPadOS mode for those who want its simplicity, and for those who’d like macOS lite with touch, have a Pro-Desktop mode with free-form window management. There’s no need for a one-size fits all approach, just have different modes of operation and let users choose which mode best suits their needs. Stage manager in its current incarnation needs a ton of work.

you nailed it, but I can’t to be honest with you when I feel terrible saying this, but I feel like before you took this job and you were on them or you’re kind of part of the problem. And it’s not even really a problem to me the iPad is just in. Should be simplicity personified. The idea that it needs to run what’s on the desktop I think it’s just absurd. I have tried a surface laptop and I know you could say well it’s Microsoft but I will tell you that there are just certain things you don’t need to do with touch and the idea that the iPad and the laptop/desktop can do both is perfect. Yes, you might spend a little or some extra money but it’s not important because as you said, the majority of people use the iPad for things that they need you don’t need all the complexity. Two senses I feel like Apple is trying to be everything to everyone and at the same time, almost creating a situation where there are nothing to no one. I love the new MacBook Pros and the way they work, and how fast they are in the battery life. As somebody that creates to have an iPad Pro as a second monitor is a blessing and I don’t want it to be like a laptop but everybody’s different but I do agree with you, I feel like a silent minor or a very vocal minority is making them or wanting them to change things and I I think the iPad is near perfect the way it is.

We've seen nerds-driven features spoil many other categories before. As early as the 70s, I've seen audiophiles buy ridiculously expensive audio gear, able to reproduce sounds that only their dogs could hear. But the mainstream buyers wanting a simple audio system had to cut through the crazy specs-oriented rationale sales people were giving them. Specs that were more useful for "after-the-sale-bragging-rights" (called reinforcement in marketing terms) than for real enhancement of the listening experience. The subsequent wave of mp3s proved that very few people were attached to the high fidelity thing after all. All of that to say I agree with your observation Rene, Apple seems to have lost interest in true simplicity as a marketing segment.

Great analysis. Spot on. Thx Renee 😊

Definitely, my parents can no longer use their iPhones and iPads. As they moved more to gestures and away from skeuomorphism, they became more baffled. Granted they got older, but they could have continued to use the things they'd already learned. But Apple delighted in making the interfaces more obscure, and they couldn't follow.

I think, in this day and age, younger people are used to Windows interfaces where they can touch their laptop screens. Apple has a different view on the laptop. There was marketing that went like "What is a computer" with a young person laying in the grass watching and using an iPad. I still think the confusion started when Apple put the M1 ("computer chip") in the iPad. All of a sudden, me included, demanded that I could use the iPad as a laptop. I had the keyboard, the pen and iPad but it did not run Windows. Here we see how the vision of one company influences other companies to get a similar use from a device. I was all over the: I want proper external monitor support.... and Apple delivered (not because of me but I got on the hype wagon). Then monsieur Richie made a video about who the iPad was targeted at and why our expectations needed to be more realistic. That video is still in my head, and Rene was and is right. "But the iPad is so powerful and I want to video edit on it... it is called a Pro so that justifies that" was the outcry. Apple, once again delivered, maybe not as fast as people would like, expectations were met and all of a sudden there is a new outcry that the new ways are not stable and are not compatible with workflows. Of course, this is where the word "yet" comes in. But is this really what a majority of users want / need? An average user, my wife, she loves the iPad to watch movies, do some correspondence and chat with family members. She loves the silly TicToc and says, with pride, she knows an influencer. To her the iPad is a fun device, quick, has a seemingly light operating system. We need to stop being so confused, I do not see Apple change their ways anytime soon on the touchscreen and I am okay with that. Oh, it is so beautiful to touch my wobbly screen, I can even fold it all the way around and it becomes a tablet.... Hey... that is so 2018 🤣

I agree with your video.

There should be the possibility to reduce most of the options to get the complexity out if the ui again. I am an IT guy. And even I struggle and don’t know all options. 🤷‍♂️

Nice to see you.

I was actually having this conversation with one of my co-workers yesterday. I totally agree that MacOS should be MacOS and iPadOS should be iPadOS. I'm even extra in favor of having the option to run MacOS on M1/M2 capable tablets. I'd even be in favor of a new product category for it, like a resurgence of the iBook, something between an iPad and MacBook for the education sector at a really solid price point and available to the mainstream if they want it, but at a little extra cost.

BTW I’ve signed up to Nebula. I do think RU-vid looks better now, but paying with data still isn’t something I’m a big fan of. Though I’m not sure where else to get guitar advice…

I see your point --but it's the answer just an easy mode, and pro mode switch.

Preach it Rene! This is the main issue with Apple’s current approach with the iPad. Steve Jobs wanted the iPad to justify its existence between the phone and computer. Don’t make it more complicated than it needs to be for the market it’s suppose to serve.

Great commentary! I keep running into reviews and recommendations of tech evangelists who insist that laptops, tablets and possibly even smart watches must all be able to operate as fully functional desktops. A corollary to this is that all these devices must be able to run games at the same level of performance. This sometimes leads to unhelpful reviews which criticize a tablet or phone for not doing something it was never designed to do. Also features are overlooked which might absolutely dazzle the average consumer. I use a laptop for work, and have one for use at home, but unless I need the laptop for a work specific task, I am more likely to use my tablet or smartphone at home, even to do some research or note taking that might be work related. And there are some apps I use on my smartphone that would be pointless to reproduce on a laptop or desktop. I hope that companies like Apple pause and reconsider the possibilities of tablets as something other than a desktop in disguise.

We need devices with a "grandma mode" to exist because there will always be people who are only at that level with technology.

I think Apple should have a Comsumer.Simple Mode, and a Creators/Pro mode to separate the experiences. Ipads can be used for so much more than just consumption.

iPad Pro M2 8 GB vs 16 GB RAM. Explain the difference when I want to use it as a wirless external display for my mac. Does the wirless display function uses ram insted of storage? hey please help, I want to make a decision soon but this isn't easy because everyone I managed to ask before in some stores managed to give me some false informations like all iPads are the same... whatever.

agreed!

I don’t like the new stage manager, I’m having trouble getting my head around how to take advantage of this. My dad, my mum who own iPads won’t go near it, it’s so messy. It just makes your screen a whole lot smaller, who doesn’t like that?

I don’t think they should make a 800 dollar device just for emails I think there is a device for that type of person but if you are gonna cell a device worth 1000 then it should be able to do more than that and more complex than just simple stuff.

I’m glad someone said it. It’s true. Tech heads who post reviews influence companies too much. Remember when tech heads complained about Samsung using removable plastic backs on phones and tablets? Now we can’t swap batteries out lol.

My only grudges with the iPad is the inability of installing software outside the apple store, the ridiculous limitations on emulation/virtualization software, the complete absence of development environments (no, Swift Playgrounds is not a IDE) and the impossibility of selling services outside the apple store. Allow that or stop pretending that the iPad is a computer when is just an appliance, like a game console.