Steve Troughton-SmithiPad has probably had the most dramatic shift of all of Apple's platforms, since its inception. It began as doing very few things to a very high quality, but now it does almost everything, badly. I hope history finds it to have been more than just an incubator for Apple's Mac silicon during the wayward years
adacosta@stroughtonsmith I disagree, it’s still great for watching videos in bed, listen to music, light and easy to carry around. Great for casual web browsing and email. Also, if I need a little more screen real estate from my MacBook Pro, sidecar is an excellent extended display feature. It’s just when you try to use it as a Mac replacement it comes up short. #Apple needs to add a Mac optimized mode: window management, multi-tasking in context.
Matt@adacosta @stroughtonsmith Agree - I also use mine for editing photography. The problem is those who try to put Mac expectations on a device that has different strengths.
@mtau @stroughtonsmith These expectations kinda evolved somewhere between iPad 2 and #iPad Pro. I remember the keynote Steve Jobs presented a segment showing how the iPad was being used in environments you didn’t expect. That’s where I think the potential started to shift. But I believe it likely was a bit too much to ask of it. If want a toaster and a refrigerator then a touch optimized #macOS will be needed.