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Steve Troughton-Smith May 8, 2024

When I finally pull the trigger, a new 13" iPad Pro w/ 16GB RAM, keyboard & stylus is gonna cost me €3,107. It would be by far the most powerful computer I own.

That's more than twice as much as what I paid for the Mac mini I do *all my development on*. It even beats out my high-end gaming PC whose GPU alone was €1800.

All of that goes to waste because it’s paired with a simplified, stripped-down OS using the same technology stack and limitations as a $300 Netflix device for your grandparents

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Grievous Angel

@stroughtonsmith Some people are saying that your argument does not stand up because most ipad users want a simple cheap device and macOS as a feature is irrelevant to them. The market for simple iPads is huge, yes - but Apple itself is positioning iPad to also address a very high spending pro segment. £3k+, plus screens. This is a power / pro segment for iPad which apple under-serves and short-changes. macOS virtualisation is an obvious way of delivering a required value proposition.