Steve Troughton-SmithIt's 2025. The last time I had a laptop was in 2012, with the first-gen Retina MBP. My sole portable computer since then has been iPad, for well over a decade, so all these 'can iPadOS 26 replace your laptop?' videos, or the 'we're Mac guys and of course iPad will never replace the Mac so why are they even trying' podcasts, are pretty amusing
Dane Deasy@stroughtonsmith I never owned a laptop until 2023, when I got a ‘22 M2 MacBook Air for a really good price to play with. I used iPads since the 1st gen as my portable computer for over a decade. And still do. The laptop mainly stays at home.
Jonny@stroughtonsmith Sounds like they have don’t have a desktop Mac like you do though, so no MacBook means no desktop OS.
Ravi 
@stroughtonsmith I think the discussion has always been about whether the iPad can function as your (sole) computer.
It’s not really the same thing when you still get to use a desktop Mac all day long to do all your “real” computer tasks.
My iPad has been my primary computer since the iPad 2. But I’d still give it up before my MBA/Mini if I could only have one.
Steven Barnhart@ravi @stroughtonsmith “I use my bike for quick trips to get ice cream when it’s good weather. I don’t understand these people saying you need a car”
Taylor Hadden@stroughtonsmith Not being able to write code on trips sounds like a wild, horrifying life.
@taylorhadden I've written major features in my apps on trips. Playgrounds exists
@stroughtonsmith That only addresses the apple ecosystem, and 0% of my development.
@stroughtonsmith If the iPad could run arbitrary code and I could work on rust, c++, and node apps, I would find its portable, convertible form factor super appealing.
But it can’t, and I don’t. It just can’t do the thing that I use a screen attached to a keyboard for.