Rui Carmo
Considering the rumor mill had already laid out pretty much everything that was going to be presented, today’s “event” could almost have been an e-mail–except for this, and the way it makes the new iPad Pro look like an even more insanely powered tablet held back by an overly simplified OS.
Yes, the lack of feature parity between iPadOS and macOS is still ridiculous (and I will keep beating that drum, at least from a functional perspective). Making use of all that performance and power efficiency with iOS apps feels… Too limited.
Still, it’s pretty impressive. I fully expect the next iPad mini (that will replace the one I’m typing his in) to at least have an M2–hopefully better, to tide it over for a few years given they only update it when the cows come home.
Update: I just noticed that the new iPad Magic Keyboard ships with an
Esckey! What a time to be alive!!!