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Thanks so much for the shoutout Mark - you know my love for iPad Mini knows no bounds. As does my love for fellow Marks who make tech videos 😊 Cracking video mate.

I've been waiting for the Super note A5 when Amazon played foul by offering the scribe with 32 GB and th premium pen for $270. The latest updates are much welcome. I'd love to be able to import templates and add links in notes to other pages and documents. Thanks for th video Mark.

Any way to export all notebooks at once rather than sending email???

I just use a little app called ‘Diary’. It has everything I need without all the photos prompts and the ‘you have been walking here, do you want to write about it’ nagging. It has emojis for how you’re feeling and dates and times. It also segregates the entries if you put more than one in single day. If I open a diary app then I already know what I want to record and this is the reason why I find the other apps a little bit pretentious.

I always show the time at the top of the page. I often read during my lunch break at work and it eliminates my need to look at my watch to see how much time I have left.

Can the optional voice recording "file" be exported?

The ad infuriated people at the time because it was felt Apple had abandoned the Mac with several products langushing without updates for years.

I have just received mine yesterday and thought I was impressed. I have now changed the default to write as a fountain pen and I have never loved a device so quickly in my life. Absolutely love this thing. My MSc class notetaking is going to be so much fun now. I just write a whole page of randomness just for the fun of looking at the full page! 😃

Grazie 👌🏻

This is so stupid. I spent more than 1 h looking for a button or an option in settings ... Useless! Kindle is such a horrible, poorly designed device.

Some genuinely terrible arguments, developers have to re-imagine software not to mention spend countless hours remaking the same features to allow it to work on an OS that arguably isn't even well suited for that workload in the first place. All while current users have to find awkward workarounds for the same result. The only people that loss out in this scenario are Apple, just because a lack of Desktop OS is not essential you for does not mean it's not essential for others. I also think that people that belittle work on the iPad are making a terrible argument, if a product does what you want in a way you find appealing as far as I'm concerned its a valid tool. However in this case it's a product that could do both, if as a result certain software doesn't make it to iPad OS it probably means that the demand was only there due to the limitation enforced by Apple.

I've been on the fence about the Scribe a few times, pretty much each time it gets a decent discount. I think the one feature that's holding me back by now is the low(ish) resolution exports. If it gets proper vector strokes (like the reMarkable has) I'll be out of reasons not to get it.

10:00 and not to mention the 60Hz less smooth screen vs the iPad Pro

People don't complain about numbers or windows that can be opened at once, never heard of that. The most important is that some professional software that you can't run on the iPad despite great specs... and the most important,- if you professional and you spending 8 hours+ working, you need ergonomic settings otherwise you going to develop hump, and lower back problems...I couldn't connect my iPad to the external monitor after software update... is great to have portable machines but they are not reliable and you getting unpredictable problems after updating software and you loosing functionality.... that's make me reluctant to invest in the iPad again in the future. I need insurance that I always going to be able to use my iPad in desktop mode and that wouldn't change after a software update....After this update and 0 solution after contacting apple support, I went back to my old Mac.... And I don't want to buy two devices, in the future Mac and iPad because this is so wasteful.

Good points, but I'm still not convinced. I'm fully sold on the iPad mini. It's just the right size for me. It's CRAZY portable. Big enough but never too big. When the iPad 6 was introduced I really wanted one, but my old mini was still serving me well. I got my iPad mini with Retina display (iPad mini 2) with the maximum 256GB of storage because I planned to load it up with books and magazines to read on the bus instead of a Kindle like the other people on the bus had. With a notebook cover it looked very much like a Kindle so I wouldn't look like That Guy on the bus with an iPad. The iPad 6 was a massive upgrade. I was almost ready to jump for it. Then they introduced the purple one. Last summer the physical home button on my old mini broke and it became unusable. I've almost gotten used to not having it. Now the iPad mini 6 is a bit long in the tooth. I don't care for the flat sides, they seem old-fashioned to me, much like the iPhone 4s that I inherited from my wife more than ten years ago. It always pays to wait for new tech. I can hope for a mini that will support the new Apple Pencil Pro and maybe other improvements. I think I'll wait through the fall to see if a new mini is announced.

Microsoft has already proven that a tablet's Windows or desktop/laptop OS doesn’t work effectively in the tablet form. The iPad has become my primary personal computer device, and I’m not interested in using a Windows or Mac device as my personal computer. There are limitations with the iPad, but they have gradually disappeared. Due to the iPad's locked-down nature, I feel it has way better security than what I can get from Mac or Windows devices. Software developers need to enhance their apps so that there is a 1:1 ratio of features between the iPad version of the software and the Mac version.

AppleOS that runs on everything is the solution. one unified OS for a supposedly unified ecosystem. it all runs on the same architecture anyway.

Very good video. I congratulate you on the quality of the production. In my case, I am attracted by the design and reading experience that the Oasis model can offer me. However, I have been seeing that Amazon seems not to continue with this model. I am concerned about the issue of support and updates, since if I purchased the Kindle Oasis I would not consider changing it for at least 4 or 5 years. What do you think about it?

Rather do Dual boot - If u want a proper workstation like a macbook then u choose option 1 : boots up into macos and you can use full resources of your ram 8gb/16gb depending on your purchase choice-.....Should you be travelling and you want a ipad then choose option 2 and it activate ipad os 18(hopefully lol). This way the user gets to choose what experience they have according to their lifestyles.

VERY nice review!!

When you can create OBS type content on your iPad then I might be able to use it as a computer. Until then, it isn't any better for me than a Chromebook. An iPad or Chromebook are limited computers. Ever since buying my M1 MacBook I have been reaching less for my iPad to where I only really use it now for when I go fly (ie a task specific device and not a general computer).

You can obviously do certain workflows just fine on iPadOS. But I'd love to docertain things on an iPad *because* it's an intermediate between quickly looking up something on a smartphone and sitting down on a laptop/desktop. However, some of these things are either too complicated or straight up (as good as) impossible. Let me give you an example for both of these things: Something that's overcomplicated: I maintain a few servers here and there. 1Password (password manager) can act as an SSH agent and securely store SSH keys for you so they're available on all of your devices. This SSH agent works on macOS, Linux and even Windows. It's not available for iPadOS and it currently can't be because iPadOS has no centralized concept of SSH. There are some good SSH apps available for iPadOS, but they all need their own keys as the OS can't provide an SSH agent, and the SSH apps can't integrate with 1Password in a way that it could share these SSH keys. So what happens is that I either don't add the SSH keys to the autorized_keys file on certain servers which leaves me unable to access them when I only have my iPad with me and what's also annoying is that if you want to share the same key between multiple apps (which kind of makes sense as it's the same device and you probably don't want to add 5 keys for a single device or whatever), you have to hope that the app you created the key in has an export function and the app you want to use it in has an import function. Something that's (nearly) impossible: Software development. Now, I don't want to do huge development sessions on my iPad anyway (I really like a larger screen for that), but it's nearly impossible to do even small things properly. Even something as common as web development is a mess. You'd have to find an app that fully integrates everything you need: an editor, probably a Node.js runtime (or Elixir, Python, etc.) and a browser. Why? Because apps can't talk to one another (or only in very limited ways), so if your development app would open a port and you'd put it in the background, Safari couldn't access it. Talking about browsers, you couldn't even test your frontend in a browser with another engine because Apple only allows their own WebKit version on iPadOS, no matter what browser (for example Firefox doesn't use Gecko on iOS, it has to use WebKit). The only thing you can kind of do is launch a Codespace on GitHub and open its VSCode frontend in Safari. This requires a stable internet connection though and has its own limitations. These are the two use cases I'd really love to use an iPad for in a pinch, *because* it's such a great and simple device and OS and it's instant pick-up-and-use, always ready. It's also super compact, especially in the 11" version (although to be fair the weight comes quite close to a MacBook Air once you add the keyboard/trackpad case), it fits in pretty much every bag. This is why I personally can't use my iPad for more "serious" tasks even though I'd love to (sometimes). I don't need (or even want) full macOS on the iPad, but I want improvements to iPadOS that allow tasks like the ones I mentioned to work without any weird workarounds.

Thanks for the video do u think they’ll make 3rd party accessories to make it compatible with the new Magic Keyboard?

I want padOS to run macOS apps. I don't want macOS on iPad.

Would the pro keyboard work with the new air?

9:54 Web development is cool, and I use my iPad for it too, but when it comes to software like VS Code, I struggle to find any app, that is similar to it. I need virtual machines and a proper terminal. I want scripts and coding languages to be run on the iPad, like on macOS. Most apps are still lacking in features that I often use on my Mac. If the iPad evolves and allows me to do my work in Mac quality but is optimized for touch interactions, I'd consider calling it a fully fledged computer.

Excel on iPad can't even do non-adjacent cell selection, which I use to pay bills once a week. Formatting options for documents are non-existent. External display support is idiotic (stage manager). I have an iPad Air M2 and use it all the time, but it's not a computer-replacement for even the most basic and simple of tasks.

As you mentioned it works for you, that doesn't mean it works for everyone and it definetely doen't mean it's a laptop replacement. Having a lot of tabs or windows open simultaneously is not about just being open on the background but side by side to allow you to use the data in front of you. ANd yes most laptops that cost about £2k can handle what was described on threads an iPad can't and it's not meant to. iPad OS is a tablet OS which is nowhere close to a desktop/laptop OS. The fact that it works for you is great and a lot of people will probably share the same experience that's why both tablets and laptops exist to cover different needs. Still the main issue with iPads is the OS and by that I mean for the amount of power in that small form the OS is limiting and cumbersome.

Ipad only here. No problems at all. Don’t need the macOS at all. Just upgraded from 2018 pro to the M4. Only (huge) disappointment is that Apple downgraded the sound quality. Still considering returning it for this reason alone.

The iPad could be everything. Apple knows it. It will never happen. They are busy making 4 versions of iPads/iPhones etc. Give people choices within their own ecosystem. Have the consumer not ask themselves windows or macOS - Samsung or iPhone etc - but instead : which iPad is the right one for me. I think the iPad is a great product - but it could potentially be so strong that it would effectively kill of not only the Macbooks but also many normal windows laptops.

Try working on as simple as Excel on iPad. Also Safari can't handle most of web apps.

they might cause surface pro arm is now a thing

The reason people ask for MacOS is because Apple deliberately equips the iPadOS with substandard desktop features and functions so they partition the devices to be more specialized and limited between tablets and laptops so they can try to sell one or the other and both as opposed to cannabalizing one market. See this write-up of the incessant problems Apple sustains in iPadOS: "Not an iPad Pro Review: Why iPadOS Still Doesn’t Get the Basics Right" - you can goggle it for the list. Bear in mind Apple is about to release a list of new accessibility features that are mind-blowing in quality. So it does very much beg the question why has it taken over a decade to implement simple desktop features that work that were possible in desktops in the 90s? As said Apple deliberately restricts the iPad: It's got a big enough screen, the hardware performance is equivalent to top laptopts, you can plug in keyboard/mouse... it's MORE THAN CAPABLE of running desktop services eg windows manager, file-manager (not app centric messy inconsistent behaviour), multi-tasking (not stage manager beta software), background services utility control to the user, virtualization, terminal and the list goes on broadening the user base who can use it as a desktop-capable productivity device thus saving them money if they choose a 2-in-1 device. Webkit is another way Apple restricts users so the MS Office Apps are a poorer version or less compatible with websites and so on.

Is it possible to charge other things wireless with that expensive dock?

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im sorry i loved the video . very insightful hope you keep it up thank you

Convert text is now available…time for and update?

Great job on the video I like the in-depth and you showed how do you do the two things set up?

If you wanna know a reason why I will always be an apple fanboy here it is. Apple is bringing eye tracking to the iPhone and iPad as part of iOS And iPadOS 18. Meaning you can use your iPad with your eyes by looking at an app just like on Vision Pro this is an absolute game changer

That is Apple being a$$holes.. cause you can't trade that in. scrap a $350 keyboard. Nothing about Apple is Green.

People never ask themselves, is this for me?

Interesting topic Mark. I remember thinking in the days of BlackBerry and Windows Mobile that mobile and desktop OSes would converge. They haven't, except maybe with Android and Chromebooks. For the embedded software development I do, I need a cross-compiler suite, a terminal window (or an Integraded Desktop Environment), SSH, Telnet, thinks of that nature which you don't get on a tablet environment. Would be nice though.

Very interesting take. I agree most of your thoughts. IMHO, after years of professional usage, iPad Pro line-up needs just three major things: a REAL file system (much more like the macOS file system), a REAL virtual ram management, and MUCH more PRO Apps fully compatible with their desktop counterparts (in the case they exist)

Buying an ipad pro or even the air is wasted money with it's current hardware paired with it's os. It's like buying a powerful gaming rig but are limited due to it's software and can only download apps from the Google Play Store. As a musician who records and mixes my own music. The watered down versions of DAWs just won't cut it.

I think putting pure macOS onto iPads is a bad idea, since Mac wasn't designed for touch screens, what apple could do is make iPadOS feel more like a desktop class OS for Tablets, allowing desktop class apps to run, while keeping what makes iPad Special, special

It would be ideal if they gave you the choice of OS to install, but they won't because it'll cannibalise a whole sector of their business. They want to be able to sell you both the macbook and the iPad. On a side note, I connected my ipad pro 2024 to a second screen last night and it wouldn't let me play a plex stream on the extra monitor whilst also working on the screen. Basic stuff like that makes it hard to take super seriously as a primary driver. Don't get me wrong, I do love the iPad, I just see room for both types of devices. Especially as an enthusiast the fact that a full desktop gives you more versatility in hardware.