So the iPad isn't for you, get a Mac. The reason they do it this way is to offer options instead of just form factors. Microsoft sells you the same shit but different sized forms, why?
The iPad is absolutely for me, that’s why I’d like to have more options now that they’re machines that could handle desktop software. I understand all the reasons you could throw out for why they’re not and probably never will go in that direction. But I personally think it’d be great to do anything on an iPad.
They’re already pushing them as laptop alternatives with thunderbolt ports and keyboard/trackpad accessories. It doesn’t have to be macOS, but at least show some movement toward setting iPadOS apart from iOS.
Curious what macOS apps you would want to see on the iPad. Not being a jerk here. There are exactly zero apps I run on my MacBook that I can't get on my iPad or iPhone. If you are wanting to run iOS apps on your Mac, then run a simple emulator.
Just take the apple apps, for example. GarageBand… its Mac version is solid if you have reasonable expectations for a free (or at least included in the cost of apple) daw. But the mobile version is even more limited, which makes a lot of sense for a phone screen, but not really any sense for an iPad, especially one that could more than handle it.
Then piggybacking off of that, logic, which is a legit DAW (the pro version of GarageBand, basically), why not have that available?
So, I get those are more niche things that most people aren’t gonna care about, on an iPad or Mac, but it’s weird to me there isn’t any sign of movement toward those kinds of options and improvements. Especially with how Apple loves marketing to creative types. Logic on the iPad would be huge, and why not at this point, we’re at least a couple years into it no longer having anything to do with performance capabilities.
