Google’s Pixel Tablet is a unique product and a good reminder that not every tablet needs to double as a full-on computer.

  • NightOwl@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    My experience is with iPadOS, but it’s how even simple things of switching from a browser to another app can cause audio to cut out. Stuff like that breaks the illusion of multitasking, and I’ve tried apps like Lumafusion and that’s where stuff like file management and having multiple windows open made me go back to DaVinci Resolve on the PC.

    Found myself wishing the iPadOS could just switch to MacOS. It works fine for some productivity like Procreate for drawing, but anything more than that feels like I’m putting extra effort to do something that feels awkward in comparison to a full blown desktop OS.

    At the same time for media consumption in a touchscreen form I don’t want a desktop OS, so simplicity of iPadOS is perfect for reading comics or watching videos. I guess maybe hybrid approach of switching between a mobile OS to an actual desktop would be the way where in desktop you can still run apps like in Windows 11? If I’m being productive I want to attach a mouse and keyboard anyways and don’t want to be stuck to the quirks of a simplified OS built around single app consumption and touch screen navigation.

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      1 year ago

      Microsoft had the right idea with tablet mode in Windows 8. Just poor execution.

      This will never come to Apple, because if your iPad could replace your Mac, you wouldn’t buy both, as many people do.