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Apple Unleashes the M4: A Powerhouse for the New iPad Pro

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Just three days ago, on May 8th, 2024, Apple unveiled its latest innovation in chip technology – the M4 processor. Debuting in the refreshed iPad Pro lineup, the M4 promises significant performance gains and a focus on artificial intelligence, marking a noteworthy step forward from its predecessor, ...

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The perfect powerhouse chip to handle the iPad's cut-down OS and half-baked apps because Apple refuses to take the iPad's software seriously.
- I would be way way more excited about this if I could actually use the iPad as a dev machine rather than just a big web browser.
  
  Gimme a full terminal, let me run containers, open up installing full Mac apps, and I will buy one today to replace my aging 2017 MacBook Pro.
  
  Of course, then their “product differentiation” vanishes and the shareholders make slightly less money…
  
  Amen brother.
  
  I’ll buy a 13’’ iPad Pro right now if it could do all those "non-mobile OS" things for a perfect small productivity machine.
  
  Hell, I’ll even buy the official pen, keyboard and the non-existent docking station for office use.
  
  tim apple just added you to a list for even posting this. keeping saying these things online and tim will send his goons.
  
  tim apple just added you to a list for even posting this. keeping saying these things online and tim will send his goons.
  
  tim apple just added you to a list for even posting this. keeping saying these things online and tim will send his goons.
- Every year when June rolls around I wonder if they’ll do something significant with iPadOS at WWDC and it’s never the case.
- Right? I can't imagine being that kind of power in a mobile OS lol
- I really liked the new Final Cut camera, and the new additions to the Pencil.
  
  What are some things that are “cut down” to you? Understanding that it’s not a desktop OS, and it’s not supposed to be?
  
  it’s not supposed to be
  
  That's the issue. That might be fine for you, but for others we would like it to be. The limitation isn't hardware, so let the users decide whether they want it to be more than a big iPhone.

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