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Tablets · Apple iPad

Apple iPad M1

6owners with an opinion
60%of verdicts positive
2/1positive/negative since 2024
0happy after 3+ years

Praised for performance and design; criticized for support and repairability.

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I would only take this article seriously if you have to support old iOS versions. NavigationStack has been around since iOS 16, @Observable since iOS 17. and I'm not sure if the author is aware that GeometryReader hasn't been necessary since iOS 18 added onGeometryChange modifiers. Nearly 100% of users are on iOS 16+. I'm doing some fairly complex work with SwiftUI and I find most components work identically between iPad and macOS. I can work for a week without needing to test on an iPad. There are problems with SwiftUI for sure: I'm finding macOS performance on an M2 Max is far worse than an iPad M1, especially with animations. Toolbars are very inconsistent between platforms and the compiler timeouts are a real pain (hopefully Swift 6.4 will fix that).
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Not in the EU myself but I don't think so. There's a specific entitlement that has to be granted and last time I looked nobody has ever done it. I learned one interesting tidbit from the latest Ladybird progress report: apparently, in order for an engine to actually be eligible to get this entitlement, it actually has to have a higher than 90% WPT pass rate. I think it is absolutely fascinating that this is part of the criteria. The differences between the era of more-or-less free distribution on desktop platforms couldn't be more different than the totalitarian control of iOS and the slightly less restrictive control of Android. It almost feels like what happened with home computers was an accident, a circumstance that was only temporary and that once it is finally taken away we'll never get it back. It's weird to think about. The evolving nature of computer security has definitely created some serious challenges for having a more open distribution model, but by and large nobody wants to try to solve that, and there's not much of an incentive to. The problem is, though, that closing down distribution doesn't just magically solve the problem of trust, it centralizes it to a single entity, with all of the many problems that comes with. People, of course, seem to defend this practice tooth and nail. Like, it's not enough to just have the option of curated walled gardens: it's important to be forced to use them, because your agency could be used against you by other massive co…
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3 weeks ago my iPad got dropped in water for half a second, then stopped turning on the next day. I booked it in for ‘repair’ at apple, only to be told “sorry, you don’t have applecare, so a replacement will be ~$1300aud. We don’t actually repair any ipad, and offer no genuine parts for any iPad repair”. This was not an old ipad, mind you, but a 2021 M1! Here’s what I think of Apples right to repair support: bullshit
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Yeah I was thinking about this. I have a 2021 M1 Pro mac, an iPhone 14 pro and the M1 iPad. I have an oled LG TV and an Xbox series x. I won’t be looking to upgrade any of those for the foreseeable future. For the first time in my life I’m sated when it comes to tech. I’ve always had one eye on the next thing since I was 12 but right now all my devices have reached the point where they are so good I have no FOMO at all. I have no real interest in VR but will keep an open mind over apples head set. To be honest if Apple made a fucking toaster I’d probably be one of the losers lining up for it!
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I'm not sure how much that software costs but bundling it with a M1 iPad should be still cost effective AND have more (more and more) than enough power to run everything. I don't have any relevant experience though so I can't tell if the OS makes it easy to fully utilize the hardware, which could be the real issue here regardless of the hardware