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Than I wonder why you think using Android Studio on an iPad is the only reason to have a proper OS experience with the same capabilities as macOS.

As for Dynabook like experience, given our age, you can certainly find the difference on your own.



This is where this part of the thread started

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45594747

> The ability to run Xcode? Maybe run Linux in a VM (no, emulation does not count). Maybe run nvim with python/node/rust/go/gcc toolchains on the iPad? How about Wireshark? I really liked using Nixdroid on my Pixel, why can't I have something similar on iOS/iPadOS? Android can run Android Studio. Why can't an iPad run Xcode?

How much of that could you do on your Dynabook? How was web browsing? The office suites? Video and audio editing? The office suites? Even the games?


Maybe one day iPadOS users will get what using a full blown OS on a tablet actually means.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/devices/surface-pro

Think different.


The very first review I found

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2795490/microsoft-surface-pr...

This compact tablet runs on a Snapdragon X Plus chip and is built for casual browsing and office work. It’s not high-end

The screen has a semi-high brightness IPS panel, 2196×1464 pixel resolution, and a 60 or 90 Hz frame rate. You’ll have to set it up manually; dynamic frequency is not supported. It’s not full pro quality on the screen,

With a 12-inch screen and 3:2 aspect ratio

The processor doesn’t even stack up well against the cheap base model iPad.


That is not thinking different.


So it’s slower, a worse display, a worse aspect ratio for a tablet, and Microsoft’s x86 emulator is notoriously slow and there are many fewer ARM native apps?




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