Are ipads good?
Yes
>>109052227tablets in general are kind of like if youre not a kid or artist kinda useless. theyre good for reading manga (in which case samsung ones are better because mihon). but apart from that phones are just that much more convenient
>>109052227Get an x86 Surface Pro.
>>109052227they are pricy but the M-chips are the best on the market>i dont draw just need for moviesjust get a cheap decent android maybe second hand
>>109052227They're GOATed, especially for elderly relatives
>>109052227Yes, but that's mostly just because iPads get supported, the average Android tablet gets virtually no support or updates and gradually become worse over a couple of years. Samsung are slightly better than the average android tablet company, but still suffer eventually.
>>109052227no, they suck. mainly because adblockers don't work. enjoy your 30s of ads every 5 minutes when watching youtube videos
>>109052227iPad Pro 13" yes
>>109052227>Are ipads good?they're good until you realize you're stuck in this walled garden of cancer with very little choices. great device, shit software availability.
>>109052227Yes, the only apple product I'd ever even consider using.>>109052418Just use AdGuard Ad Blocker for Safari anon
>>109052449I have yet to find a single use case from the last 15 years where a suitable app wasn’t available. You’re looking for pc instead of a tablet if this is really an issue for you.
>>109052227I had an M3 Ipad Air for a year with the pencil pro that I sold recently.I still like tablets and think they are great, but I'll never get an apple phone/tablet until they become as open and abundant with software as android is.There is no proper adblocking and no proper web browsers either. Even though they could now, nobody bothered migrating proper firefox to it for example.Everything is safari or a safari skin.This means limited-to-no extension support. Limited ad blocking.Might just be the model itself, but I had a rather underwhelming experience with the M3. Initially it had touch issues, the OS was rather shit too as I got it right when the new 26 Glass thing came out.60hz is rather bad and it felt bad compared to a cheapo android phone.It got quite hot under load and the battery was horrid until I set up routines for standby to auto-toggle battery saver and disable bluetooth.Overall I really truly expected a lot more. Maybe it was the ipad M3 specifically that was a "dud", but compared to a Samsung Tab it was just sad.Even with the magnetic charging the pencil needing charging at all is a subpar experience. Drains the battery unless you micromanage it.Also your 200$ pencil DIES if you let it hit 0% allegedly.I wanted to like it because of the long term support apple provides in terms of software, but I just couldn't.A lot of OS specific complaints too. File management is horrid and the lack of a universal back gesture was frustrating too.Software was disappointing as iOS was supposed to beat android by a lot, but the store has just as much shitware and the only difference is in professional grade stuff for 3D that I only ever do on my PC anyways so who cares?In terms of drawing stuff procreate wasn't above and beyond the competition either.TL;DR: I might have expected too much, but both the software and hardware disappointed despite me wanting to love it.
>>109052227Yes.
>>109052495your idea of suitable is probably tiktok, instagram and discord and sucking on the diseased cock of apple just to run your own code. hard pass, rajeesh.
>>109052402>>109052237>>109052572
>>109052227Yes, they're good at any price point. I have an M1 iPad Pro and didn't use it much at first. Nowadays though I use it all day as an auxiliary device instead of the iPhone. >Stream to soundbar>YouTube>Phone calls w/Speaker on>Web BrowsingThe most underrated feature of the iPad Pro is the mic/speaker system. It is so nice answering a phone call and continuing what I'm doing while on the phone. It's effortless.
>>109053138If they sold an ipad mini that could take phone calls without a phone in your pocket paired to it I'd buy one.I have phone calls so rarely that it would be cool to have an 8-9" tablet replace my phone completely.
>>109052227no
I host all my own services. No accounts. No clouds. No subscriptions.I use jellyfin, nextcloud, and RetroArch on my ipad. And Brave for browsing. That it. No other apps installed outside of the site I can't uninstall.Works great, but I will be getting an Android tablet to run libreraFD and create a custom launcher dashboard for everything.
>>109053397It exists. >iPad Mini Wifi + CellularCheck out Amazon Refurbished, Best Buy, etc and you can find it.
>>109056124It can not make phone calls. It can make voip calls over 5G I guess through apps like messenger, but again, can't replace a phone.Needs a phone paired for legit phone calls.
>>109056157Oooh. I stand corrected.Looks like you’re right. It is VOIP since there is no sim card slot. I know my iPad uses the iPhone’s cell connection nearby for calls.
>>109052227Good for reading Manga or Comics.Its a bigger screen than your phone for porno. Good for elderly people, especially if they are too retarded for a laptop. Good for artists.Beyond these, there is no real use case if you have a phone and a laptop/desktop and are not sub 80 iq.
>>109052227whatever you think you need a tablet for, you probably don't
>>109056481Expert I do
>>109056481I literally use as a laptop replacement. Have touched a laptop in years.
>>109052227I just bought an Ipad 11 inch A16 at best buy yesterday, took it home and used it for a few hours. I was actually impressed, though secretly I wonder if my impressed feelings are the result of me becoming a techno-monk after years of degrading, debilitating IT work giving me IT-related PTSD. I now understand why the IT boomer dudes at work barely have computers at home.Most tablets I've used that are android based are weak pieces of shit right out of the box and then they get worse and worse. There's almost no optimization. This thing just runs well. Also it lets you use a mouse, I Dunno if that's a new thing, but it is for me, so I hooked up a B/T mouse and was goofing around.Screen is decent, and because they are the most popular on the market, you get better accessory choices.Apple finally decided to stop being retarded and did USB-C, and the ipad I got can guzzle power at 30 Watts, so it charges on my existing mishmash of UGREEN and ANKER charger blocks and cables.All the standard software was there. Apple has it's own stuff, but I have my NAS and my Microsoft ecosystem and was able to get into that easily.All of this to say that it will be replacing my laptop when I go to writer's workshops and other shit like that. Battery life isnt bad either.
>>109057662Very nice! Next step is to start your HTR treatments and pick a new name!
>>109057677HTR treatments? But I already read Mein Kampf and a bunch of right-wing books? I'm still not good enough?
>>109057662Once the base models get 120hz at that price it will be a steal for a comfy device.
>>109057722Apple is for women, children's and trannies. Much like Nintendo. Bet you have a Switch, don't you?
>>109052227>Are ipads good?No. Get a Pixel Tablet and flash GrapheneOS on it.
>>109052272>Get an x86 Surface Pro.Better: get a workstation laptop (Thinkpad P16 Gen2 tier) and install Qubes OS on it.
Ipads are for women, ipad kids and gooners.There is literally no reason to own one if you are technologically literate. If you like Apple polish get a m series macbook and enjoy macOs without the touchscreen and have a proper keyboard.
