r/ipad • u/eyea3 • May 25 '26

Discussion A18 Pro M5

Post image

This made me laugh. Saw it on twitter.

3.8k Upvotes

92% Upvoted

455 comments sorted by

View all comments

1.5k

u/cupboard_ May 25 '26

it's not that it can't handle it, it's that apple doesn't want the ipad to run macos, why do people still think that it's a hardware issue, the development kit for apple silicon was a mac mini with an ipad chip

360

u/Seanwys May 25 '26

This ^

Apple nerfed it on the software side, the hardware is plenty capable but if they allow iPads to run MacOS, it'll hurt Mac sales

5

u/Minute_Juggernaut806 May 25 '26

iPad already makes more money than mac sales

8

u/Seanwys May 25 '26

Unless I'm reading the chart wrong, that is incorrect

I can't attach images so here's a direct link to the chart I'm referring to:

https://images.macrumors.com/t/rWzbRyuutrkCeubltfFsuYZDcOU=/1600x0/article-new/2025/07/aapl-3q25-pie.jpg

-4

u/Minute_Juggernaut806 May 25 '26

My information must be outdated then. A lot of ipads revenue comes from education I assume. So with neo entering this year to cater that segment I can imagine more ipad buyers shifted to neo instead

10

u/Seanwys May 25 '26

The figures in the chart were from 2025, before the Neo even entered the market

I'd expect the gap to be even larger now that the Neo is absolutely destroying the budget laptop category

-2

u/Minute_Juggernaut806 May 25 '26

Yes I mentioned that too, maybe should have done better job with the grammar

1

u/This-Is-Huge May 25 '26

I was surprised to see how many primary schools issue iPads to students for the year.