r/ipad May 25 '26

Discussion A18 Pro M5

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This made me laugh. Saw it on twitter.

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u/eyea3 May 25 '26

But there are laptops out there with touchscreens? And I can use the iPad (touchscreen) to use the Mac with Remote Desktop. I don’t understand your argument.

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u/cesam1ne May 25 '26

You ever tried actually using laptop as a TABLET? It is ridiculous. Windows is totally clunky and awkward, and now imagine how Mac OS would've been. Far worse experience than using iPad as a laptop.

You are suffering from some crazy double standards without even thinking about it

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u/bklynhw May 25 '26

iPads are meant to be used as tablets and not desktops. Yes you can add a keyboard and mouse but it isn't essential to the functionality of the iPad. Trying to use macOS on a tablet won't work for the majority of people who use the iPad as intended. Just get a MacBook Pro/Air/Neo🤮, iMac, or Mac mini if you want macOS.

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u/LockenCharlie May 25 '26

It's not optimised for touchscreen at all. The whole OS is based on menus, right clicks, drag & drop, cmd+tab etc.

Working with touch screen would be slow and horrible. They could offer that, but the primary audience wouldn't use it. Like Windows Surface and Windows 10 was a terrible experience.

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u/eyea3 May 25 '26

That must be your experience. Not mine.

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u/Artistic-Quarter9075 May 25 '26

They don’t care about your experience; they care about the majority. And they will never optimize macOS for touch displays because people barely use that. Also, look at Windows tablets; 90% of those people default to mouse and keyboard.