What Apple has done with these mobile processors is insane. The M-series MacBooks were the first laptop I ever owned that felt like a Desktop, no compromise to go mobile.
Sure, you'll have to make a bunch of thermal/size compromises for the phone form factor but given wall power as a daily driver it is far more than enough for email, teams, web browsing, even development.
That's why the latest iPads, with their M4 processors, always felt like overkill for what you could realistically use the device for. I've got an old iPad Pro 10.5 that's 8 years old at this point, and it still works perfectly for my use cases (drawing tablet with Procreate, GarageBand, watching YouTube, etc.).
Of course we computer enthusiasts feel the iPad is still restricted in a lot of ways, but a lot of younger consumers genuinely want the iPad experience, which is why I presume this new feature can be toggled on and off, and why we're probably never getting macOS on an iPad.
Contra: I (and my senior mom) would like to have a simple device with a simple interface. If I wanted to use a 'real' computer I would use a real computer.
At the very least there should be a "simple mode" switch where the behaviour can be toggled.
What is the path with-in Settings that I can find this toggle?
From there you can choose whether you want to use fullscreen apps (traditional iPad), Stage Manager (weird thing they added a few years ago) or Windowed Apps.
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Hamuko•5mo ago