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Seems such a waste, such a powerful device held back by an OS chained to an App Store and still so touch-centric.

iPadOS has certainly got a lot better over recent updates, but there's no sign of 'apps' catching up with serious desktop software any time soon.

And Apple doesn't really want to anyway, they get to profit from both side this way.

The iPad could be a fantastic machine but as is, it makes no sense for most workflow. It seems to be stuck at being a fancy notepad or expensive drawing tablet for hip artists (real pros use the much larger and more convenient Wacoms anyway).

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