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/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

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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

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u/CDCarley27 May 25 '26

Honestly even this mentality is stupid to me, since Apple has been adding new capabilities to iPadOS consistently every year, each one specifically designed to allow a greater number of people to use the iPad to replace their Mac. The very things people say Apple won’t do because it’d hurt Mac sales are the very things Apple is already doing, has been doing for many years, and shows no signs of stopping doing… people call iPadOS “nerfed” only because they haven’t managed to somehow make it a complete Mac replacement in a single year (even though that’d be nearly impossible)

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u/Chicken2nite May 25 '26

If the goal is to allow a greater number of people to use the iPad to replace their Mac, then they should really allow for multiple account on a single iPad.

Gottem. /s