Exploring the iPad vs. MacBook Debate

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A deep dive into the comparison between iPads and MacBooks, discussing the hardware specifications, software limitations, and user frustrations with the iPad. The conversation delves into the desire for more advanced features on the iPad while maintaining its user-friendly essence, highlighting the ongoing debate on whether the current capabilities are adequate for users' needs.

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Pre-show: Marco is back in the ScanSnap world
- Raven scanner (defunct)
- ~~Fujitsu~~ Ricoh ScanSnap iX1600
Follow-up:
- Apple apologizes for iPad “Crush” ad
  - Charlie Chapman’s 📱💨
- AppleCare+ for educational-discounted products (via Carter Sanderson)
  - Extend your AppleCare+ coverage
- iPad nano-texture glass
- Arun Maini interviews Ternus & Joswiak 1 2 3 4
  - Editors’ note: Thanks to Elon’s Big Business Brain™, we now have to link to all the ~~tweets~~ X’s in this whole 🤬 thread, because ~~Twitter~~ X won’t show threads unless you’re logged in. Well done, Elon. Great work. 👏🏻 … 👏🏻 … 👏🏻 Now we’re junking up our show notes because we 💙 our listeners more than we hate him. And we really hate him.
- iPad Pro Smart Folio angles
  - MKBHD’s reel
- Smart Folio Keyboard reliability
- Apple stickers (via Scott)
- The M4’s “next-generation ML accelerators” (via Wade Tregaskis)
  - NEON
- M4 Neural Engine: 38 trillion ops/sec vs. M3’s 13 trillion ops/sec
  - Tom’s Hardware
- M4 with 1 disabled P-core vs. M3 with no disabled P-cores
Apple announces new accessibility features
- Vehicle Motion Cues demo video
- Shelly Brisbin’s take
John’s brief iPad Pro review
iPad Pro dissatisfaction
Ask ATP:
- Will the M4’s new display driver set us up for a 2-external-display computer with M4? (via Rumee Ahmed)
- Why is there so much discussion about CPU power in iPads but not iPhones? (via Mike Runcieman)
Members-only ATP Overtime: Meta wants to be the Microsoft of headsets
- Meta announcement
- Meta Quest 🤝 Xbox
Post-show: John’s latest remote IT software adventure