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iPad Pro with M4 chip boasts impressive performance jump compared to just-released M3 MacBook Air (9to5mac.com)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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On raw performance might, the M4 really does live up to Apple’s promises, should deliver. Single core is up about 20% compared to all M3 chips and more than 40% compared to M2. The generational computational leap from the previous M2 iPad Pro is at least a 42% jump on single-core and multi-core.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Perhaps with a more robust OS, such as Linux or macOS the battery and thermals would just not suffice?

I mean, an iPad is basically a larger phone, which I think can get hot enough if pushing it to its limit

Also I don't think the RAM would be enough for intensive tasks, the device as it is could be pretty good for gaming though, if only the title list wouldn't be a shit for the most part.

But at the same time, a MacBook Air doesn't seem much bigger compared to the biggest iPad available.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Isn't iOS just about heavily modified Unix clone? My jailbroken old iPad has /var/log and misc GNU directories, as well as an Apt package manager to access Cydia repos.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Not a clone, its kernel was once certified UNIX. It’s just a heavily modified UNIX.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

It is, but it would be like saying Android is just another Linux variant.

What I want to stress in my initial comment is that the OS is so heavily modified and focused on optimization and RAM management, that it can't hardly work for power users when multitasking is on the board.