While I’m not sure I want an iPad that runs macOS as Matt suggests I am sure that my iPad is my favourite form factor for a computing device. I’m typing at it now, but I often grab it off my stand and take it to another part of the house to have a recipe, or read some articles, or do a bit of writing.

I love the modality of the iPad and we all know it’s got the horsepower to do something like run a local server so I could build websites on it, but Apple won’t allow that type of use case.

We’re seeing glimmers of a more powerful iOS¹ with tools like Clip but only if you’re in the EU and Apple has been regulated to allow alternate AppStore’s.

I’m not replacing my M1 iPad Pro with a newer model, though I do have a 12.5” Starlite Linux tablet coming to explore the form factor more on an operating system that I can fully control. I don’t expect the Starlite to come close to iPad performance numbers, but I haven’t been looking for more power in my iPad for a while.

1. Alternate AppStore’s come to iPadOS later in the year after the EU classed the iPad as device that needs to be opened up as well. ↩︎