iPad Pro more like desktop than iphone

Taka Iguchi
Taka Iguchi Member Posts: 3
edited November 21 in English Forum

People ask me all the time if the 12.9 iPad Pro can replace a laptop. My answer is always the same…for 99% of the things yes. Even things like video editing, photoshop, office suite, etc. Everyone has iPad Pro versions that feel just as capable as desktop versions…..with the exception of Logos. I LOVE logos and it has changed my bible study but the mobile version feels fine on the phone but crippled on the iPad Pro. It’s the same processor as the MacBook Pro. 

I’d pay the full amount all over again. I know a lot of other people would too. 

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  • Mike Binks
    Mike Binks Member, MVP Posts: 7,428 ✭✭✭

    I feel your pain Taka, however I think that Faithlife are spreading the resources they have too thinly. I applaud the move to a web based version of the program that can duplicate, and maybe eventually replace, the desktop version. Concentration on the Web version would be a productive use of time and enable the programme to be run on any machine that has a competent web browser.

    Struggling to make the square peg of Logos fit the round hole of mobile operating systems seems to be tilting at stretched metaphoric windmills.

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  • Tony Walker
    Tony Walker Member Posts: 363 ✭✭

    I think the best thing would be for Apple to allow M1 powered iPads to run macOS. The only thing I wonder is the battery life. I am not a computer whiz, but maybe there are macOS things that would kill the battery of an iOS device... but from a consumer standpoint the only reason I see apple "crippling" an iPad Pro with a magic keyboard from running macOS... is because they want people to buy both an ipadOS and macOS device. 

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  • DMB
    DMB Member Posts: 3,087

    It’s the same processor as the MacBook Pro. 

    I'm hoping we're in the early stages of a iPad/Mac interchangeability (meaning it'll get better). I'm new to the Mac, coming from my iPad (plus older Windows), and I'm always disappointed when a great iPad app isn't yet for my Mac.  I'm happy the Logos mobile apps work on my Mac ... great for simple reading and quick look-ups. I appreciate that, whatever the FL developers in Phoenix did.

    Of course, a Mac app >> iPad would be good as well ... for Logos users, invaluable.

    Concerning the comment above on work fragmentation, just looking at the problem 'globally', I'd bet there's a whole lot more pastors wanting to work more off their mobiles, compared to pastors that want another dataset.  True, lessonmaker would be more competitive. 

  • Paul
    Paul Member Posts: 44 ✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1199339#Comment_1199339

    I think the best thing would be for Apple to allow M1 powered iPads to run macOS.

    The iPad & Mac are two distinct platforms. MacOS running on the iPad would require too many compromises for the OS. For example, the Mac icons would have to be larger and more spaced out to accommodate a touch interface. I don't want that on a desktop OS, especially on larger screens. I like the precision of the trackpad/mouse. The MacBook Air is a good solution. It is essentially an iPad Pro running macOS.

    I'm all for the Logos iPad app getting more features, but Faithlife also needs a very simple e-reading app. They released Faithlife Ebooks, but there's no noticeable difference between it and the Logos Bible Study App. The Kindle app is great because it is just a simple reading app and not crammed with features. The books sync easily across devices and highlighting is simple. The real bonus is synchronization with Readwise.

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