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every time Apple brings a new iPad to the market or a new software for the iPad people in the tech community are like oh shit here we go again maybe this time the iPad will be good maybe this time is the time the iPad is what we've always wanted it to be what we've hoped it would be right from beginning now they just launched iPad OS and this is a very large change in how the iPad can be used it brings new functionality it brings new features it honestly breathes new life into this entire platform so one of the things that has now is a native file system and we've always wanted that on our iPads but interestingly they also have a new download manager for files you download in your browser so if you're in Safari and you download a file like this is on battlenet you can download the battlenet user interface and you can't actually use it on the iPad but the fact that you can download it and it'll show up in this file system is something that I never would have expected you also get full-blown Safari so instead of like a mobile version of websites that you visit you get an actual desktop version experience which is something that I've personally really wanted I think a lot of people want that as well it's something that really differentiated between laptops and tablets you also get Mouse support so you can connect either a Bluetooth or wired USB mouse to the system now it's not official support like it's used right now for accessibility services but the fact that they have this feature clearly shows that if they wanted to they could implement something more robust down the line you also get support for USB drives and this is something that we've been wanting forever I mean a lot of photographers and videographers just want to build it to store stuff on external drives and it's not just that like anybody with files wants access to USB drives and we finally get that and this also works for lightning so it's not just the u.s. PC version of the iPad pro like the older ones with lightning connectors as long as you have an adapter you can connect USB drives to the system and you also get a whole bunch of gestures to navigate a little bit better in the operating system and those gestures allow you to edit documents and stuff like that so clearly these improvements aren't just small little tweaks right these feel like they addressed some of the major issues of the iPad had since its inception but despite all these extra features and functionality after using this for a few days it really felt like something was still missing and it made me wonder what could they have done to this to make it a more laptop like experience and the first thing that comes to mind I think a lot of people might go to the same direction is apps not like regular apps they have a ton of apps in the App Store it's like people want that full app experience right they want a full version of final cut or Adobe Premiere or Adobe whatever it is like they want to have that desktop app that they're used to running the iPad because the hardware is more than sufficient right this is very powerful hardware you can run basically any application you get throw in it but we're missing the apps so if you think about software developers they use this thing called Xcode it's a development tool that runs on Mac OS so it runs on their laptops and their desktops but it does not exist as an app for their iPads and now that we're this close like we have amazing hardware and USB connectivity and mouse connectivity and keyboard connectivity were so close like all the pieces to making this thing a great laptop replacement are there but now we're starting to see the actual limitations of this form factor like even if you had Xcode running on this thing or final cut or premiere or whatever professional application that you're used to on a desktop if you put it on the iPad you have limitations like screen size developing apps editing videos or even working on stuff in Microsoft Excel is not that great on a small screen plus once you bring your accessories with you the difference in weight between a laptop setup and an iPad setup is probably only a few hundred grams and keep in mind they're not actually trying to make a laptop here right a lot of people have been like hey I wish they would run Mac OS on the iPad but then it runs the risk of becoming like the surface and this is a device that's a great laptop but because Windows 10 was built for desktops and laptops the tablet experience is mediocre at best and then you also think about Apple's perspective on this right they are not trying to build laptop replacements as much as we want them to be with a cheaper device they really aren't in the business of selling a three or four hundred dollar tablet that will replace their two thousand dollar laptop line like that's clearly not what they're trying to do what's probably more likely is they want their iPhone user base because it's a of iPhone users out there they want those people to make the decision to purchase a iPad instead of a Windows laptop and with iPad OS I actually feel like this could be a thing I like that they have a separate OS for this I like that it's gonna regular updates it's clearly a new kind of direction that they're going to take the iPads like it's gonna be a faster paced development process for this whole ecosystem I like that and they've just done such a good job with it this time around and this is just the first beta it's super buggy but I can already tell that this is a way better primary computer for the average person like way better than it would have been a week ago I think a lot of people still want that laptop replacement I don't know if it'll ever hit that because if you asked the question of what's missing from the system why does it not feel like a proper replacement it's not the hardware like clearly the hardware is very sufficient I don't even think it's a software I think the limitations that we're seeing right now are just the limitations of the form factor it's a tablet and if you mess with it too much and you tweak it too much you lose what it is you lose that tablet heed nature of the iPad so I think the way we see it right now is the way it's got to be okay hope you guys enjoyed this video thumbs we liked it subs if you loved it see you guys next time