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None of what I use a Mac for is available or practical on iOS. Atom, Git, bash, ssh, llvm, Python, R, PostreSQL, CouchDB, Docker, nginx, Node.js, homebrew, curl, wget, ffmpeg...

I’m typing this on an iPad now. I mainly use it for web surfing, Netflix, email and casual gaming.

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All of that can be done in a remote VM. I use Coda + Shelly on an iPad pro and it's a pretty decent development experience. The real barrier is for (non-web) GUI development.

Remote VM is an interesting idea, what about mouse support?

out of that entire list, the only thing that called for a mouse was atom

maybe we're returning to the age of terminal-only development ;)

but with vector font rendering!

Actually there were terminals with vector fonts in the '60s https://www.cca.org/vector/

You can use swiftpoint on the jump desktop app (that is my setup), it’s highly portable. Don’t get the apple ipad keyboard though, no escape key...

What's the point of having an A12X chip while running everything remotely?

The UI is absolutely smooth unlike any laptop!

Coda has a local server/browser pair you can use for simpler things. But usually the kind of web work I'm doing barely exercises a single core, it all runs on a $2.50/month VM.

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