A DEVICE THAT IS ACQUIRING A WHOLE
NEW RELEVANCE
Putting to one side the furious response to that
commercial – one Facebook commenter at
the time declaring they wanted to “smack
this kid” – there’s long been a certain level of
skepticism about the iPad’s worthiness as a
‘real’ laptop substitute. Reviewers have come to
the conclusion, time and time again, that there
are very good reasons to simply opt for a full-
throated laptop for those crucial heavy-duty
‘work’ tasks instead.
With the looming onset of the iPadOS era,
though, there’s evidence to suggest that the
iPad may finally be ‘growing up’ – and in the
process, gaining the most convincing laptop-
esque functionality it’s ever had. When iPadOS
officially debuts on September 30 – the same
day the seventh-generation iPad hits store
shelves – users will be able to experience a
wealth of “desktop-class” capabilities.
Those features will include a redesigned home
screen, the much more fluid and intuitive
running of two apps at once, and a more