I became the lab rat. Three weeks ago, I put away my trusty MacBook to discover if the technically powerful 11” M4 iPad Pro could get everything this solo pastor’s jack-of-all-trade work demands — writing, video editing, programming, system administration, the whole enchilada. Even a year ago, the answer was clearly “no.” Now, I wasn’t so sure.
The same year Apple launched the iPhone, it unveiled a massive upgrade to Mac OS X known as Leopard, sporting “300 New Features.” Two years later, it did something almost unheard of: it released Snow Leopard, an upgrade all about how little it added and how much it took away. Apple needs to make it snow again.