iPad OS 14 and iPad OS 15 are still gimped by Apple

So I bought the 2021 iPad Pro with the M1 chip, 1TB SSD and 16GB of RAM hoping, dreaming that Apple would stop gimping the operating system.  After watching WWDC 2021, I am totally disappointed.  Not with Apple.  But with myself.  I was hoping that Apple would bring Pro level apps to the iPad Pro.  I was hoping that Apple would actually let us use the whole 16GB of RAM in the 2021 iPad Pro.  I am an idiot thinking that Apple would actually unleash the power of the M1 chip that they put in the iPad Pro.  I was so wrong.  There were no hardware announcements at WWDC 2020 at all this year.  Yes, WWDC is a developer conference but…

All those leakers who were adamant that there would be hardware releases have lots of eggs on their faces today.  I was at least hoping for Final Cut Pro to come out for the iPad Pro.  Didn’t really need touch for Final Cut Pro.  I am now extremely disappointed.  I will continue using LumaFusion and Affinity Photo on the iPad Pro regardless.  Just really disappointed Apple.

2021 Apple iPad Pro with 1TB SSD, 16GB of RAM, 12.9” XDR screen

So, I’ve had the new 2021 Apple iPad Pro with the 1TB SSD, 16GB of RAM and the 12.9” XDR screen.  I ordered a screen protector the day I got the new iPad Pro to protect the screen from finger prints as the screen gets dirty pretty quickly and it’s extremely noticeable.  It should be arriving today so once I get home, I will apply it to the iPad Pro screen.  The biggest differences I’ve seen with the new iPad Pro is the transfer speeds between my SD card and the external Toshiba T5 SSD.  It’s lightning quick.  Literally I can send 20GB+ of photos from my SD card to the external SSD in less than a minute.  Video exports are cut in half.  Photo exports are instantaneous.  

The screen is fantastic as well.  I have not had any of the blooming issues other 2021 iPad Pro owners have had.  I am extremely happy with the purchase.  

The weather here in Ottawa, has been hot, muggy and it’s been raining on and off after 4pm every day so going out to do photography and shoot videos has been difficult.  But the photos and videos that I’ve shot are edited so quickly on the iPad Pro, that it’s saved me so much time.  Now I can stay out longer and do more photography knowing that I can edit everything faster on the iPad Pro.  The Apple M1 chip is really fast.  I’m glad I got the 16GB RAM version.  I hope the apps are updated to take advantage of the more RAM that comes with the 1TB and 2TB versions of the iPad Pro.  I’m really happy with the device overall.  I wish I could just be out doing more photography with the new Sony RX100 Mark VII and the Sony FDR-AX700b camcorder.