When they figure out how to make it not dent sales of individual devices. If you and your spouse could easily share one around the house for different purposes but still having each of your personal apps and settings, you might not buy two!
I think this may be overestimating how often people buy tablets. My wife has an iPad Air 1 or 2, so it's close to 10 years old and mostly sits in a drawer. I had a VERY old iPad 2 that I held off on replacing because I wanted to wait for a multi-user iPad.
I finally gave up and bought a Mini6 a year or two ago, which gets.... also minimal use. And I'm sure not buying ANOTHER tablet we're not going to use.
If they were multi-user I actually think we'd both get more value out of it, and upgrade our one device more often.
> If you and your spouse could easily share one around the house for different purposes but still having each of your personal apps and settings, you might not buy two!
I get it, but an iPad starts at $349; often available for less.
At this point, an iPad is no different than a phone—most people wouldn't share a single tablet.
Laptops and desktops that run macOS, Linux, Windows which are multiuser operating systems have largely become single-user devices.
We use iPads interchangeably. All personal apps like banking are on phones. Some apps that only I would use such as for the roomba and car are on both.
Having profiles for the kids however would be nice though. But most apps have that built in themselves.
Calling it: Apple allOS 27 incoming next year, with Final Cut Pro on your Apple Watch.
Multi-user iPadOS when?
When they figure out how to make it not dent sales of individual devices. If you and your spouse could easily share one around the house for different purposes but still having each of your personal apps and settings, you might not buy two!
I think this may be overestimating how often people buy tablets. My wife has an iPad Air 1 or 2, so it's close to 10 years old and mostly sits in a drawer. I had a VERY old iPad 2 that I held off on replacing because I wanted to wait for a multi-user iPad.
I finally gave up and bought a Mini6 a year or two ago, which gets.... also minimal use. And I'm sure not buying ANOTHER tablet we're not going to use.
If they were multi-user I actually think we'd both get more value out of it, and upgrade our one device more often.
> If you and your spouse could easily share one around the house for different purposes but still having each of your personal apps and settings, you might not buy two!
I get it, but an iPad starts at $349; often available for less.
At this point, an iPad is no different than a phone—most people wouldn't share a single tablet.
Laptops and desktops that run macOS, Linux, Windows which are multiuser operating systems have largely become single-user devices.
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We use iPads interchangeably. All personal apps like banking are on phones. Some apps that only I would use such as for the roomba and car are on both.
Having profiles for the kids however would be nice though. But most apps have that built in themselves.
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Never, it'll be single user MacOS.