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Originally Posted by DJDarren
If this isn’t the case, then what restrictions exist to stop it from happening? And why? I mean, at this stage iPad Pro is essentially a full blown PC in terms of its power. Indeed, it’s likely more powerful than the MacBook I’ve had for nine years, but my Mac will convert books with ease.
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In terms of processor an iPad is a capable system. In terms of os is just a toy OS (a good one). with a lot of limitations:
- Apps are sandboxed (no access to filesystem outside its own directory)
- System calls are not available. You need to adapt the software you want to port or use a drop-in replacement (like
https://github.com/holzschu/ios_system)
- running interpreted code is forbidden. Code must be compiled in (that would mean no plugins!!!)
- qtwidgets is not optimized for a touch device. Need to rewrite the whole UI using UIkit or QtQuick.
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