Tag: iPad Pro

Not for a very long time.

Ditching your laptop for an iPad Pro by Bill Bennett (billbennett.co.nz)

The gap between what you can do on an iPad compared with what you can do on a laptop has almost closed. Every new version of iOS makes the gap smaller. That will accelerate now Apple has split iPadOS from iOS.

But we’re still not all the way there yet. Some tasks are still better done on the laptop.

I don't have a MacBook but my wife does. I have a 27" iMac with 9TB of storage and lots of peripheral ports. I also have an iPad Pro.

I wish Ben, who writes for a living and so has a limited understanding of "work", would stop evangelising about the iPad. Let us each use what we like.

Craig Mod’s Review of the iPad Pro

Getting the iPad to Pro by Craig Mod

I’ve used iPads for eight years. Ever since the incredibly clunky — but oddly enthralling — version one.1 Mostly, it’s been confusing. Just what the heck are these things for? They’re definitely excellent for hypnotizing small children at restaurants. But since 2017, with the release of iOS 11 and basic multitasking, you could maybe — just maybe — earnestly use them as potential laptop replacements.

These new iPads may be gorgeous pieces of kit, but the iPad Pros of 2017 were also beautiful machines — svelte and overpowered. In fact, the iPad Pro hardware, engineering, and silicon teams are probably the most impressive units at Apple of recent years. The problem is, almost none of the usability or productivity issues with iPads are hardware issues.

Which is to say: For years now, the iPad’s shortcomings are all in iOS.

On a gut level, today’s iPad hardware feels about two or three years ahead of its software. Which is unfortunate, but not unfixable.

I was particularly interested in Craig’s experience as a photographer using the iPad Pro. My experiences and frustrations have been similar to Craig’s. Craig goes on to document his experiences trying to complete certain tasks (editing a spreadsheet, multiple documents etc.) on the iPad Pro. Please read it.

It’s still an iPad

Apple iPad Pro review 2018: the fastest iPad is still an iPad by Nilai Patel (The Verge)

Is the new iPad Pro a stunning engineering achievement? Without question. Has Apple once again produced mobile hardware that puts the rest of the industry to shame when it comes to performance, battery life, and design? Yep. Is the iPad Pro the best, most capable iPad ever made? It certainly is.

 

But you know what? It’s still an iPad.

I think this is fair review of the new iPad Pro.