Macbook Pro vs iPad Pro. Apple’s iPad-Pro, a MacBook, or a PC Laptop which is the Best choice for You. Admittedly, when writing articles such as this, eMailing, Web-Browsing, taking-in News using the FlipBoard App, Image Editing using Photoshop Express and the Photogene Apps, Spreadsheets using Apple’s NUMBERS, the 12.9″ iPad Pro is my “Desktop Computer” and now with the 9.7″ iPad Pro for my “Mobile Office” I am in “computing” heaven.
BRYDGE has created high quality Keyboards that clips onto iPad Pro, resulting in a “laptop” functionality with Touch-Screen utility. When you become comfortable with an iPad Pro with its touch-screen, combined with a great keyboard, going back to a traditional laptop seems like a huge setback.
iPad Pro is presently my venue for writing and editing the 750 Articles published on WordPress , Letters and Presentations using PAGES and KEYNOTE, Facebook, LinkedIN, Social Networking, and Twitter, editing Movie clips using Apple’s iMOVIE App. All my graphic and image editing are done using my iPad Pro. In fact 99% of all my daily work and reading is done with my iPad Pro. The iPad Pro makes everything faster and better because of the following specs
1⃣ Large 12.9″ Brilliant Display, touch-screen High Resolution 5.6MP, note a 65″ HDTV displays about 2.2MP
2⃣ More Power than any Tablet, 4GB RAM, plus 256GB Storage
3⃣ 10 hour Battery Life for true “all day” use. Built-in 38.5-watt-hour rechargeable Lithium-Polymer battery. 10 hrs WiFi web browsing, videos, music
4⃣ Full Sized Keyboard compatible Brydge Keyboard covers give true “Laptop” utility
5⃣ Cellular (AT&T) capable connectivity, UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+/DC‑HSDPA, GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
6⃣ WiFi bands, (802.11a/b/g/n/ac); 2.4GHz and 5GHz WiFi; HT80 with MIMO, Bluetooth 4.2 technology
7⃣ LTE 24 Bands, More Bands than other GTablets
8⃣ iSight Camera, 12MP imager, Autofocus, ฦ/2.2 aperture, Five-Element lens, Hybrid IR ๏ฌlter, Backside illumination, Face Detection, Exposure control, Panorama up to 63MP resolution, Burst mode, Tap to Focus, Photo Geotagging
9⃣ 1080p HD video recording at 60 fps and 30 fps, true 4K video recording (3840 by 2160) at 30 fps, Slo-mo video support for 1080p at 120 fps and 720p at 240 fps, Time-lapse stabilized video, Cinematic video stabilization, 3x video zoom, video Face detection and geotagging
Briefly, I sold our 13″ Macbook Pro Laptop to fund the cost of the iPad Pro, [to the chagrin of many of my FAU4U2 readers]. However, I’m glad I did it. The Macbook Pro was a beautiful device but I hardly used it, as I did almost everything on my iPad Air2, with Logitech’s Ultrathin Keyboard Cover. Now with iPad Pro coupled to the Brydge keyboard, its utility is even more enhanced.
With the arrival of the 12.9″ iPad Pro, we did a family iDevice rotation. Marilyn received my relatively new “flawless” iPad Air2 with 128GB storage and AT&T capable; it was RESET & Restored with her Data & Apps from the iPad Mini iCloud backup; I RESET her iPad Mini2 which too has 128GB storage plus AT&T capable, restored it with my Data & Apps from my iPad Air2 iCloud Backup. We will use the iPad Mini2 when a highly portable iPad is needed, and as an In-Car travel-navigator, better than all Navigation systems in Cars, except for Tesla; otherwise I use the iPad Pro for everything. incidentally it made no sense to sell an $800 iPad Mini2, and receive only $150 from Gazelle or eBay.
Bottom Line – Unless you are a Video Professional or Advanced Amateur editing Images, a majority of your time, iPad Pro has more than enough Power for everyone else.
Apple announced a 9.7″ iPad Pro, offering advanced iPad Pro features in a traditional iPad 9.7″ display footprint. On March 21, 2016 Apple introduced the all-new 9.7-inch iPad Pro, at just under one pound it features a new pro Retina® display with greater brightness, wider color gamut, lower reflectivity, Night Shift™ mode and introduces new True Tone® display technology to dynamically adjust white balance.
Apple’s new 9.7″ iPad Pro delivers incredible performance with the 64-bit A9X chip that rivals most portable PCs, along with a four-speaker audio system that is twice as powerful audio, a new 12-megapixel iSight® camera for shooting Live Photos™ and 4K video, 5-megapixel FaceTime® HD camera, and faster wireless technologies. The 9.7″ iPad Pro also includes support for the breakthrough Apple Pencil™ and a new Smart Keyboard™ cover designed to fit the new 9.7-inch iPad Pro. Link directly to Apple’s press release: https://goo.gl/Nq51xC
iPad Pro represents significant “cross-over” appeal (Cross-over, those folks that migrate to the larger 12.9″ iPad Pro from the traditional PC) or from a traditional iPad. We’ve divided these folks into these three user groups:
(1) Amateur & Professional Creatives, for those that already have a desktop machine available for use, however prefer the speed, touch-screen, and ease-of-use with the iPad… iPad Pro features the most display-canvas, graphic real estate, of any previous Apple iPad, plus the introduction of a stylus, the Apple Pencil, allowing creative folks a level of control over their work that wasn’t previously available on any tablet or desktop computer; Wacom’s Cintiq is a $1000 add on to a multi $Thousand Power PC, that is not as accurate nor as fast as the iPad Pro with the optional $99 Apple Pencil.
(2) University, College, and Grade School Students, especially those who have grown up with mobile devices, such as their iPhones and iPads, with their touch-screen interaction as their primary mode of input… The baggage that many of us who grew up with, a PC and a “mouse” we carried, will not apply to those who desire to maneuver a touchscreen. Note, once you’ve web-browsed with a touch-screen, you’ll never want to browse on a moused PC again, without some pain.
(3) People already engaged in non-Commercial Personal and Business Computing. With the iPad Pro’s super-performance enhancements and its ability to multi-task… the iPad Pro makes sense for 95% of these people, self included, who use their PC and Laptops for browsing, media consumption, writing papers, letters, reports, spreadsheets, and other content creation using iOS Apps such as Microsoft Office, iWork, Pages, Numbers, Excel, the iPad Pro is a great choice.
MacBook or traditional PC may make more sense for these three groups:
Every Day People Resist Change. For folks who generally feel more comfortable with OSX (not us, BTW) and traditional desktop operating systems like Windows (which we detest, as it is SLOW and Virus prone). Perhaps you were late to the iOS party of over a Billion happy iOS users. However, if you’re still not comfortable with typing on a iPad keyboard attachment (heaven only knows why, as they are quite good) or a touchscreen, or you’re put-off by external keyboards. If adapting your current computing habits to iOS sounds like a painful endeavor [which it is not], that may require more time than you’re willing to invest, it may be best to stick with an entry level MacBook PC.
Personal Experience Changing from Windows PC to Macbook Pro PC with OSX. Eleven years ago my son Daniel encouraged me to try a Macbook and abandon Windows. Admittedly, with 20+ years experience with Windows, the migration to MAC was somewhat “painful” but worth it. OSX is very intuitive and Virus Free; the Apple “System” is quite different than Windows, but the MAC is very fast, and Apple’s iOS on the iPad Pro is super fast. Start the iPad Pro from Totally-OFF, is ready to use in 30 seconds; Shut it down in less than 10 seconds. This morning I started my one remaining HP Windows PC… it took over 5 minutes before I could use it, and sadly it took 3 minutes to shut down.
Professional Creatives. Despite some early challenges, we’re bullish on the prospects of professional-grade imaging software making its way to iOS. (However these three imaging Apps: Photoshop Express, Photogene and SKWRT Apps do the imaging trick for us with incredible speed and utility). But if you have a limited budget or if you’re an enterprise manager, deciding which of the two devices to buy for your team, they may prefer the MacBook (and OSX) for now until the second iteration of iPad Photoshop Apps and other image editing applications, make their way to the iPad Pro.
Software Developers using IDEs, or Architects & Engineers using AutoCad . As of now, there are no IDEs available for iOS, be it Xcode or anything else. While requests for such Apps have been percolating in developer circles over the years, nothing yet has materialized. If your are an Engineer or Architect that uses robust programs like AutoCad requiring a 16GB RAM, 3+Ghz PC desktop, may be your best bet at $4000. In light of these uses, if you’re looking for a replacement for your machine, you should probably stick with a Macbook or other PC desktops.
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Apple 12.9″ iPad-PRO truly Challenges Traditional PCs & LapTops. I Received the iPad Pro last month and totally LOVE it. I am one of the folks that is totally pleased with the iPad Pro. No negative issues whatsoever.
Apple iPad-Pro. I restored all of my settings, Apps, Data, and Photos into the new iPad Pro from my recent backup of the iPad Air-2 (28.5GB of data) which was effortless and surprisingly fast. The Restore from Backup included 543 Apps, 32,800+ Photos, plus lots of documents housed in Pages, Books, Numbers, plus App Images within the Photogene and Photoshop Express Apps.
iPad Pro, is a Laptop [in terms of size and utility] with the iPad’s new version iOS10.1 and viola, a touch-screen laptop. Its Fast, Big, beautiful, high resolution display, with the familiarity of using the traditional iPad with a Keyboard cover.
iPad Pro has been coupled with the BRYDGE keyboard cover which transforms the iPad Pro into an amazing Laptop with a brilliant high resolution touch-screen display. The Display is striking and so is the lighted keyboard, definitely their best keyboard-case combination. I perform lots of image editing, so the large display is a huge plus. Watching live HDTV using xfinity’s GO App and Netflix Movies is also delightful. The lighted Keyboard is terrific when writing in dimly lighted settings, like our personal library at midnight.
Apple has committed their Time, Capital and Human Resources creating TWO iPad Pros, where in the months and years ahead, Apple will be finely focused on their iOS to make the iPad Pro (plus their installed base of over a Billion iPads, iPhones, and other iDevices, even more useful.
Accordingly, my Macbook Pro was gathering Dust on the bookshelf, and that’s due to using my iPad Pro. The only exception is accessing features on several websites that require “FLASH” which iPads are not compatible, I’d have to use an alternate Web Browser [namely Puffin] or use a traditional PC or the MAC. If these web-sites so not update to HTML5 which has video capabilities, I’ll have to fetch my 7 year old 11 pound HP “laptop.” Having been using [only] the iPad Pro coupled with the BRYDGE Keyboard Cover [the best lighted keyboard], I’m totally pleased and surprised with this combination. If you’re used to the Apple iPhone and iPad “ecosphere,” its use, the Apps, and the iOS 10.1 Operating System, its quite painful to migrate elsewhere for anything “computing and communication.”
Apple iPad-Pro 12.9″ High Resolution, High Power iPad is Ready for Prime Time to Challenge PCs, LapTops, focused on the Small Business, Bloggers, Enterprise & and Education Markets.
iPad PRO is available for Sale Friday, November 13, 2015 at Apple Stores in 40 Countries, plus Network Retailers such as AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon, their on-line pre-Orders began Wednesday, Nov 11th, Retailers are now accepting on-line orders. A current look at Apple.com’s on-line Store shows (as of Today 11/16/2016), no delays in shipping any configuration of 12.9″ iPad Pro or the 9.7″ iPad Pro.
iPad PRO Presentation Video: Apple produced a movie giving an impressive view of the Look & Feel of the new iPad PRO; a very worthy 3½ minutes to view: http://goo.gl/x7DyIM
Have $1000 to spend on a PC?? The iPad PRO is Perfect as a Communication Tool, On-line web-Browsing is the best, (or any sized iPad to suit your portability needs). Surely, once you Browse the WEB with iPad’s touch-screen… You’ll Never go back to a “PC.” iPad PRO with its Brilliant 5.6MP Display, its Power and Speed, is everything you’ll need. But, if you’re an AutoCad Architect or a Commercial Video Editor, then a $5k Tower may be for you.
“I think if you’re looking at buying a New PC, why would you buy a PC anymore? No really, why would you buy one?” “Yes, the iPad PRO is a replacement for a notebook or a desktop for many, many, many people. They will start using an iPad and conclude they no longer need to use anything else, other than their iPhones….” so says Tim Cook, CEO, Apple, Inc. With only a few days of iPad Pro use, I’m very pleased with the iPad Pro, and will likely never go back to the traditional Laptop.
Its the Software Stupid. The iPad is supported with Thousands of outstanding Apps, transforming your iPad into a high resolution Document Scanner, Automobile Co-Pilot, Point-to-Point Mapping, directions, real-time ETA to your Destination, a HDTV Movie Maker, Picture Taker, Image Editor… Remember, “computers” and particularly iPads are just packages of high-technology, but with the Apps (software) the iPad truly comes “alive.”
CUPERTINO, California — November 9, 2015 — Apple® today announced iPad Pro™ is available to order online on Wednesday, November 11, from Apple.com and will arrive at Apple’s retail stores, select carriers and Apple Authorized Resellers starting later this week. Apple Pencil™ and Apple’s new Smart Keyboard, also available to order on Wednesday, bring breakthrough levels of precision and utility to iPad Pro.
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iPad PRO, Everything You Wanted to Know, but did not want to watch the 2½ hour Media event last week. We’ve got it summarized in this Article. However, directly below is the Link in case you missed Apple’s Keynote Address announcing the New iPad PRO, the New iPhone 6S, and the New Apple TV: http://ift.tt/1hIiVgk
There is Magic behind all of the iPads due to their “Ease of Use” + “Power” + “Stability” due to the iOS9 operating system contained therein. Couple iOS9 with the Apple’s huge array of Apps, (literally hundreds of thousands) these high resolution touch-screen iPads, are transformed into efficient Communications and Productivity tools.
iPad is and has been, My Go-To Tool for almost Everything. One thing that Marilyn and I have experienced, for Writing, Social Networking, eMails, Viewing Videos and Pictures, there is no better device than the iPad. I’m not a “Gamer” but I’m told the iPad is the best device for games of all types. Many folks have been buying a traditional PC, not realizing that for over 90% of all “computer” users, the iPad actually exceeds the requirements that they expected from a PC.
iPad PRO, takes the iPad to an advanced level of display fidelity and resolution, in addition to twice the onboard RAM memory, processing power, and graphics speed, Over 10 hours of Use between charges. Add to the iPad PRO, the Pencil, on-screen ultra high resolution drawing is Now.
Apple introduces a New Product every few years, that reinvents product[s], that redefines the industry standards of quality, functionality, and ease of use, for products we didn’t think we even needed. Apple did this in mid-2007 with the release of the first iPhone, even though there were a dozen smartphones available in an already crowded field of handhelds. In April of 2010 with Apple’s release of their first iPad, into a crowded field of existing “tablets.”
Apple has done it again with iPad Pro, with its announcement of the long-rumored and hotly anticipated iPad Pro… Yes, for a Huge percentage of the market-place, the iPad Pro represents a true PC Replacement, likely a reason that that global PC sales have yearly fallen by double-digits ever since the iPad was released in mid-2010.
Folks may say… “It’s just a Bigger iPad, so what’s the big deal…” In a few ways these folks are right, iPad PRO is surely a bigger iPad. However, as you’re about to learn, those folks are missing the point in many other ways.
iPad PRO is a Behemoth of a Device. With iPad PRO’s whopping 12.9″ Retina touch-screen display consisting of 2,048 pixels by 2,732 pixels, an ultra-high definition resolution… think about this resolution with this TV comparison. Being familiar with the readily available 50″, 60″ and 65″ High definition Flat Screen TVs for example, in many homes these days, represents an amazing level of clarity and fidelity while watching Live Sports broadcasts, its like being there…
iPad Pro Compared to a HDTV. One’s Flat Screen 50″, 60″, 65″, and now 70″ HDTV resolution is 1080 pixels by 2048 pixels, which equates to 2.2 million pixels for each HDTV video frame, shown at 30 to 60 frames per second, on your HDTV screen. The iPad Pro with its 5.6 million pixel resolution is more than Double HDTV resolution of 2.2 million pixels TV video frame. Imagine 5.6 million pixels compressed into a 12.9″ display, quite amazing, making the iPad Pro arguably the most pixel-dense, Cinematic Tablet display on planet earth.
iPad PRO, it’s not only the Pixel Count that makes the iPad Pro so special, it’s also the touch-screen’s display-size. Once you browse the internet with a touch-screen display, going back to a traditional PC is depressing. The iPad PRO provides roughly a 78% Screen-Size increase over the existing iPad Air’s 9.7″ Screen, thus exceeding all Netbook resolutions by far, and most if not all Laptop computers presently available.
iPad PRO represents a Package of Technological feats of unprecedented proportion, which provides to iPad PRO users, a very generous geography within which to conduct one’s Work, ultimately facilitating enhanced creativity, and productivity potentials to new heights. Couple the iPad Pro to Apple’s new $99 Pencil for incredible drawing and notation capabilities.
iPad PRO houses an array of impressive hardware components as well. At its core, is Apple’s custom designed 3rd generation A9X processor with its M9 motion coprocessor, coupled with 4GB of LPDDR3 ultra-high-speed RAM. This represents Two to Four times the RAM of all previous iPad iterations. iPad PRO’s infrastructure makes it comparable to, and in many cases, a more efficient and powerful specification than many desktop computers that are currently available.
iPad PRO features a unique 4 speaker-driver array, positioned at each corner of the iPad Pro, that “intelligently adapts” to the orientation of the iPad Pro is being held in your hands. This sound-system ensures that you’d be getting an immersive, premium audio experience at any orientation, when gaming, movie watching, video viewing, and tele-conferencing.
Apple iPad-PRO, the PRO-sized 12.9″ iPad, has true Multi-Tasking capabilities with the iOS9.1 to be released in November. Among things this means with the iPad PRO, folks may have Two separate Apps operating side-by-side simultaneously on the iPad PRO, a feature particularly important to Document Writers, Authors, Researchers, Enterprise users, and for a vast number of Educational purposes. Many Public Schools and Universities globally are providing for their Students pre-packaged iPads with Text Books.
Know this, I’ve been writing all my Articles (currently 693 articles have been published globally) using my trusty 128 GB, AT&T, Space Gray, traditionally sized 9.7″ display, iPad Air 2, coupled to Logitech’s UltraThin Keyboard Cover, a $1000 package. To be sure, I will be upgrading to the iPad PRO coupled to either Apple’s new $169 Keyboard cover, or Logitech’s premium “CREATE” iPad PRO keyboard cover.
Apple iPad PRO engineers have been working with Logitech’s engineers months ago, apparently in effort to have Logitech’s Keyboard Cover available concurrently with the release of the iPad Pro this November. Other than one promotional image, Logitech has yet to fully disclose the full description and look to their new CREATE keyboard Product.
Logitech’s CREATE line for iPad PRO. Beautifully productive. Uniquely connected, and will be available the same [release] day as iPad PRO, sometime in NOVEMBER, 2015. Smart is beautiful, and with the new iPad Pro Smart Connector, it is also powerful. Logitech has been working closely with their friends at Apple to design the CREATE Keyboard, the perfect companion for Apple’s biggest, boldest iPad Pro.
CREATE is being branded as Logitech’s best iPad keyboard, which is [literally] powered by the iPad Pro via the iPad Pro’s Smart Connector. The keyboard never needs charging, as it draws power from the iPad Pro’s high capacity LiON battery. With a direct magnetic connection, the smart connector, the keyboard does not needs the traditional bluetooth pairing. Logitech’s CREATE will provide the world-class typing experience Marilyn and I have come to expect from Logitech.
When Writing a Paper or an Article on the Left-Side, for example, while simultaneously using Google Search on the Internet for research on the Right-Side, side-by-sde, or when writing an Academic Paper that requires mathematical calculations with Pages App on the Left-Side and simultaneously having the RLM’s 19BII Calculator App (operates and looks exactly like a hand-held HP-19B-II calculator) on the Right-Side to make the calculations… With Apple having their huge array of productivity Apps, being able to run Two APPS simultaneously will truly challenge one choosing traditional PC computers.
Pencil is a new iPad PRO accessory, for the iPad PRO Only, as the display is uniquely capable of “reading” the Pencil. This $99 item is capable of drawing, shading, fine lines, broad lines, with a sampling rate of 240 cycles per second for super-smooth drawing at the pixel-level. This is a revolutionary product, a reinvention of the electronic pencil, in that “systems” costing several thousand dollars have trouble competing with this wireless miracle wright and drawing instrument.
Apple delivering larger 12.9″ display is a perfect size to compete with the tasks generally performed on 13″ to 15″ laptops and many desktop computers, yet maintain the minimalistic footprint, light weight of 1.6 pounds, with a 10 hour all-day battery power. Combine the iPad Pro with a Logitech’s “Create” Keyboard Cover, transforms the iPad Pro into an UltraThin, lightweight, high power, high speed, touch-screen laptop with 4GB of RAM, 128 GB Storage, and LTE mobile and WiFi connectivity. So sad we have to wait until NOVEMBER for the Release.
LOGITECH UltraThin Bluetooth Keyboard. Presently I have the iPad Air 2 coupled to Logitech UltraThin Keyboard Cover, creates a perfect PC replacement, plus the added benefit of Touch-Screen which is a real plus for document editing… just touch the place on the document to edit, rather than “lousing” around with a mouse, a simple Tap onto a word for “spell-checking” and replacement.
iPad’s Touch Screen, there is no comparison when Internet Browsing with touch-screen capability… tap onto a link, and the display travels to the new web-site. When I use my 13″ Macbook Pro Laptop, I feel like my hands are tied, having to use the mouse-like touch-pad navigation below the key-board. IMHO, the Macbook will eventually incorporate touch-screens, or else MacBooks will eventually cease to grow sales.
Think about it, a large display iPad with an amazingly fast full featured iOS9, relatively inexpensive touch-screen design, coupled with a voluminous inventory of Application Software Apps, all optimized for Apple’s dynamic display that is Touch-Screen. Apple’s history has delivered Laptops in various sizes to meet the “Portability vs Utility Equation” requirements of their users of the 11″, 13″, 15″ and 17″ MacBooks. So it makes common sense that iPads will come in three flavors: 7.9″, 9.7″ and 12.9″ iPads.
Admittedly, as part of the rumor-mill; however, I must say that yours truly has been writing about the iPad Pro topic several years ago. Folks that know me are aware that I do 98.6 degrees of everything I write on my iPad Air2. However, with Apple delivering a super-charged 12.9″ iPad retina, I’ll be acquiring the iPad Pro, and will be in great shape come NOVEMBER to do my research, write articles for FAU4U2, and do my Photo-Editing and Video-Editing.
APPLE Please take Note: A few things that I miss migrating to the World of iOS8 and iOS9 is the lack of a MAC styled file-system, where one can find, search, retrieve a particular FILE or JPEG Image by name, date, type, or location. Presently in looking for a File or Document in the iOS World, I have to recall which APP was used to create or edit that file, then I have to go to that particular APP and open it to find the File or Image. The other missing file element, is the File Name. There is no apparent method to name a Picture-file and later search for the Image by name.
The Link below will take you to an article written by Linda Dong that compares Apple Pencil with Wacom’s Cintiq writing instrument systems: http://ift.tt/1J0HRF1
Another target for the 12.9” iPad, is the educational market, enabling a beautifully display of digital-textbooks. This bigger display is better suited to replace traditional textbooks, just from a size stand point, and Apple with its supply-line partners, are also developing a new display technologies with less weight and less glare, more suited for use in classrooms.
This new iPad Pro, is a portable or desktop computing “game changer” as it employs the Apple iOS9 amazingly efficient operating system; that’s right… NOT an OSX laptop, but an iOS9 operating system platform, housed in a “super-charged” iPad-Pro with a huge 12.9″ Retina-display.
Using an exterior similar to the iPad Air’s foot-print scaled up to a 12.9″ display, the iPad Pro would be “supercharged iPad” with:
Touch-Screen Retina-Display, designed to challenge the Post PC traditional 13″ and 14″ LapTop computers
Apple 12.9″; iPad optionally housed within the clam-shell lid, by the After Market.
Apple will leave the ClamShell feature to the AfterMarketeers like LOGITECH and CLAMCASE.
The iPad Pro will redefine the PC Laptop-transition, just as the Apple iPad redefined the Tablet
In my humble opinion, Apple gets the message that Computing these days is more to do with Communications than Calculations, knowing the present-day PC laptop sales are eroding by about 15%/year, with tablet and phablet sales. Folks love iPad’s Communications capabilities, its Visuals, Web Browsing, Pictures & Video Viewing, combined with a highly compact, all-day powered, light weight design.
As the transition from the PC to the iPad becomes more profound, and assuming the iPad Pro is a super-charged robust iPad, many more Windows PC’ers would migrate to Apple; Conversly, If you want a more compact device, the iPad Air footprint is perfect, as I presently have with the Logitech UltraThin Keyboard Cover, discussed in another Article. If you want more horsepower, then the iPad-Pro described herein would satisfy this need; want even more power then the new 12″ retina MAC Book is it… Want even more Power, then the MAC Book Pro answers this need…
Apple’s Macbook laptops are designed with 3 Display sizes: 12″, 13″ and 15″. It is surely reasonable to have the iPad in 3 Display sizes, to serve eveyone’s needs. Apple in April, 2010 Apple released the initial iPad with what Apple believed to be the “Optimal 9.7” Display; Within 24 months the iPad grew to sales of about 50 million iPads/year, which is the iPad’s current sales rate.
November, 2012 Apple met the demand for a more-compact iPad Display, when it released the iPad mini; The iPad-mini’s is having incredible success; The iPad Air and the iPad-mini combined sales are about 65 million iPads/year.
Apple in October, 2015 is offering a One-Size-Up to a 12.9″ Display from the original iPad’s 9.7″ Display. After all, once the design of the iPad’s “Internal Electronic Package” is a complete package; however, an evolving package, configuring into 3-iPad footprints is a “relatively easy” task: 3-Enclosures, 3-Displays, 3-LiON Batteries, all housing the relatively consistent “Internal Electronic Package” although the iPad Pro will have a more robust electronics package, like 4GB of RAM. Leave it to the “After Market” enterprises to fill in the balance of Covers, Cases, Keyboard Cases…
Not sure which size iPad or alternative to get for yourself, here is a simple decision-tree to help you along the way.
Lets have a “Super-Charged” iPad…. the iPad-Pro:
more Hardware Connectivity, Lightning plus a Standard SD Picture Card slot (not happening)
more Memory say 4GB, (a Big Yes)
more Storage say 64GB and 128GB (thats a Big Yes).
more Connectivity say LTEx, LTE, 4G and 3G Cellular, optional $130 radio package to the WiFi a/b/g/n/ac bands, (This too a Big Yes)
faster Processor say 2GHz, coupled to (??)
more Real Estate: 12.9″ Touch-Screen Retina Display. (a Big Yes)
Improved Mathematics & Calculating capacity and VIDEO processing engine to the traditional iPad. (??)
Pricing for the Base model $599 which includes 64GB storage, 2GB RAM, A8 Processor at 3GHz, and priced up to $999 for the fully loaded 128GB, LTE/Cellular version.
I will be saving my dollars for the $999 iPad Pro for sure.
My plan, may be selling my iPad Air2 Retina, with 128GB to Gazelle, to help defray the cost of the iPad Pro. OR, I may retain my iPad Air to have the portable iPad retina, and the much larger iPad Pro for those more intense Desk-Top Image Editing, Video jobs, Spreadsheets, or simply a table-top iPad Pro, adding Logitech’s CREATE keyboard.
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