The iPad is an astounding 1mm thinner, which is great news for people who live inside a crevasse. I'm astounded at the price. 2 grand for an iPad pro? What would people even use that for to make...
The iPad is an astounding 1mm thinner, which is great news for people who live inside a crevasse.
I'm astounded at the price. 2 grand for an iPad pro? What would people even use that for to make that a good purchase?
Laptop & notebook replacements. Take my mum for example. She doesn't need a laptop—nor does she have the requisite skills to use one properly. An iPad is a perfectly managed environment that's...
Laptop & notebook replacements. Take my mum for example. She doesn't need a laptop—nor does she have the requisite skills to use one properly. An iPad is a perfectly managed environment that's very difficult to get lost in, that allows her to take photos, connect her camera or SD card (via adapter), and import her images into Photos, while still having half a terabyte of storage.
Given how well iPads are selling, clearly there's a lot of use cases out there for them!
It is configurable to a $2000 iPad, but you can get into the Pro at less than the 1k number. Yes that's 64gb of storage but in the right application or with cloud heavy users that is perfect. Even...
It is configurable to a $2000 iPad, but you can get into the Pro at less than the 1k number. Yes that's 64gb of storage but in the right application or with cloud heavy users that is perfect. Even the 12.9 with 512gb and a keyboard is just over $1500. Contrast that to the MacBook Air which is $1600 at 512gb of storage.
This iPad is going to sell a ton of units. USB-C, FaceID and apparently a serious workhorse of a chip, full photoshop is coming. This isn't the iPad facebook, netflix, words with friends machine it used to be. My prediction, and I think what Apple is going for with the pro line, is that this is a new type of workstation that is going to penetrate the business space more than any iPad before it. Can't wait for hopeful iPad improvements in iOS 13.
You're comparing the tricked out iPad to a low end laptop, the air and the iPad pro 12.9 with a keyboard at 512gb of storage are nearly the same price. The iPad ends up being 30 bucks cheaper....
You're comparing the tricked out iPad to a low end laptop, the air and the iPad pro 12.9 with a keyboard at 512gb of storage are nearly the same price. The iPad ends up being 30 bucks cheaper. There are applications where the iPad will run circles around any of these MacBooks or MacBook airs. If I travel for business and I compare spending 1500 on a macbook air and 1500 on an iPad I save 2 pounds of carrying weight, I can get all my work done, play some civilization VI, use the airline's movie app to watch movies and then some I would likely go iPad.
At this point, with the performance of these iPads it comes down to choosing based on input method you like(exceptions for people who rely on xcode etc.) touch or mouse? for 90% of people they can get their work done on either machine, for developers they likely lean to laptop for artists/creatives maybe they lean iPad, but the vast majority of people will be better served with the iPad I believe, at more or less the same price point as the air it is way easier for people to choose an interface and system they more or less understand than working in two different operating systems.
That new Air looks like great hardware, but at first glance I hadn't realized that it's using an Amber Lake chip with a slightly higher (7w vs 5w, as in the MacBook) TDP, rather than the 15w that...
That new Air looks like great hardware, but at first glance I hadn't realized that it's using an Amber Lake chip with a slightly higher (7w vs 5w, as in the MacBook) TDP, rather than the 15w that previous Airs have been given. Whether or not that'll affect most of the Air's customers I dunno, but it's still a shame that even in a really solid update, there's a little catch.
The iPad is an astounding 1mm thinner, which is great news for people who live inside a crevasse.
I'm astounded at the price. 2 grand for an iPad pro? What would people even use that for to make that a good purchase?
Laptop & notebook replacements. Take my mum for example. She doesn't need a laptop—nor does she have the requisite skills to use one properly. An iPad is a perfectly managed environment that's very difficult to get lost in, that allows her to take photos, connect her camera or SD card (via adapter), and import her images into Photos, while still having half a terabyte of storage.
Given how well iPads are selling, clearly there's a lot of use cases out there for them!
It is configurable to a $2000 iPad, but you can get into the Pro at less than the 1k number. Yes that's 64gb of storage but in the right application or with cloud heavy users that is perfect. Even the 12.9 with 512gb and a keyboard is just over $1500. Contrast that to the MacBook Air which is $1600 at 512gb of storage.
This iPad is going to sell a ton of units. USB-C, FaceID and apparently a serious workhorse of a chip, full photoshop is coming. This isn't the iPad facebook, netflix, words with friends machine it used to be. My prediction, and I think what Apple is going for with the pro line, is that this is a new type of workstation that is going to penetrate the business space more than any iPad before it. Can't wait for hopeful iPad improvements in iOS 13.
Aren't some MacBooks cheaper than that? What's the reason to buy a $2000 iPad?
You're comparing the tricked out iPad to a low end laptop, the air and the iPad pro 12.9 with a keyboard at 512gb of storage are nearly the same price. The iPad ends up being 30 bucks cheaper. There are applications where the iPad will run circles around any of these MacBooks or MacBook airs. If I travel for business and I compare spending 1500 on a macbook air and 1500 on an iPad I save 2 pounds of carrying weight, I can get all my work done, play some civilization VI, use the airline's movie app to watch movies and then some I would likely go iPad.
At this point, with the performance of these iPads it comes down to choosing based on input method you like(exceptions for people who rely on xcode etc.) touch or mouse? for 90% of people they can get their work done on either machine, for developers they likely lean to laptop for artists/creatives maybe they lean iPad, but the vast majority of people will be better served with the iPad I believe, at more or less the same price point as the air it is way easier for people to choose an interface and system they more or less understand than working in two different operating systems.
That new Air looks like great hardware, but at first glance I hadn't realized that it's using an Amber Lake chip with a slightly higher (7w vs 5w, as in the MacBook) TDP, rather than the 15w that previous Airs have been given. Whether or not that'll affect most of the Air's customers I dunno, but it's still a shame that even in a really solid update, there's a little catch.