“This year Apple took the iPad concept one step further and announced the iPad Pro: a large 12.9-inch tablet running iOS, equipped with a stylus called the Apple Pencil,” Mihai Matei reports for G For Games.
“Apple also touted the Pencil as a ‘highly responsive’ input method with ‘virtually no lag,’ which is something any digital stylus user craves,” Matei reports. “But how does the Pencil compare with the Surface Pro 4’s stylus?”
Matei reports, “Journalist and photographer Angel Jimenez de Luis recently uploaded a couple of YouTube videos comparing the Surface Pro 4 stylus with the iPad Pro Pencil side-by-side, in a close-up @120 FPS slow-motion competition.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Keep in mind that these are slo-mo videos, actual speed is 4X faster (at the end of the video, the speed of the Apple Pencil on iPad Pro is shown in real-time). By all accounts, the iPad Pro with Apple Pencil is extremely responsive and there is a lot of technology behind-the-scenes that allows for the Apple Pencil’s remarkable performance.
SEE ALSO:
Apple’s joyless iPad Pro launch: WTF are the Apple Pencils and Smart Keyboards? (4-5 weeks away) – November 12, 2015
Jony Ive: The story of the Apple Pencil – November 11, 2015
Apple Pencil review: Hands-on with Apple iPad Pro’s stylus – November 3, 2015
Apple Pencil to ship with female-to-female Lightning adapter for standard charging – October 30, 2015
Pixar development team tests iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, finds palm-rejection to be perfect – September 29, 2015
Steve Jobs’ influence is evident in the new iPad Pro and Apple Pencil – September 14, 2015
Why Apple wants to bring back the pencil – September 13, 2015
Not ‘just a stylus’ – Apple Pencil is perfect, better than any stylus I’ve ever used by a wide margin – September 12, 2015
Why artists will flock to iPad Pro and the amazing Apple Pencil – September 11, 2015
Hands-on Apple’s new iPad Pro with Apple Pencil – September 11, 2015
Hands-on with the Apple Pencil for iPad Pro – September 10, 2015
Professional artists cheer the new iPad Pro and Apple Pencil – September 10, 2015
Apple iPads had physical keyboards three and a half years before Microsoft’s Surface tablet debut – September 10, 2015
Wired: Hands-on with Apple’s great, big iPad Pro and Apple Pencil – September 9, 2015
Apple introduces 12.9-inch iPad Pro, Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard – September 9, 2015
It’s great that they’ve both advanced what was previously available.
buy microsoft, it’s more of what you expect to do with a computing device of this size and weight.
the recharging of the pencil is ugly. that should have never happened.
not sure what the 1st part of your comment means…
I will buy the machine that runs the sketch/CAD software that is best for me.
It is called “customer satisfaction.”
“buy microsoft”
You mad?
@bob:
It’s time for you to crawl back under your bridge now.
The Apple pencil looked smother and more precise. It actually looks like you are writing with #2 lead. For art you need subtle transitions and all that, instead of trying to fight with beastly tech. Microsoft’s stylus seems too digital for my taste.
Nothing beats a quill while listening to vinyl.
Gramma phone 😁
Feh. Live players while I chisel is the way to go. Just need to figure out copy and paste, tho…
clay cuniforms are totally compatable with copy/paste, they were the egyptians answer to the printing press (before they were asked, of course)
Actually the Surface pen comes with different optional physical tips, and of course, you can change the linewidth in software.
they looked about the same. What is the price difference. The Apple pencil is more like a #2 gold than lead at $99.
This is a very big contention for me with buying the iPad Pro. In fact its 90% of the reason I would buy it. Yesterday I went into both Apple store and Microsoft store to try out both iPad Pro and Surface Pro 4. I found very few differences when it comes to lag. They both had pretty adequate response time….the Surface might of been a hair slower. What I did find more unusual was that its not up to the hardware to determine how good the response time is….it is all up to the software. At the end of the day it is going to hinge on what product has the better built apps. In iPad Notes I found great response time, but in another drawing program the lag time seemed to be almost double. Which told me its up to the developers. Apple has built a great product, but in order for me to want this thing it will depend on whether the developers build for it.
“…might of been…” -> Really?
“…told me its up…” -> Did you mean “it’s”?
I like the 3 sad dummies that downvoted your post.
Had a go of an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil today in the Apple Store Liverpool.
Ordered one online when I got home, with Pencil. The thing is off the charts crazy good and I was blown away by the Pencil. Beautiful piece of design.
The keyboard is OK, but I’ll just pair it with a Magic Keyboard instead.