“Apple’s recently released iPad Pro is a lot of things: It’s a really big iPad that does everything its predecessors have and then some. It’s an elegant piece of industrial design, which will come as a shock to absolutely no one. It’s a powerful computer with chips that eclipse most conventional laptops in speed. And it’s host to a range of new Apple accessories, some expected and some surprising,” Matt Vella writes for TIME Magazine. “But after using it consistently for work and play, I’m convinced it’s one thing in particular: The iPad Pro is the best computer Apple has ever made.”
“Not the fastest. Not the most portable. And certainly not right for everyone. But, considered as a whole, this version of the iPad achieves the best balance between traditional computing and the places mobile devices like smartphones and tablets seem to be inevitably taking us in the future,” Vella writes. “It’s a remarkable piece of technology anybody considering buying either a tablet or laptop computer should consider seriously.”
“Size matters, in this case, for what it allows you to do. Features called Slide Over and Split View allow you to run multiple applications at once, dividing the screen according to your needs. I found this worked particularly well when writing or editing a document in a main window while keeping track of conversations in Slack or Messages to the side,” Vella writes. “I also found I could do a lot more with it than versions past, namely work on it. I found I prefer the proximity and intimacy of a touchscreen paired with a keyboard, than a regular MacBook. (Because there is no trackpad, the iPad Pro ends up sitting three or four inches closer to you.) And, for my needs at least, I concluded that the iPad Pro is powerful and versatile enough to replace my laptop.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Well now, there’s a pretty unambiguous review!
Although we wouldn’t venture all the way into the “best computer Apple has ever made” hyperbole, considering the Apple II, the original Mac, the Macintosh SE/30, the Twentieth Anniversary Mac, the PowerBook, several iterations of the iMac, several PowerMacs, the Mac Pro, the Mac Pro again, several MacBook Pros, several MacBook Airs, the MacBook (Retina), the iPhone 6 Plus, and the iPhone 6s Plus, to name just a few of the highlights.
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