Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Mossberg: The iPad Pro can’t replace your laptop totally, even for a tablet lover | The Verge

Final paragraphs from a Walt Mossberg review suggesting you may not need an iPad Pro if you already have an iPad Air, an iPad mini, and a MacBook Air

"Apple, on the other hand, is keeping its laptop and tablet operating systems separate, and has a far better-developed app ecosystem for the latter than Microsoft does. Indeed, Microsoft contributed to this by creating a beautiful iPad version of its Office suite for the iPad, long before it did one for its own hardware.

You can get a lot more done with iPad apps than with the paltry selection of tablet / touch-first apps available for the Surface. But, because Apple hasn’t made a great keyboard, the iPad Pro isn’t a complete replacement for a great laptop like the MacBook Air — even for a tablet guy like me.

The iPad Pro will no doubt make a lot of Apple users happy, especially if they use it for graphics. But I won’t be buying one, and I don’t recommend that average users do so either."
Mossberg: The iPad Pro can’t replace your laptop totally, even for a tablet lover | The Verge

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