the ipad pro is finally starting to gain traction
as an actual laptop replacement and we know this because the last version of
this video has gained 618 000 views in nine months
so there are a lot of people wondering if they can just buy an ipad
pro instead of a macbook so in this video
we're actually going to compare the 2020 macbook air
that's priced at a thousand dollars the 2020 base 13 inch macbook pro
for hundred dollars and the twenty twenty ipad pro
for eight hundred dollars but this year there's a very important change
to this comparison we now have the magic keyboard case
for the ipad pro and this thing is no regular keyboard
case it adds an incredibly great trackpad
an excellent keyboard and other features as well
just take a look at this x-ray image taken by ifixit
and you'll understand how complex this accessory really is now while i can't
agree that 300 for it is expensive i still fully
believe that it's worth it because it actually becomes a true
laptop replacement for the first time ever so with the
magic keyboard case this ipad pro setup becomes eleven
hundred dollars priced right around in the middle of
these two macbooks now the question is which one do you
choose in 2020 i'll answer that in just a minute but
first let's compare everything we can between these apple
laptops in terms of weight the 11 inch ipad pro
with a magic keyboard case weighs 2.36 pounds quite a bit less than
the macbook air and the macbook pro the ipad pro setup
is thinner than the macbook air at its thickest point
but much thicker than the front end of the air
but compared to the macbook pro there's not that much of a difference
as far as portability the ipad pro is definitely the best choice for carrying
around because of its small size however one of
the downsides is that it's harder to open the display
compared to the macbooks but i found a pretty decent solution
put it down on the hinge first and it becomes easier to pull the keyboard
section down but either way the macbooks are still
better in this area now as far as the hinge it's easier to
adjust on the macbooks and you get a wider range of adjustability
than on the ipad pro's magic keyboard case but the ipad does have a really
unique floating design which places the display closer to you
this makes it much easier to use touch input since it is a touch screen device
unlike the macbooks which don't have that added
functionality the major benefit for the ipad pro is that you can easily lift it
off the magic keyboard case and use it as a tablet which you can't
do at all on the macbooks and of course there's
the apple pencil support which works great on the ipad pro
which obviously does not work at all on either of these macbooks
now getting into the keyboards the new scissor switch keys on the macbooks are
much better than the previous butterfly keys
giving you a lot more key travel than before the ipad pro has the same
key switches and key travel but they feel more clicky
compared to the ones on the macbooks which can feel a little bit soft when
you press them down all the way so some people might actually prefer the
ones on the ipad pro better the best part is that the ipad pro supports all
of the same keyboard shortcuts that you get on the macbooks
so there isn't any downside there however the macbooks feature an escape
key with function keys or a touch bar at the
top which can be used to conveniently adjust the brightness volume and other
features like keyboard backlighting the magic keyboard unfortunately doesn't
get this so it definitely loses in this area but there are some decent
alternatives like rerouting the escape key to a different key
using the control center and the trackpad to adjust brightness and volume
and as for the backlighting it's actually fully automated
by using the ambient light sensor built into the ipad pro
so those extra keys aren't a deal breaker the main downside is that the
keyboard on the 11 inch ipad pro's case is not a full sized keyboard but
thankfully it doesn't take that long to get used to
the smaller size the macbooks also use the touch id sensor for authentication
but i much prefer face id on the ipad pro since it works instantly and
automatically as for the track pads the ones on the
macbooks are solid state track pads made of glass
which means that they don't actually move or physically click
they simply sense the pressure of your finger and then trigger the haptic motor
simulating a click but on the magic keyboard case
it actually does physically click with a really nice lever based design
that gives you an even clicking feel anywhere on the track pad
compared to the traditional diving board track pads which are hard to click at
the top and since it also uses a glass panel it
feels just as smooth as on the macbooks and the best part is that it supports
the same features like tap to click two finger tap to right click and all
the same two finger and three finger gestures and to my
surprise these gestures work incredibly well with
no lag at all because of the physical smart connector
used to connect the keyboard case to the ipad pro but as for which track
pads work better i definitely have to say that the
macbook trackpads are the best especially since they're much larger
than the one on the magic keyboard case as for the displays the one on the ipad
pro is better than on the macbooks because
it's brighter than the other two while getting the same great p3 color
accuracy as the macbook pro and it also features pro motion 120
hertz display technology which gives you a much smoother
experience for swiping through apps or playing games at 120 fps
while also giving you better battery life when you're watching something like
a 24 fps video so the display on the ipad pro is
definitely the clear winner and for those who like larger displays
there's the 12.9 inch ipad pro but that'll bring the price up to 1350
with the magic keyboard case more than the base models of these
macbooks as for speaker quality the macbook's definitely beat out the
ipad pro in this scenario just listen for
[Music] world yourself silver
[Music] now on the flip side the facetime camera
on the ipad pro is much better than on the macbooks
but the downside is that the camera is on the side when you're using it with a
magic keyboard case this is an audio and video quality test
on the 2020 macbook air this is an audio in video quality tests
on the 2020 macbook pro this is an audio and video quality test
on the 2020 ipad pro and another plus for the ipad pro is
that it has rear cameras including a wide lens an ultra wide lens
and a lidar scanner for augmented reality apps so that's
something you can't get on a macbook now both of these macbooks get headphone
jacks which is missing on the ipad pro so you'll have to use an adapter the
macbooks also get two high-speed thunderbolt 3 ports for
connecting demanding devices like external graphics cards and high
resolution displays the ipad pro on the other hand has a
single usbc port but the great thing about the magic
keyboard case is that it adds an extra port on the hinge which can be
used solely for charging the ipad pro freeing up the main port for
connecting things like external storage and other devices and while it's nowhere
near as good for file management as the macbooks are
the new ipad os features can get the job done if you need to store or transfer
files now finally getting into performance using geekbench 5 cpu test
the ipad pro surprisingly beats out both of these macbooks
and that's because it uses a custom apple arm chip
and in recent years the performance of these chips
has been growing much faster than the performance of the traditional intel
chips as for graphics performance using the
metal test the ipad pro once again beats the other two macbooks
out by a pretty significant amount now the macbook air does have the option
to upgrade to the i5 quad-core cpu which has much better
graphics for a hundred dollars but the issue with that model is that it
heats up to 100 degrees celsius very quickly even for common tasks but
for performance tasks the macbook pro is much faster and one
more thing the macbooks both have 256 gigs of base
ssd storage compared to 128 on the ipad pro so
that's a pretty big advantage there now with all of those things compared
let's get into which apple device you should buy as a laptop in 2020.
now i believe that each of these laptops has at least two different markets
where it makes sense to buy them starting with the macbook air
you have the people who want the cheapest possible new apple laptop
and you also have the market who want a basic but traditional laptop
and for those people the macbook air makes sense
because it's only 950 on amazon right now
now for the macbook pro you have the people who want a traditional laptop
but also care about performance let me repeat that
if you care about performance whatsoever do not buy the macbook air not even the
quad core model the base macbook pro will destroy it
because it doesn't quickly overheat like the air does now the second market
for the macbook pro is for the people who want to invest a
bit more money to get luxury improvements that you don't get on the
air like the better display the better
speakers the touch bar and less fan noise while doing common
tasks now for the ipad pro there are actually
three main markets that apply if you want a
laptop for basic computing needs like web browsing watching videos
transferring files and typing documents and you're not
afraid to spend eleven hundred dollars then the ipad pro
with the magic keyboard case is an excellent choice since it's more
portable the second market is for anybody who
cares at all about gaming there are so many more games on the ios
app store and since ios is so incredibly well optimized the ipad pro
will do the best job for gaming the third market is for people who want
great performance for doing professional tasks
like photo editing and video editing while on the go
while also having a nice tablet for tablet things
this ipad pro will be great for those kinds of people that don't require
apps like final cut pro xcode and logic pro 10 that you can only get
on mac os so to try to sum up this entire video
it's really great that with the new magic keyboard case for the ipad pro
we now finally have a third laptop option from apple
and no longer have to choose solely between the macbooks for buyers who want
to spend around a thousand to thirteen hundred dollars
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