- [Daniel] A few weeks ago Apple introduced to the world
the iPad Pro for 2018
and let's just get this out of the way,
it's amazing, beautiful hardware.
I've always said it's about Apple's hardware.
It's just really, really nice.
I don't care if you're a fan of Apple or a fan of Microsoft,
you just have to at least acknowledge
they make nice hardware.
Whether it's worth the money, that's a whole separate issue.
But they really do good at engineering.
And these two new iPad Pros are just really
shining examples of the amazing hardware design they can do.
But being a Microsoft channel, one that we always cover,
say for instance, the Surface Pro 6,
I've always seen a lot of people
compare it to the Surface Pro 6,
both on Reddit and in comments and
on one hand I get it,
these are similar devices, they're both flat,
and they both have pens that are optional
that you can use for drawing,
but besides that I don't really see the similarities
between the two of these things.
So I'm asking you guys to stop comparing,
or at least understand some of the core differences here.
The iPad Pro is a really good tablet for consuming media,
but it still runs iOS.
And that's both a good thing and a bad thing.
And the bad thing is the stuff that really drives me nuts.
For instance you can't use a mouse with it,
or it doesn't have touch pad support.
It doesn't have a real file system.
You can't rename files to add to your email
before you send them off.
Thumb drives are a no go.
There's a lot of limitations on what you can do with that.
And that decision is solely on Apple.
So I remember going back to 2012
and people were jailbreaking their iPads
and adding mice to it with a cursor.
And it totally actually worked
which means Apple's had
at least six years to figure this out.
And it's not because they can't figure it out.
They simply just don't want to add
mouse and trackpad support to the iPads for whatever reason.
I think it's because they want to keep their MacOS line
separate at this time.
And I'll be honest,
if they added mouse and trackpad support to the iPad Pro
even I would consider using it as a light computing device
especially with that option for LTE.
Sure, it's super expensive and we'll return to that shortly,
but since they don't do it,
the iPad has just never fit into my workflow.
And it may fit into yours and that's totally fine.
And I've owned iPads over the years.
The one reason you don't see the iPad Pro in front of me
is I'm restraining myself this time.
Because I always buy it and then I never use the devices.
The current iPad that I have is back at home in my closet.
And I tried to sell it back to Apple
and even they wouldn't take it back
for whatever reason.
But my point is I just never figured out how to use this
because it's strictly a consumptive device.
Where I can do a lot of that for me on the Surface Pro.
The Surface Pro 6 is not a great tablet.
I fully agree here.
Comparing those two things is very different.
The Surface Pro is a straight up PC
that can do tablet-like things.
That's one area where
I think Microsoft can definitely improve.
But this is still just a straight up computer.
Yeah I know a lot of people say
well the iPad Pro is not a computer.
It's not a laptop.
And yet when Apple introduced this device on stage
they made a lot of comparisons to it,
to being a laptop.
In fact when they were on stage
they showed a graph comparing it
to sales of other laptops.
And so I think the whole idea of comparing it to a laptop
seems fair.
After all, they did add a keyboard to it.
It looks a lot like a Surface now.
Moreover, and this is a real crucial part here.
It's the price that matters.
The new iPad Pro went up around $200 this year.
And now it's really expensive at around $1,000.
But you can go up to almost $1,800 with LTE
and that's really crazy.
Because if you think about the original iPad.
It was always sort of like an accessory device.
You would still have a laptop whether it was a Macbook
a Surface, whatever.
But you'd have your iPad for
that consumption mode that you wanted to go into.
Well, now this new device is a whole other ballpark.
When you're spending $1,500 with a pencil and a keyboard
for an iPad Pro, I think it's a legit question to ask
can this actually replace my laptop?
After all, it costs more than most laptops out there.
And it just can't and that's solely on Apple for not
letting that happen.
That's really my big issue here with Apple, it's the price.
It's not necessarily that the hardware isn't worth it.
I actually think it is.
It's the OS that totally limits it.
Then we get people now have to choose a lot of times
between buying a laptop and
buying an iPad Pro all maxed out.
That's a heck of a choice.
And way different than the one we made years ago.
Meanwhile in the United States
you can pick up the new Surface Pro 6 with a core i5,
eight gigs of RAM, 128 gigs of storage, plus Micro SD
and keyboard and a pen, all for $800 if you go to CostCo.
Which yeah, sure it's a limited thing, but still.
That's a heck of a price for this device here
and it's just a straight up PC.
Overall, I'm really impressed with the iPad Pro's design
and hardware.
I'm actually glad Apple is out there making this stuff.
It does set the bar.
It does make sense for people to look at that and be like
why can't Microsoft make something as beautiful?
And I think they should aim for that.
But at the same time,
I don't really see the comparison between iPad Pro
and Surface Pro 6 as being very equal.
Yeah, if you're an artist
and you need to make a decision about
which one you want to draw on,
that is an actual valid choice.
But for most people looking for a computer,
the Surface Pro 6 is still going to be
the best choice on the market.
The iPad Pro is going to be full of compromises.
And what's really frustrating for me
is those compromises are imposed by Apple themselves.
And it'd be really kind of scary actually
if they fixed all that stuff
because even then I would consider the iPad Pro
as a little computer to use on the side.
But until then, I think making these comparisons
is probably the wrong way to look at it.
Alright, there's a quick rant that I had.
I had to get that off my chest.
But let me know in comments what you think
is the iPad Pro an actual laptop replacement
or does the price justify it as a secondary device for you?
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