Since we seem to be in agreement, though, let’s turn things over to the readers. The iPad Pro is still very much on my “to buy” list, but I’d be lying if I said Tuesday’s event hadn’t made me at least reconsider my purchases for the remainder of 2015. I’m not sure how useful it would be to have a device that shifts between OS X and iOS and runs differently with each, but I bet this is going to prompt some interesting discussions in Cupertino.Īt the end of the day, we won’t know how the Surface Pro 4 performs until we can take it for a test drive. It makes a lot of sense and Microsoft has run into the problem before, with Windows 8, of making a combination that tried to be both mobile and desktop OS and wound up being neither. Luke: There’s definitely a Catch-22 with the desire not to combine OS X and iOS. I should also point out that while the iPad Pro may have a slightly higher resolution, its larger size means it’s not as sharp as the Pro 4, which boasts 267 pixels-per-inch versus the iPad Pro’s 264. Killian: I don’t think 0.6 inches is going to make much of a different to media viewing, especially when you’re going to be holding these devices in your hands and they’re going to be pretty close to your eyes anyway. Could you see Apple going down the two-in-one route in future iterations of its iPad Pro? Surface Pro 4 is the ultimate 2-in-1.

Now Microsoft has come along and done something which undercuts a lot of what Apple’s aiming for. My question to you Killian is what this is going to do to Apple’s strategy with the iPad Pro? It’s no secret that the company has been trying to get into businesses and education with its tablets, and the iPad Pro was viewed as a great way to do this. If you’re into photo-editing I’d say the iPad Pro definitely has a lot going in its favor, but if you’re going to be doing the kind of tasks that normally require a desktop you’ll probably be happier with the Surface.

Not only is the screen bigger as I pointed out but it’s also got a higher resolution display. If media viewing is your thing, the iPad Pro looks like the best tablet around. Ultimately a lot of this is going to come down to what you want to use it for. Luke: It’s tough to disagree with a lot of what you’ve said, which makes this less than a fight.

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