I shall pick mine up on Nov 11th (hopefully), then download John Mcrae's poem "In Flanders Fields" and read it.
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Apple to Start Selling iPad Pro on November 11
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I shall pick mine up on Nov 11th (hopefully), then download John Mcrae's poem "In Flanders Fields" and read it.
You can probably wait and go to the store on Friday the 13th instead ;-)
Considering it's been almost a 100 years since the end of the great war, I don't think it's a big deal.
Only a couple of millions who all appreciate that you won't pick one before they can do
Surprised that this has a MR ‘Don’t buy’ rating.
If I could use it as a dumb terminal for my Mac Pro, I’d still buy it tho. (I want a native solution BTW).
If I could use it as a dumb terminal for my Mac Pro, I’d still buy it tho. (I want a native solution BTW).
I am a moderately serious amateur photographer, and I look forward to having the larger screen to edit my photographs on site. I enjoy using my iPad Air 2, but I believe the iPad Pro will be just that much more enjoyable to use, especially since Adobe has updated Photoshop Mixit and Photoshop Fixit to work with the iPad Pro and the Pencil. This is going to be a blast!
Different target markets and completely different times. iPad had no equal when it first released. Now, the need for such a product is much lower given that most households have at least one functional table; in many cases, an iPad at that.
iPads just have larger lifecycles and therefore a more longlasting customer value than smart phones for example. As you said also, I couldn't figure out just one reason to upgrade my current iPad Air 2 if they would let me. Surely the iPhones are innovated more agressively, but the current iPads are just sufficient for most of us at the very moment.
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I thought the Apple keyboard was similar to the Surface Pro keyboard. Aren't they both of soft material?
Seriously? Retail stores are open on Thanksgiving and that's a Federal Holiday. By your logic the internet stores should also close on these special holidays.
I would only pay $800 for it if they included the smart keyboard and Apple Pencil. I guess ill just save up for a retina MacBook pro instead.
they really need to give us an official release and pre order date as i want one bad and this whole maybe this date, maybe that date does nothing but piss me off.
As for people saying who would buy this...well, artists...thats it really! Ive been an amateur artist who's been dying to get into the whole digital art thing for years now, but the whole cost of entry has been way to high. I simply can't draw using those devices where you put the pen on a track pad and look at the screen, I've looked and tried almost every other tablet out there that includes a stylus and a lot of devices have come close like the surface line and some of the samsung notes, but you simply can't shade or tilt the stylus and have it work and the lag has been hit or miss.
Ive been eyeballing a wacom cintiq and if i could afford one i would purchase one in a heartbeat but there prices are insane and your just not getting enough value IMHO for the cash and i don't want to switch to a windows machine!
The iPad pro seems to perfectly fit what i need. Reports are the drawing on it is spot on, the screen size is right, its a good OS, and is a fair price for what i want it to do!
do i recommend everyone buy this...HELL NO! Simply cause i want enough in stock for me, lol, but in all reality unless your a professional or an artist (or both) i see absolutely no need for the casual consumer to purchase one outside of anything to do with the pencil and Stick with the iPad air all the way!
as for that keyboard, I'm not sold on that one bit and as of right now I'm not even considering it unless it gets stellar reviews!
As for people saying who would buy this...well, artists...thats it really! Ive been an amateur artist who's been dying to get into the whole digital art thing for years now, but the whole cost of entry has been way to high. I simply can't draw using those devices where you put the pen on a track pad and look at the screen, I've looked and tried almost every other tablet out there that includes a stylus and a lot of devices have come close like the surface line and some of the samsung notes, but you simply can't shade or tilt the stylus and have it work and the lag has been hit or miss.
Ive been eyeballing a wacom cintiq and if i could afford one i would purchase one in a heartbeat but there prices are insane and your just not getting enough value IMHO for the cash and i don't want to switch to a windows machine!
The iPad pro seems to perfectly fit what i need. Reports are the drawing on it is spot on, the screen size is right, its a good OS, and is a fair price for what i want it to do!
do i recommend everyone buy this...HELL NO! Simply cause i want enough in stock for me, lol, but in all reality unless your a professional or an artist (or both) i see absolutely no need for the casual consumer to purchase one outside of anything to do with the pencil and Stick with the iPad air all the way!
as for that keyboard, I'm not sold on that one bit and as of right now I'm not even considering it unless it gets stellar reviews!
Still no release date or pricing in the UK.
Come on Apple, get a move on.
Come on Apple, get a move on.
I'm pretty sure that actually means "whoopsie we forgot to set the number to 1 instead 0"
Very curious how this is going to sell. Of course Apple will never disclose the number. But I'd love to know.
I wouldn't be upset at all. I have multiple iPads that I purchased for our Dr.'s to use and a Surface Pro 3 back in March.
Out of 4 Docs, they use the iPad2 (not Air 2) all day long and the Surface sits on the desktop charger and may get used once a week.
This is a big reason why I won't be buying Surface Pro 4's, at least not in the foreseeable future but iPad Pros --- I haven't ruled those out yet.
I am a moderately serious amateur photographer, and I look forward to having the larger screen to edit my photographs on site. I enjoy using my iPad Air 2, but I believe the iPad Pro will be just that much more enjoyable to use, especially since Adobe has updated Photoshop Mixit and Photoshop Fixit to work with the iPad Pro and the Pencil. This is going to be a blast!
not to derail: how do you get photos from your camera to the iPad? how do you edit the RAWs?
I'm looking forward to the iPad Pro.
For playing music, it is a real boon, as music will finally be at a decent size. PDFs will also be a decent size. I'm impressed that they've kept the weight below the original cellular iPad, at least for the wifi model. Photos and videos will be awesome. The internet will be much nicer. I just wish battery life was much better; I'd have liked to have seen fifteen hours rather than ten.
For playing music, it is a real boon, as music will finally be at a decent size. PDFs will also be a decent size. I'm impressed that they've kept the weight below the original cellular iPad, at least for the wifi model. Photos and videos will be awesome. The internet will be much nicer. I just wish battery life was much better; I'd have liked to have seen fifteen hours rather than ten.