iPad Pro Buying Advice

[kamy100]

First of all wanted to say that there is some fantastic stuff on these forums which I stumbled across a few weeks ago.

So I am in a quandary as to whether to buy the iPad Pro or Retina MacBook Pro (13 inch). With my education discount the Macbook Pro comes to £859, the iPad pro with keyboard and Pencil comes to £840 again with my education discount. Can’t decide which one to go for. I want something portable, I don’t want a iPad Air 2 because want something with a larger screen (13 inch is ideal). I will mainly be using whatever I buy for browsing, e-mails and watching films/tv shows on the commute to work. I will also be doing a bit of work via MS Office based application.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[uhslax24]

First of all wanted to say that there is some fantastic stuff on these forums which I stumbled across a few weeks ago.

So I am in a quandary as to whether to buy the iPad Pro or Retina MacBook Pro (13 inch). With my education discount the Macbook Pro comes to £859, the iPad pro with keyboard and Pencil comes to £840 again with my education discount. Can’t decide which one to go for. I want something portable, I don’t want a iPad Air 2 because want something with a larger screen (13 inch is ideal). I will mainly be using whatever I buy for browsing, e-mails and watching films/tv shows on the commute to work. I will also be doing a bit of work via MS Office based application.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

If it's mostly for consumption, I'd give the iPad a try. For emails, you can get a keyboard case (like the apple or logitech ones available), but those don't seem to be fit for use one the user's lap as a macbook would.

Ultimately, you could take advantage of a possible holiday return policy at the apple store in your area to give the iPad Pro a shot and return it if you aren't a fan.

 

[kamy100]

Thanks for that.

Yeah I think that I will try one out and take it from there.

 

[mattopotamus]

For what you are doing the iPad pro sounds perfect.

 

[kamy100]

Well just picked one up from my local store in Manchester. Look forward to testing over next few days, they told me that no problems about bringing it back if I wanted to exchange it for a MacBook.