Can iPad pro be hooked up to PC monitor and used as a PC?

[EightyTwenty]

Similar to the Microsoft Surface?

Might be fun to use iOS on the desktop.

Looked all over the place and only saw threads of videos of people connecting it to a TV 3 years ago. Nothing recent.

 

[Shirasaki]

Impossible to be used as PC.
But if you have a display supporting airplay, then you could use iOS with that display.

 

[millydog]

You can install an app on a PC or Mac to enable airplay, then from your iPad you swipe up from the bottom and select that computer for AirPlay.
I haven't tried it recently, but found instructions. https://www.igeeksblog.com/how-to-display-iphone-ipad-screen-on-mac-pc-airplay-ios-7-x/

 

[bensisko]

You can connect an iPad to a monitor, either using AirPlay (as suggested above) or a Lightning to _______ (VGA, DVI, HDMI) adapter (most of which come in two flavors - just the port or the port + lightning so you can charge while projecting).

The hiccup is that you still need to use touch on the iPad (there is no mouse support) to navigate and click (a Bluetooth keyboard can still be used).

These solutions are meant more for projecting for an audience and not so much as using as a desktop PC.

However, you could have a Mac (or PC) connected to the display and use the desktop computer to remotely control the iPad - in which case you can totally use the mouse and keyboard. You would be okay with touch points that require a click, but anything requiring gestures are harder to pull off with a mouse.

In short, it's not really possible to use the iPad as you suggest at this time.

 

[Appleaker]

Yes, of course you can hook it up* and use it as a desktop** because it's a computer!***

* External displays will only reflect the iPad display.
** Any interaction (other than typing) has to be done through the iPad display.
*** No mouse support. No window support. No desktop applications.

 

[Precursor]

One other problem is the odd display ratio. You'll have black bands on both sides on the monitor display

 

[EightyTwenty]

So it's a RESOUNDING "no" to the original question, it seems.

No mouse support is an absolute deal breaker.

"Super computer"... my ass.