Logically... shouldn't it, since it's a base, weigh more?
If it didn't, it would tip over easily.
If it didn't, it would tip over easily.
Only programmers use keyboards? I’m a programmer and I find that argument patently absurd. Besides, you can use an iPad to ssh or remote desktop into development machines and for the reasons listed above, for many people it’s a far better mobile device for any use (email to web browsing to writing to coding) than a MacBook.so yes, those are better for consumers, media consumption.....where an ipad should be enough ...the ipad pro+magic keyboard is waste of money for that, or just a nice to have
Take out the Starbucks crowd and the grandma's you'll be changing that 1 out of 10 customer ratio soon enough. As long as Adobe and Microsoft apps continue to be neutered on their iOS versions, the iPad continues to be a media consumption device for me. Nevertheless I did order the keyboard for couch potato/Starbucks(if quarantine is ever lifted!) use so there.that's only important is you are a developer
which is about 1 out of 10 customers
for the majority which is more than 80% the iPad Pro offers better value than the Macbook Air again with the following:
better performance
better battery
better screen
better speakers
better front facing camera
face id
also apple pencil support
than the macbook air
And the combined weight of an SUV and a trailer is more than that of a pick up truck... But just like I can drive the SUV without the trailer, I can use the iPad without the keyboard...
How does the weight compare to a Surface with a keyboard?
One thing of note - despite the diagonal, with the squarer aspect ratio the screen isn't smaller, it's actually fractionally larger in area. Does less is also very subjective, does different things better or worse would probably be closer to the truth hereSmaller screen, costs more, it's heavier and it does less - yeah I can see this being an advantage![]()
The exact issue with the Smart Keyboard Folio of the moment. Again, a welcome change.Logically... shouldn't it, since it's a base, weigh more?
If it didn't, it would tip over easily.
That is just your opinion. I know countless of people who can get real work done on an iPad without any issues at all. Personally, I greatly prefer it and if you read any posts on here, so do many others.when you do work on your mobile device....you need a macbook that can run macOS apps...windows apps.linux and soon ipad apps.....ipad remain 70% a consumer/media device...
I'm not so sure its as subjective as you say, iOS apps and iOS itself is more limited. I mean its only now that we got mouse support for iOS, and its multitasking is nowhere as useful or powerful as MacOS. I'd be hard-pressed to find anything that iPad can do, that you cannot do with a laptop and a laptop class operating system - other than maybe take it to Disneyworld and take picturesOne thing of note - despite the diagonal, with the squarer aspect ratio the screen isn't smaller, it's actually fractionally larger in area. Does less is also very subjective, does different things better or worse would probably be closer to the truth here![]()
well the iPad Pro
offers
better performance
better battery
better screen
better speakers
than the macbook air
if anything it is the macbook air that is overweight compared to the performance it offers and just lighter by a few grams compared to the macbook pro and ipad pro.
The exact issue with the Smart Keyboard Folio of the moment. Again, a welcome change.
Also, call me superficial, but I saw the cutest ad for this thing in between my last post and now. Just a lil birdie flying around the iPad, making it rotate back and forth with the “floating” mechanism. It’s got a real sense of motion and beauty to it, h/t to whoever conceptualized/produced it. Wish it were on YT so I could link.
(I was in the production arts major at my high school; this kinda stuff fascinates me. Yes, my high school had majors.)
well the iPad Pro
offers
better performance
better battery
better screen
better speakers
than the macbook air
My old PowerBook Pro weighed 6.5 pounds, yes. But it had a 17” screen too.Genuinely very happy about this. Anyone who uses a Smart Keyboard Folio knows that they are WAY too susceptible to falling backward because virtually all of the weight is in the iPad. Seems like the added heft on the bottom will balance that out and make this (typing on my 11” Pro, waiting on a Smart pre-order) feel much more genuinely like a laptop replacement.
Also, cannot WAIT for backlit keys
(one more thing: if people are worried about this weighing too much…just remember, Apple laptops weighed 7+ lbs once upon a time ;-)
Why is this a surprise ?
On comparably sized items, a component system almost always weighs more than an all in one system.
Is anyone planning on carrying the iPad keyboard with them when they are mobile ?
But you can run proper applications on a MacBook Air so regardless of how theoretically powerful the iPad is it still cannot hold a candle to a system with a full OS. Don't get me wrong, you can still do a lot with the iPad but you really still need a laptop or desktop for many tasks. I use both an iPad Pro 12.9 and a MacBook Pro through the working day.
I'm not so sure its as subjective as you say, iOS apps and iOS itself is more limited. I mean its only now that we got mouse support for iOS, and its multitasking is nowhere as useful or powerful as MacOS. I'd be hard-pressed to find anything that iPad can do, that you cannot do with a laptop and a laptop class operating system - other than maybe take it to Disneyworld and take pictures
Yet on the flip side there are many things you can do on a laptop that you cannot do on an iPad