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Deals: Apple's M1 iPad Pro Sees New Best-Ever Prices Arrive at Up to $300 Off

I saw the Walmart deal last night and while temped I couldn’t justify it. Sure the new screen on the 12.9 Ipad Pro would match the MacBook Pro I got but I’m still happy with my current 2018 12.9. Now many an iPad mini but even then that’s a hard sell since I have the 12.9 pro and an ipad Air 4.
 
The 11 inch sold out fast...
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Not only is the 256GB, 12.9 inch not available at that price any more but it just went up 40 dollars in the last 10 minutes. They are obviously pricing them like the airlines do seat prices. As stock goes down, prices go up. They are just $10 under the Apple Store price now.
 
macduke said:
There are way too many Prime Day "days" now.
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I thought I was the only one. But Apple and many OEMs over produced thinking there was gonna be demand for long because they thought the pandemic was gonna keep us at home for another few years.
 
dalestrauss said:
I'm going to go ahead and beat the dead horse - Stage Manager is a waste of time and resources - and so many iPad users detest losing the pure "iPadiness" of their iPads. Tim and Craig - get over yourselves and just let the M1 iPad Pro dual boot MacOS. The users can live with the limitations of touch on MacOS if they want (like me) to use a REAL file system and full Office 365, Photoshop, and other Mac Applications on their iPad Pros when they want a real laptop experience.
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I would love a touch-optimized macOS "Lite" for the iPad Pro for travel. Mine has an M1, 16GB RAM, and 1TB SSD. It's basically a MacBook Air.

The problem is Apple won't do this because they want us to buy an iPad Pro and a MacBook Air. I'm not gonna do that.

As a matter of fact, I'm probably going to consolidate even more over my next few upgrade cycles, selling my 2019 16" MBP and 2019 27" iMac for a 14" MacBook Pro Max (or Ultra if they can offer it on 3nm process node) that will act as a powerful desktop when docked to my 4K displays (may need to get a 5K main display though) and travel computer and then downsize from my 12.9" iPad Pro to an 11" iPad Pro with less storage that I will mainly use for content consumption, drawing, and photo editing. But honestly my 12.9" iPad Pro will probably last me for another 4 years easy.

My Apple "holy trinity" is an iPhone Ultra that can unfold into an iPad mini, a 12" iPad Pro with tiny bezels that can act like a somewhat more limited version of a MacBook Air in a pinch for travel, and a 17" MBP Ultra with tiny bezels that is comparable to a desktop when docked but not much larger than the current 16" and could connect with an external GPU—even if it's a GPU made by Apple.
 
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awdodson24 said:
I'm tempted.... Do we think the new iPad Pros are going to be drastically better with M2? Or can I get away with an M1...
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My Amazon account shows this item would be returnable THRU 01/31/2023. That is an incredible trial period, and IF there are any new models coming out this year you'll have a chance to preview them before you even need to return this one. You could even sign up for monthly AppleCare+ just to cover yourself, $15-$20 "insurance". It seems very low risk to me!

ETA: Wal-Mart has the same return policy on this product.
 
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This is great. I just picked up the 11" Pro 512GB for the $250 off. I have no interest in M2 on iPadOS, nor do I care one bit about MagSafe. I was waiting for reduced pricing on current models at Apple once the new ones were eventually released, but this was too good to pass up. Thanks, MacRumors!
 
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I just checked using the link posted & it’s showing $1189 for the 12.9 iPads pro 256 - Wi-Fi. Looks like only discounts are for the open box one. So????
 
sonictonic said:
This is great. I just picked up the 11" Pro 512GB for the $250 off. I have no interest in M2 on iPadOS, nor do I care one bit about MagSafe. I was waiting for reduced pricing on current models at Apple once the new ones were eventually released, but this was too good to pass up. Thanks, MacRumors!
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Same. I was initially wanting the 12.9", but that discount got swept up rather quickly. That said I've used a 9th gen iPad and a 12.9" iPad for work and portability is going to be my main thing. I'm excited for this to arrive.

Now for a case/keyboard☹️
 
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aloysiusfreeman said:
Same. I was initially wanting the 12.9", but that discount got swept up rather quickly. That said I've used a 9th gen iPad and a 12.9" iPad for work and portability is going to be my main thing. I'm excited for this to arrive.

Now for a case/keyboard☹️
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I went ahead and ordered the Logitech one (from them directly). I love that the keyboard can detach, and at $100 cheaper than the Apple Magic Keyboard, it's a win. Plus I used the discount code for signing up for their emails! (You can always unsubscribe later! lol)
 
I would think display would be a bigger upgrade at this point than processor. I see little reason to upgrade from the 2020 model until they do OLED.
 
sonictonic said:
I went ahead and ordered the Logitech one (from them directly). I love that the keyboard can detach, and at $100 cheaper than the Apple Magic Keyboard, it's a win. Plus I used the discount code for signing up for their emails! (You can always unsubscribe later! lol)
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Is that at checkout? Not seeing any option for a discount code
 
Mr. Dee said:
Besides, my 2017 iPad Pro 12.9 is still doing most of what I would need from an iPad anyway: watch YouTube, web browsing, listen Spotify, light productivity like updating my budget in Excel.
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I hear ya. I am at this stage too. Then I remember that crappy, first gen Pencil that is not compatible with subsequent models.
 
I’m not waiting until they go with mini LED or OLED for the 11 which can still be a few years away so I’m buying the M2. When something better comes in 2025-2026 I will upgrade.
 
Gyoung929 said:
I just checked using the link posted & it’s showing $1189 for the 12.9 iPads pro 256 - Wi-Fi. Looks like only discounts are for the open box one. So????
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When you come to a deal hours after it’s been posted, you can hardly be surprised if it’s sold out, can you?
 
LHMac said:
I hear ya. I am at this stage too. Then I remember that crappy, first gen Pencil that is not compatible with subsequent models.
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If and when I do upgrade, I have no intention to get the pencil. Its a waste of money. I rarely ever used mine and its right now sitting in a draw.
 
Thisismattwade said:
My Amazon account shows this item would be returnable THRU 01/31/2023. That is an incredible trial period, and IF there are any new models coming out this year you'll have a chance to preview them before you even need to return this one. You could even sign up for monthly AppleCare+ just to cover yourself, $15-$20 "insurance". It seems very low risk to me!

ETA: Wal-Mart has the same return policy on this product.
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That would be the extended holiday return window which started I believe today (for Amazon at least). We sadly wouldn't get the same luxury for hardware announced in the spring.
 
Mr. Dee said:
I'm waiting until the iPad Pro with M3 just to make sure its well future proofed. Apple is on a notorious path of artificial obsolescence and is limiting features and functionality just to get users to upgrade to much newer models. It was just ridiculous that an iPad Pro with A12z was not capable of Stage Manager, the same SoC used as the basis for M1. Besides, my 2017 iPad Pro 12.9 is still doing most of what I would need from an iPad anyway: watch YouTube, web browsing, listen Spotify, light productivity like updating my budget in Excel.
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Not really. The issue with the A12z isn't CPU or GPU speed, it's that it has 4GB or RAM (half that of the M1) and phone-class storage that doesn't deal well with virtual memory.

In comparison, the M1 has 8GB of RAM, and desktop-class storage that can do virtual memory well enough to run 8 apps side by side fast enough for Apple's standards.

The A12z that was in the Mac dev kit had 16GB of RAM and Mac storage, so it's not comparable at all.

But if you still think it's artificial obsolescence, answer me this: What major company ships an OS that does virtual memory and allows you to run 8 apps side by side, alongside a device that has 4GB of RAM and phone-class storage in it? When is the last time Apple sold a Mac with less than 8GB of RAM?
 
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