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iPad Pro iPad Pro 11” M1 or M2?
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With no context, I doubt anyone can say anything meaningful here.
Just depends on the advantages for the M2 is worth £150 for you based on your primary usage.
Just depends on the advantages for the M2 is worth £150 for you based on your primary usage.
Keep whichever one is in better shape and/or has longer time left on AppleCare+.
If all other things were equal, the newer model would be the better choice, given potentially longer supported lifetime.
Depends if the £150 is justifiable to you.
I personally would keep the M1 and send the M2 back. Those chips are absolute overkill for the iPad and iPadOS. I can't really think of many areas you would even see a difference day to day.
I personally would keep the M1 and send the M2 back. Those chips are absolute overkill for the iPad and iPadOS. I can't really think of many areas you would even see a difference day to day.
Thanks all, I got the M1 like new for a bargain price that included Magic Keyboard, then also had an offer accepted for the M2 with 5G like new for a bit more (less cashback hence the £150 difference). I would say the half-price on Apple website and Apple Care for another 8 months on the M2.
It’s for just web browsing really, I have up my MacBook Air M1, that thing weighed a ton.
Tough call for me
It’s for just web browsing really, I have up my MacBook Air M1, that thing weighed a ton.
Tough call for me
For web browsing? They both have 8 GB of ram, so the cheaper option would be the best for web browsing, considering the M1 chip is still ludicrously overpowered for iPadOS, let alone browsing the web. And if you'd ever want to do anything else, the tablet is perfectly capable.
M2.
otherwise you’ll sort of always wonder if you should have got the latest.
otherwise you’ll sort of always wonder if you should have got the latest.
I had the 2020 model of the iPad Pro and I gave it up for the M2 iPad Pro, and boy do I wish I kept the 2020 model for another year or two. I see absolutely no difference in performance between the 2020 model and the M2 I have now. Live and learn, I say.
If you have a 6E router and fast internet (~1400 Mbps) then depending on your useage the M2 would be better. Otherwise unless you see performance differences in the things you do then the M1 would be fine. Don't see any performance differences between my M1 and M2, but I only use them for News.
iPad Pro and Magic Keyboard is nearly the same weight as the MacBook Air. Just an fyi
I had this exact debate about 6 months ago. I had a 2017 iPad Pro 10.5". I ended up going with the M1.
150 euros more updated and fresher? Maybe, but when it's 150 euros, I think "updated and fresher" should be quantified.
Unless you are in the tiny niche of people who need the hover functionality, I'd say it's a wash. You cannot tell the difference between the M1 and M2 on an iPad. If you can tell the difference, you are in a tiny, tiny minority of users who wouldn't post a thread like this in the first place.
Updated? Not in a way you can tell from using it. Fresher? Not in a way you can tell from using it. There are essentially no perceptible changes.
I used an M1 and M2 iPad Pro side by side for a couple of weeks (until I returned the M2), so I'm speaking from experience.
