SIZE & WEIGHT:
YES PEOPLE IT'S BIG! I am surprise on how many people are shell shocked by it's size. However, I absolutely love the size and weight. Weight feels great, used it all night in bed (without keyboard) and on train ride into the city. I wanted bigger, expected bigger and that's exactly what I got.
The screenshots are size differences between Air, Standard laptop and travel laptop. You do NOT need a laptop bag to carry the iPad Pro around with you.
Pro vs. Air 2
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Pro vs. Lenovo T450
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Lenovo T450 inside my bag
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Pro vs. Lenovo X250
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Lenovo X250 inside my bag
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Ipad Pro inside my bag
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KEYBOARDS:
I bought the Logitech keyboard & I have the Apple Keyboard on order. But after playing with the Apple Keyboard in the store, & comparing it to the Logitech keyboard, My early opinion is I'll I like the Logitech keyboard better for typing fast. However, it's heavier and bulky. I love the back-lit feature, and the shortcut keys (which the Apple keyboard does not have) are awesome. I love the fact it protects the entire Ipad. However, it's extremely hard to put on and take off. I am always afraid I'm going to crack the iPad. I also wish the material was made better. As far as the new on screen keyboard, I like it, but it's much easier to use in portrait mode if your holding it with two hands and wish it also had the split keyboard feature.
RESOLUTION:
Being a photographer, I was expecting my pictures to have a whole new look (pop/detail) to them on the Pro vs. Air 2 but it doesn't really seem to be the case, and so far I haven't had the "WOW" factor. Text definitely seems crisper and sharper. I played a couple of movies on the Pro, and they look great, but nothing eye popping over the Air 2. (I travel a lot and watch a ton of movies on the airplane, so I love the bigger screen)
SPEAKERS:
Speakers sound great. Problem is when you hold it in landscape mode, your hands cover up 2 of the 4 speakers. But, 85% of the time, I'm wearing wireless headphones so it doesn't bother me that bad. A little vibration, but nothing to crazy. Overall very impressed compared to my Air 2.
PENCIL:
Yeah, Yeah, along with everyone else, I am scratching my head how Apple didn't have enough supply on launch day. I'm expecting mine late next week. However, I was able to use the pencil in the store and was completely blown away by it. Extremely responsive, no lag.
Overall, I couldn't be happier with my purchase. (128gig Wifi/LTE). To me bigger is better. I love the size for gaming, movies, surfing the web, etc. It's comfortable to hold, & definitively not too heavy. For me, this isn't a laptop, it isn't a tablet. It's somewhere in between. But, there is no way I will batch edit RAW files on it. But I knew that going in and I'm OK with that. Sure, I'll edit a few pictures here and there, but when it comes to editing 80gigs of pictures at a time, nothing will be able to replace my laptop with Adobe Lightroom. Some early on gripes is the screen is a fingerprint magnet, when using it "plugged in", it doesn't seem to charge and it definitely takes a lot longer to charge vs. Air 2. Also no split keyboard feature.
YES PEOPLE IT'S BIG! I am surprise on how many people are shell shocked by it's size. However, I absolutely love the size and weight. Weight feels great, used it all night in bed (without keyboard) and on train ride into the city. I wanted bigger, expected bigger and that's exactly what I got.
The screenshots are size differences between Air, Standard laptop and travel laptop. You do NOT need a laptop bag to carry the iPad Pro around with you.Pro vs. Air 2
Pro vs. Lenovo T450
Lenovo T450 inside my bag
Pro vs. Lenovo X250
Lenovo X250 inside my bag
Ipad Pro inside my bag
KEYBOARDS:
I bought the Logitech keyboard & I have the Apple Keyboard on order. But after playing with the Apple Keyboard in the store, & comparing it to the Logitech keyboard, My early opinion is I'll I like the Logitech keyboard better for typing fast. However, it's heavier and bulky. I love the back-lit feature, and the shortcut keys (which the Apple keyboard does not have) are awesome. I love the fact it protects the entire Ipad. However, it's extremely hard to put on and take off. I am always afraid I'm going to crack the iPad. I also wish the material was made better. As far as the new on screen keyboard, I like it, but it's much easier to use in portrait mode if your holding it with two hands and wish it also had the split keyboard feature.
RESOLUTION:
Being a photographer, I was expecting my pictures to have a whole new look (pop/detail) to them on the Pro vs. Air 2 but it doesn't really seem to be the case, and so far I haven't had the "WOW" factor. Text definitely seems crisper and sharper. I played a couple of movies on the Pro, and they look great, but nothing eye popping over the Air 2. (I travel a lot and watch a ton of movies on the airplane, so I love the bigger screen)
SPEAKERS:
Speakers sound great. Problem is when you hold it in landscape mode, your hands cover up 2 of the 4 speakers. But, 85% of the time, I'm wearing wireless headphones so it doesn't bother me that bad. A little vibration, but nothing to crazy. Overall very impressed compared to my Air 2.
PENCIL:
Yeah, Yeah, along with everyone else, I am scratching my head how Apple didn't have enough supply on launch day. I'm expecting mine late next week. However, I was able to use the pencil in the store and was completely blown away by it. Extremely responsive, no lag.
Overall, I couldn't be happier with my purchase. (128gig Wifi/LTE). To me bigger is better. I love the size for gaming, movies, surfing the web, etc. It's comfortable to hold, & definitively not too heavy. For me, this isn't a laptop, it isn't a tablet. It's somewhere in between. But, there is no way I will batch edit RAW files on it. But I knew that going in and I'm OK with that. Sure, I'll edit a few pictures here and there, but when it comes to editing 80gigs of pictures at a time, nothing will be able to replace my laptop with Adobe Lightroom. Some early on gripes is the screen is a fingerprint magnet, when using it "plugged in", it doesn't seem to charge and it definitely takes a lot longer to charge vs. Air 2. Also no split keyboard feature.
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