Who is thinking of selling their Mac for iPad Pro?

[pat500000]

Nah. iPad Pro was the biggest embarrassment of the keynote. I couldn't think anything but Microsoft Surface Pro owners will laugh their asses off.

iPad Air 2 still remains to be the best real tablet on the market.

PS. Don't get me wrong. Apple Pencil seems awesome if it works as well as it's advertised. No one knows about the keyboard yet. Those are cool features. Also the display is probably amazing and it's packed with powerful technology.

What I mean that if they really wanna call it "Pro" it needs more pro features. For example modified iOS with Finder like file management.

Having a big tablet is going to be big benefit to the owners...especially those who go to school or need to take notes.
Pro is a marketing thing...to make it sound so special. Still, just because it doesn't function like OS X doesn't mean it's going to be bad. I admit to liking it, however, it hasn't met my expectation. I would still get it...or maybe wait for next generation of pro.

 

[pat500000]

Sold my old Mac Mini and Sold My old non retina MacBook. Basically Free iPad Pro for me

But now I am having second thoughts,

#1. Is It DDR4 RAM ?
#2. Gonna look pretty dumb when iPad Pro 2 comes out next year

why? It's still fast enough to do lot of things.

 

[pat500000]

This is why I can't take iOS seriously... I like to be able to have the Web treat my phone like a computer in this respect as well.

get surface pro then. It has file.

 

[Commy1]

My upgraded Late 2013 rMBP isn't getting any younger, and it still has a full year of Applecare+ on it. While it's still worth some hefty cash it I'm going to try and sell it for an almost 1:1 trade off for a 128GB LTE iPad Pro with the Pencil and Keyboard. I'm not using the rMBP for what I bought it for anymore anyhow, and my gf has a 2014 rMBP I can use (since I'm letting her use my second Adobe CC install she'd better) if I ever need full photoshop or something the iPad Pro can't offer I'll hop on that.
I think what I want the most is the LTE option, I find as I travel more than I'm constantly looking for WiFi hotspots which isn't why I'm travelling. Data plans are only going to get better, at present in Canada they're pretty ****...

 

[markovchain]

iPad pro make it possible to ssh centralized server for remote development. bandwidth for ssh sessions, not GUI apps, is quite minimal. only concern is I do not see escape key in the new Smart Keyboard and unsure if any key binding works.

 

[The Game 161]

Nope

iPad pro could never replace my MacBook

 

[Mivo]

IPost-Script: for everyone complaining about the lack of file system, do you use Dropbox, etc.?

Yes, but I'm not overly comfortable about it. A lot of my work has been shifted to cloud services (my company maintains documents on Google Docs now), but security and privacy concerns aside (and those are big concerns), this creates an even larger dependency on having a working and stable internet connection. I keep backups of everything locally, using incremental backup approaches, which brings us right back to the need for a file system.

You can't even properly download files on the iPad. There are various workarounds, but none of them are particularly user-friendly or consistent.

The lack of a file system shifts more control to the manufacturer of the OS, and that is probably the long-term idea. Huge advantages when you look at it from a digital rights management perspective, for example. But it's that control that I don't want to lose, and sadly, both MS and Apple seem to aim for removing it from the user.

 

[sunapple]

My MacBook Pro 15" is only used for intensive tasks once or twice a week, so I wanted to be able to replace it with the 12" MacBook someday. This iPad Pro is a game changer for me, I could use it for all light tasks and I can keep my MacBook for home use and the intensive tasks.

The iPad Pro sits perfectly between my iPhone 6 and MacBook Pro whereas the iPad Air didn't seem to be necessary to me. I'm a product design student by the way, important to my needs and decisions of course.

 

[ssls6]

I think it's funny how the word "professional" is throw about in this thread. Just reading through a person would get the idea that a profession is:

someone who needs a file system, a programmer, a web designer, a computer nerd

these people are not professionals....lawyers, medical doctors, college professors, business managers, pilots, artists, ...basically everyone else

maybe, just maybe, if your mission requirements make the iPad Pro a burden then you shouldn't buy it. That doesn't make it a bad product, just a bad product FOR YOU. I consider myself a professional (high tech industry) and I have multiple computers and a MBAir that I travel with. The iPad pro will replace that MBAir. It's not perfect. A mDisplay port for projection would have made it better. I do make a lot of presentations. For those trips I'll need to drag along my MBPro. The upside is LTE which means no more looking for wifi and all the security issues that come with that.

I will add the pencil to my purchase but not the keyboard. I bet cases will be made to hold the pencil. That seems obvious. Apps are becoming the preferred way to access internet content, work, & sharing. The old paradigm of "find a file, download a file, operate on a file, & upload a file" is slowly dying for all the "non-professionals" in the world

 

[maflynn]

The iPad Pro sits perfectly between my iPhone 6 and MacBook Pro whereas the iPad Air didn't seem to be necessary to me. I'm a product design student by the way, important to my needs and decisions of course.

Honest question, how do you see yourself using the iPad Pro? Also where do you think you'll use it, on a desk, on your lap, etc. I'm having trouble visualizing using it in real world situations.

With the Surface Pro 3, you have the kick stand so it can operate on your lap, desk, or anywhere like a laptop. The size is such that your hands fatigue if you try to use it as a tablet for extended periods of time. I'm not sure if the smart cover gives you enough stability to really use it on your lap.

 

[Newtons Apple]

Without a folder/file system to store user data/files like a regular computer it is hard to see how the Pro will work for me.

 

[sunapple]

Honest question, how do you see yourself using the iPad Pro? Also where do you think you'll use it, on a desk, on your lap, etc. I'm having trouble visualizing using it in real world situations.

With the Surface Pro 3, you have the kick stand so it can operate on your lap, desk, or anywhere like a laptop. The size is such that your hands fatigue if you try to use it as a tablet for extended periods of time. I'm not sure if the smart cover gives you enough stability to really use it on your lap.

Right now I am working on a project for which I am at school at a desk for every working day of the week. I can bring my iPad Pro with me every day, without adding noticeable weight to my backpack (unlike with my MacBook Pro).

I would then use it at my desk, the ideal setting for the keyboard cover. I am not sure how it would sit on my lap, maybe it won't work at all. I travel by train to school (35 mins) and I would have to use it on my lap there. Maybe it's not that bad without the cover (as a tablet), or maybe I'll find a way to use the keyboard anyway. Not sure if I'm going to type a lot in those 35 minutes though.

Surface has the handier kickstand, but I've read that the Surface is a better laptop than tablet still. iPad Pro is on the lighter and thinner side.

In short, I'm probably not going to use it for extended periods of time in tablet mode. I have my iPhone for on-the-go use and my laptop for when I need the power. The iPad can be my laptop substitute and, most importantly, my drawing tablet whenever I need it.

 

[markovchain]

I think it's funny how the word "professional" is throw about in this thread. Just reading through a person would get the idea that a profession is:

someone who needs a file system, a programmer, a web designer, a computer nerd

these people are not professionals....lawyers, medical doctors, college professors, business managers, pilots, artists, ...basically everyone else

maybe, just maybe, if your mission requirements make the iPad Pro a burden then you shouldn't buy it. That doesn't make it a bad product, just a bad product FOR YOU. I consider myself a professional (high tech industry) and I have multiple computers and a MBAir that I travel with. The iPad pro will replace that MBAir. It's not perfect. A mDisplay port for projection would have made it better. I do make a lot of presentations. For those trips I'll need to drag along my MBPro. The upside is LTE which means no more looking for wifi and all the security issues that come with that.

I will add the pencil to my purchase but not the keyboard. I bet cases will be made to hold the pencil. That seems obvious. Apps are becoming the preferred way to access internet content, work, & sharing. The old paradigm of "find a file, download a file, operate on a file, & upload a file" is slowly dying for all the "non-professionals" in the world

It is amazing to see stereotype-like preconception without actually seeing the enlightenment that technology brings to us.

 

[wilsonlaidlaw]

I have been looking at the iPad pro as a travel device. I find my iPad Air2 a bit limiting, even with a Logitech keyboard and my 15" Retina MBP is just far too heavy. When I have that plus my Leica M240 and say 4 or 5 lenses in my hand luggage, I have to work myself up to being the Hulk to heave it up into the overhead lockers in a plane and make sure I hide it, if there is hand luggage weighing going on at check in. I have come to the conclusion that I would rather get a Macbook 12" Retina. The weights are iPad Pro 723 grams plus what ever the smart keyboard weighs against the Macbook at 930 grams. If say the smart keyboard weighs 75 grams, that would only mean a difference of 130 grams, which is liveable with. I suspect for travelling I would still take my iPad Air2 for reading but use the Macbook for everything else. I can source a new Macbook in the UK for £875 or a refurbished one for less than that. My wife uses an iPad for work all the time but I just can't get on with that. I ten finger type so find even the keyboard on an iPad frustrating. I also much prefer using a trackpad to a finger on the screen.

 

[ggibson913]

I would love to try it. I have a 2012 15" rMBP that I bought refurbished a few years ago. Photos can go on the cloud as can my music and docs have been there for awhile. The only thing that I would actually miss is photo editing but that would also work as the new Photos app may have what I need. All of that being said, I want to wait until it comes out and play with it at the Apple store before making that decision.