Gadgetory

do you get a Mac or do you get an iPad this is a question that Apple has asked us for years and it's still really hard to answer because the iPad in the Mac are still pretty different computing types the iPad pro does double down on its strengths it's a much faster processor there's a nicer pencil then you have to buy a new one and it works via a USB see although it doesn't work with all accessories so let's take a look at what it can do and what it can't the iPad pros design is really refined now and looks really sharp compressing the screen to body ratio and making for an overall more compact tablet it's a lot better looking than it used to be the 12 point 9 inch version has shrunken down to land in between last year's 10.5 and twelve point nine inch versions while having the same screen sizes last year the less expensive 11 inch model which adds more screen into the 10.5 size is what I'd prefer but at least the 12 inch version isn't crazy big anymore but these iPad pros are also more expensive now they start at $7.99 or $9.99 with 64 gigabytes of storage and go all the way up from there if you go for a whopping terabyte SSD and cellular the 12 point 9 inch iPad pro cost one thousand eight hundred ninety nine dollars and that's not including accessories you'd want $129 pencil a two hundred dollar keyboard folio case and you better consider Bluetooth or USB C headphones or a USB C dongle or two that's more than many Mac books cost in a lot of ways the new iPad pros are basically kind of like the iPad 10 because they work a lot like the iPhone 10 models they have the same front-facing face id camera over here there's a notch but on the iPad pro there isn't it blends into the bezel and is basically invisible it has the same curved corners that are in the iPhone 10 displays it has the same swipe gestures for the most part because there's no more home button and it has a souped up version of the 812 processor that's in these phones and the most recent 10s and 10 are this is the a 12x has better graphics and better multitasking if you want a multitask you can really only put two apps side-by-side say Safari and Twitter I wish you could put more or even be able to position them in little windows face ID works just like the iPhone 10 and supports the same functions iPad unlock Apple pay iTunes purchases and automatically entering passwords for accounts setup needs to be done in portrait mode but after that it works fine in portrait or landscape in any direction but the iPad may sometimes ask you where to look the front-facing camera has the same depth sensing technology as the iPhone 10 s so it also takes portrait selfies the iPad can also doom emoji and an emoji just like the iPhone 10 because of that true depth camera which I like because I can now do this in every single video of course you don't want to be the weird person taking iPad photos in public but if you do it takes some really nice shots how do you navigate this thing well the gesture language is pretty much the same as the iPhone 10 with a few extra wrinkles for iPad users you swipe down to get notifications and if you want to get to the control center you have to swipe from the top corner which is a little bit annoying and if you want to get to the home screen once you're inside an app well then you just swipe from the bottom all the way up and swipe the app away but if you want to get to the app dock you have to do like a half swipe if you have to swipe up a little bit to get to the apps you want to select and if you want to get to the apps that are already open you swipe a little bit more swipe a little bit more so you gets a little confusing to get to the open apps getting that feel for how much you have to swipe can get a little bit strange sometimes the nicest thing about the pencil is that it finally has a place to go not only will it not roll off the table because the site is flat but it magnetically charges and sticks to the side of the iPad you don't have to worry about where else to put it whether you're sticking it in your pocket or trying to stick it into your ear or put it in your mouth you're putting it off anymore you can just flick it to the side of the iPad they're done the new pencil has capacitive DoubleTap almost like air pods it does only one thing per app though and not many apps support it yet notes lets you switch between your pen and your eraser but the really annoying thing about pencil is you'll need to buy a new one old Apple pencils won't work with it which is ridiculous and the new pencil won't work with older iPads the rest of pencils drawing sensitivity and latency seems similar to the older one but I mostly draw Triceratops so I talked to a real artist instead I've been in print for 40 years drawing on paper and then the last four years drawing on the iPad I do a lot of live drawing I call it digital journalism visual visual journalism where I travel around and draw what I see and so having it portable obviously is great I don't call myself a caricaturist because I was never trained to do that I seem to be able to do it a little bit more easily on the iPad the ability to erase a line instantaneously so you you just keep making the mark until you think it's right I'm not used to the the feel of this yet it has a little bit more pull and then the previous iPad is was much more loose and fluid it feels it pulls more like a real pencil and I'll get used to it but I I really got used to the old pencil that was really loose and fluid and I liked what it did to my work because my work is really quick and relaxed I think I'm done oh wow that's that's really good it looks a lot better than me the iPad pro now has USBC replacing lightning which seems like a big move it's not as wild as you might expect it's coolest trick is that you can reverse charge phones or just about anything else accessories are more hit and miss third-party dongles can be used instead of Apple's also while this iPad gained USBC it dropped both lightning and a headphone jack so for headphones you're gonna need something Bluetooth USB C or find an adapter well you think hopefully and the iPad will finally connect to external monitors and do cool things but the new iPad pro has limitations in fact in its default if you plug in with an adapter say a USB C to HDMI to a monitor it's just going to show you a mirrored image just like it did before with lightning to HDMI adapter z' and it's pillar-box so it doesn't take advantage of anything on the monitor and you can't do a second screen now third-party apps will take advantage of second displays up to 5k resolution there aren't really very many yet you can see for instance a movie trailer like this one for Bernie the dolphin will take advantage of the whole display right there to enjoy Bernie the dolphin in all its glory and wasn't the dream of USBC to skip having a dongle all together well it doesn't always work like that in fact I tried connecting USBC to this Dell USB C monitor and unfortunately it didn't work until more apps and accessory solutions arrived to make the most of this new iPad pro it's a pretty hard tablet to judge is the iPad pro for you well if you're an art professional who's already liked the idea of what the iPad brought to the table sure this is great if you can afford it but if you're somebody who's wanted this to replace your Mac someone like me who's like a real serious writer it's not exactly my perfect device is it for you I have no idea but check out that question that's pretty amazing you didn't deserve this pencil goodnight sweet prince just very something yes I buried $100