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a lot of people are wondering whether or not something as big and expensive as the iPad pro will fit into their lives for designers and has a whole different value proposition I'm a design director that can't function without my MacBook Pro and when I first heard Apple announced the iPad pro I had high hopes that this new device would take some of the load off my laptop basically it would transform into a rockstar designer right I've had the chance to use the iPad pro for my job over the past week and while I couldn't do everything I wanted to on the iPad pro it did a lot more than I thought it would my day to day usually revolves around various Adobe programs so when I got the iPad pro I immediately downloaded draw sketch and comp I was really curious to see whether I can integrate my current projects into the various Adobe apps and get as much done as I normally would on my macbook pro I used draw to illustrate Donald Trump for a news feature I use sketch to create a quick sketch for one of our designers to give direction on a new infographic and I used comp to create mood boards and wireframes for a site design I really liked using Adobe comp on the pro I could definitely work this app into my daily workflow another plus once you're logged into Adobe's Creative Cloud you can send files to your desktop that are fully editable but I wasn't as impressed with the other iPad pro versions of Adobe apps for someone just trying to sketch or do a wireframe these are great anything more high fidelity I found too heavy and complicated to do and I ended up reverting back to my laptop programs I also found that shortcuts I always used in Adobe Illustrator didn't work in Adobe sketch or draw Apple's new stylus pencil is pretty awesome I've tried a few different brands of styluses in the past and never have I have been wild like I am with this one it's comfortable in the hand and it's really precise there's virtually no lag when taking notes it's fast and keeps up with my messy writing almost making it better I did notice that writing in other third-party apps like paper 53 and Adobe Sketch there's a little bit more latency but it still worked well usually I make a sketch for one of my designers on paper take a picture of it email it and then explain what some tiny squiggle is now I just sketch with a pencil and email it iPad pro a lot of designers might wonder how the iPad pro handles both multi-touch and a stylus also because of palm rejection software there's no issue with your palm being on the screen as you write and sketch overall I was impressed with the iPad pro it's giant screen and it's processing power along with the accessories could have a huge impact on my day-to-day workflow where I think this falls short though are some of the limitations around working with mobile apps I'm hoping that the apps will continue to improve and match the fully powered desktop versions I'm used to it's not quite there yet but it wouldn't surprise me if one day I swapped my macbook pro for the iPad pro