Gadgetory

last week Apple introduced the iPad pro and last month Microsoft introduced the new surface pro it's a really big tablet that's meant to be is with a keyboard case and can be used with a stylus they're the same type of device but they're used in some pretty different ways vibrate Pro is still very much a tablet it's keyboard types great but you still to rely on touch to get around and the service Pro is really a full laptop you can use the touchscreen but there's also full trackpad and keyboard controls too I'd like to thought I fit pros so natural when you're using with touch it's an iOS device after all so literally every app is designed for it the service pro does a much better job when you want to keep your hands on the keyboard when this is designed for the desktop first after all so touch can be a little bit awkward the difference extends to apps all my favorite iPad apps are here which means I can use some really powerful and free versions of Photoshop that's still mobile Photoshop I can use actual Photoshop on the surface that's the kind of difference is gonna make it hard for pros to pick the iPad pro the real professional app just aren't here yet on the other hand touch support isn't quite as strong in Windows apps so if you're looking for a tablet first and foremost there might be reason to think twice about choosing the surface one thing that artists will love is iPad pro stylus is one of the best I've ever used the service pen can be a little bit less natural but I love that it has an eraser every stylist should have one I really wish the Apple pencil had an eraser but it is really responsive and has amazing palm rejection although quality will vary from app to app same goes for the surface my handwriting looks beautiful in OneNote but less so elsewhere the iPhone is also much more limited when it comes to the kickstand it only has this one angle and putting it together feel like folding origami here that's not a problem with the surface the kickstand is built into the back so it's really easy to move and you can put it pretty much any angle the other like this one angle or you get a new keyboard here you're good with pretty much anything the one angle also isn't great for balancing in your lap because there's a short keyboard it constantly feels like it's got to fall over on the surface the key book can be a little bit bouncy but you don't have to worry about it falling at all part of that has to do with the iPad size it's a little bit taller and a little bit wider than the surface it almost feels like a big book which is kind of nice the sort of supposed to feel a bit more like a clipboard it's a little bit smaller but it's a little bit heavier to you run to side by side apps on both they look really big and nice on the iPad but chances are you'll get a bit more done with two desktop apps on the surface and that's what's so interesting here the history of these two devices colors so much of how you use them the iPad pro is a tablet first and the surface pro is a laptop first both are trying to be right in the center but for now we have to choose which side you want the most