IPad Pro as a notebook replacement?

Te
15

I just started my studies and need a notebook.

Some use an iPad to write down what I find quite handy because you can download the slides and take notes directly or can generally write quickly

Since the iPad Pro NEN Type C connection, I can also connect hard drives etc

Well, I use Office, a little Adobe and surfing, Netflix, etc. Can Konevktivitat as regards the iPad Pro n Notebook replace, btw keep up? Otherwise, a convirtible with pen would be an alternative for me, but I think offers for example the surface for the price too little hardware

Do you have tips or alternatives?

Si

You just can't install normal programs on it. So do not need special programs in the study?

Te

As far as I know no, if I also have a Windows laptop but 17 inches and 4kg for stationary use.

From time to time work on Adobe, create a Power Point…

Si

Well then, go get the things and forget the 130 euro pen not. About the education shop but.

Ju

I would rather recommend a Surface Pro. This is not just a half-empty laptop replacement, it's a full-fledged tablet-sized laptop you can write on and install any program, while the iPad Pro software is rather limited.

Use one yourself at the university and it's just great for that. Write lectures with you, I can just clean the scripts / PDFs of the professors in OneNote and put them in or next to the PDFs. At the same time I always have a laptop with me, if I ever need one, but it weighs very little for a laptop and is very thin. In addition, I find the keyboard of the Surface much better.

Te

I'll probably wait another month, my stepdad has to go to the US for business and there's the pro for $ 670, here in De I do not find it for less than 800 euro despite student discount: /

Te

Well the 6 Pro costs without tasting and pen 900 euro in the base? (If not sorry)

My stepdad and stepbrother had the 4 Pro and 3 and both went broke after a year why I carefully go to the Ran thing, I look Ma when the 7 Pro is out as the price at the 6 Pro designed

Si

I hope your dad does not forget to include the taxes ^^

Te

In the end, still cheaper, and he gets it through the company (viewpoint USA) even cheaper

Si

I'm just saying, right. https://praxistipps.chip.de/...hten_19308 The things are only cheaper in the US, because there hardly knows VAT. But with the import tax, this almost compensates. And you do not have the extra year warranty, but what you have if you buy it from Apple Germany.

Ju

I still have a Pro 3 for 5 years, which has gotten quite a bit in my backpack, and that works too. That devices due to poor quality give up the spirit early, was at Apple, however, repeatedly the case. The MacBooks have already failed in a row, the internal display cable was too short on some models and broke through, and the iPad Pros 2018 came out of the box partially bent and Apple just said "that's part of it".

https://www.macrumors.com/guide/ipad-pro-2018-bending-issue/

That Apple was reliable and high quality is delivered, unfortunately, some time ago. Meanwhile, the design is about the quality at Apple.

Sure, the iPad Pro is cheaper, but it's just a tablet, not a real laptop. The Surface replaces iPad Pro and MacBook at the same time.

Te

As far as the Macs are concerned, the pronleme from the 2016er devices on because of the new keyboard etc… We have, for example NEN Macbook from 2009 which runs like clockwork. The bending is known to me, a slightly firmer shell helps, clearly annoying, but where else do you get such a strong device for the course currently?

Ra

In my studies, a few people have an iPad. A keyboard and the pen to it, however, is mandatory. However, sometimes you just need a notebook. Even those with their iPad are not around it.

Ju

If I look like that, a Surface Pro 6 with mouse and keyboard is available from about 1160 euro, an iPad Pro 11 "from about 1200 euro, each at Microsoft / Apple in the online store (in the wild, there's both usually a bit cheaper) ,

From that point of view, I would say that you get the stronger device for the course at Microsoft. The iPad Pro is smaller than the Surface in this configuration, has less memory, less flexible in terms of software and is still more expensive. Which device now has the better CPU is hard to say, since both are completely different CPU architectures, both have their pros and cons, but in normal Uni / Office operation you will not notice any difference.

I would either recommend a normal iPad with pen, or just a Surface Pro. The iPad Pro I think is in a weird place in the market. It's almost a laptop, but then it does not, but costs a lot like a laptop (or more than many laptops). The Surface is just a full-fledged laptop, but offers some advantages that Tablets nunmal have.

Te

The Pro is available as Wi-Fi with 64gb from 850 euro directly at Apple? In addition, if you look at the benchmarks, the processor can keep up with some i7 processors. I'm still undecided but I think the iPad will be

Ju

850 euro without accessories. Without accessories, the iPad is a bit cheaper. With accessories, the surface is cheaper. But both devices would somehow be useless without pen and keyboard. Then you could also take a normal iPad as I said. Therefore, I would rather look at the final price with accessories.

And in which benchmarks is it better than which of the more than 150 i7 CPUs that have been on the market for at least 10 years? I'm also wondering how to fairly compare CPUs with completely different architectures and instruction sets, since both have their pros and cons, so it all depends on which architecture the benchmark plays into their hands. ARM, which is in the iPad is mostly optimized for simple things like start apps, play videos, and so on, so things where you just have to execute a few commands, but not much has to calculate. Is there really something to calculate, e.g. When exporting videos or games, x86 is usually superior. When writing and office operation, however, it does not matter, since both devices would not be used to a limited extent and perform all tasks without delay.

There's exactly one category of people that I can recommend to an iPad Pro, illustrators, artists, and people who love to draw and just want a tablet for it. For everyone else it's burnt money.

When I look right and left in the lecture hall, I see about 3-4 times as many surfaces as iPad Pros or MacBooks. Have never seen a pro with an iPad Pro, but already at least two with Surface Pro, which they then use as a kind of digital tablet.

Anyone who gets an iPad Pro is (mMn) either an illustrator / draftsman / artist or a marketing victim.