Weekly poll: will you buy an iPad Pro (2022)? How about a vanilla iPad (2022)?

23 October 2022
The iPad Pros have the new, powerful M2 chips, but isn't it better to get a MacBook Air. Also, the vanilla iPad got pricier, is there still a market for it?

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  • Anonymous
  • dM8
  • 30 Oct 2022

Where’s the option: „I can’t afford one”?

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    • Anonymous
    • p1B
    • 29 Oct 2022

    square aspect ratio of ipads isn't really efficient. especially the larger ones are difficult to handle. you can't hold that wide thing in your hands and write on it while standing. samsung tablets have golden ratio, which is much better.

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      • Anonymous
      • 0WA
      • 25 Oct 2022

      At the EU prices right now, ipads are not worth it.

        -Trix-, 24 Oct 2022Yes you can easily go atleast next 5 years with that if you... moreYea sure, there's little improvement to justify an upgrade really. They just add small features just to push sales of their products and stay relevant at the moment.

          -Trix-, 24 Oct 2022” Also, who say Surface Pro is a laptop? Microsoft themselv... moreIf Microsoft always markets the Surface Pro in laptop mode, then why would they make the Surface Laptop in the first place? Microsoft may as well just ditch the entire Surface Laptop lineup altogether and just solely focus on the Surface Pro lineup.

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            • Anonymous
            • xHY
            • 25 Oct 2022

            Anonymous, 24 Oct 2022Yeah.. your surface Pro need a egpu just to keep up with iP... moreYou must have a really sad life when the only game you can think of is Genshin Memepact.

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              • Anonymous
              • xHY
              • 25 Oct 2022

              YUKI93, 24 Oct 2022Couldn't agree more about iPad Pro. There's no po... moreThat's exactly why I sold my 2021 iPad Pro for a Surface Pro 8. Needless to say, that's the best decision I've ever made.

                Anonymous, 24 Oct 2022Imagine buying an iPad just to play that kids game. Also, w... more” Also, who say Surface Pro is a laptop? Microsoft themselves never even said it.”

                Surface Pro is lot more laptop than tablet, Microsoft always marketing it in laptop mode (keyboard attached) it’s also too big for being as good tablet and way too heavy. Just like 12.9” iPad pro is more of laptop than tablet.

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                  • AnonD-1070190
                  • YMq
                  • 24 Oct 2022

                  blue, 24 Oct 2022Sorry, but what my post has to do with China, dummy?Your curiousity is most welcome, manufacturing involves having the hardware and software available at all time. Seems you are uneducated of how ecosystem works. What a consumer receives might have unexplained conveniences

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                    • Anonymous
                    • KZK
                    • 24 Oct 2022

                    Anonymous, 24 Oct 2022Yeah.. your surface Pro need a egpu just to keep up with iP... moreImagine buying an iPad just to play that kids game. Also, who say Surface Pro is a laptop? Microsoft themselves never even said it. You clearly mistake the Surface Pro to the Surface Laptop.

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                      • blue
                      • 0CN
                      • 24 Oct 2022

                      -Trix-, 24 Oct 2022"nedd a tablet with the possibility of direct download... moreSorry, I forgot you can't read the whole discussions. I need to download from PC and I can't use internet. And I can't install iTunes.
                      Too bad, doesn't work.

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                        • blue
                        • 0CN
                        • 24 Oct 2022

                        AnonD-1069308, 24 Oct 2022All chips are the same, all people are good so whatever the... moreSorry, but what my post has to do with China, dummy?

                          AllanOE, 24 Oct 2022I'll keep my 11" Pro 2021 model for the longest. ... moreYes you can easily go atleast next 5 years with that if you want, i went 5 years with my 2017 iPad Pro before now bough this M2 iPad Pro. These are so great products already that there’s not much reason to upgrade in many years if something big grounbreaking thing doesn’t happen in tech.

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                            • S Yu
                            • vU9
                            • 24 Oct 2022

                            >If you edit short videos that fit within 128GB storage
                            ...Ugh, you can do that on your phone. For anything that properly utilizes the GPU of the M2, i.e. production quality encoding and some basic AE, 1TB storage is the bare minimum, that's about enough for the raw footage of a short video in roughly...50 cuts(your other stuff need space on the drive too)? And if you don't do 4K, that is.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • UG4
                              • 24 Oct 2022

                              YUKI93, 24 Oct 2022Couldn't agree more about iPad Pro. There's no po... moreYeah.. your surface Pro need a egpu just to keep up with iPad Pro's 120hz Genshin impact lol. Anyway a iPad Mini A15 would have better fps then your surface pro.

                              But anyway, this is a tablet. Surface Pro is a laptop.. without a keyboard. Each have their own specific use cases. But personally if i would look at desktop OS.. i would get a machine that already have keyboard attached.

                                blue, 24 Oct 2022As I have described elsewhere - iOS is too limited to be pr... more"nedd a tablet with the possibility of direct downloading of files (any type), but iPad only allows music, photos, video. Documents of any type are not supported."

                                Not true at all, you can download any file from web with iOS.

                                  I am lucky that I purchased the ipad pro m1 for only 750$ new

                                    Anonymous, 24 Oct 2022Until the day comes when Apple put macOS on iPad Pro, Micro... moreCouldn't agree more about iPad Pro. There's no point giving the same SoC as the current MacBook laptop when it runs on what is essentially a glorified iOS for tablets. By contrast, the Surface Pro always run on a true desktop OS since day one. Since the 8th-gen model, you can even use eGPU with it.

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                                      • AnonD-1069308
                                      • Dk$
                                      • 24 Oct 2022

                                      blue, 24 Oct 2022As I have described elsewhere - iOS is too limited to be pr... moreAll chips are the same, all people are good so whatever they do, naturally try to deliver a good result, you see all products are binned in China, then their 187or so big company like LM/AntiM, L&T/Amazon and Alibaba who buy all good ones. You seemingly have a big pushback going on, non of these big guys don't like you it seems, you should watch out, they know and see everyone.

                                        I'll keep my 11" Pro 2021 model for the longest. Not worth upgrading to the 2022 model.