There is no doubt that laptops started that trend, and continue to be used as mobile workstations, but a tablet is often cited as a more intuitive and interactive experience. In the age of tablets, that now means you can theoretically work on the go easier than before too. There is no doubt that portable technology has become ubiquitous the world over. These days, most use technology for a large proportion of the work day, and then again at home. What I will talk about is how those technical advancements make a difference to this as a professional tool and importantly, if they elevate the iPad Pro to a computer killer for travel, adventures, and everyday use. You won’t hear me talking about how it performs on GeekBench – there are hundreds of YouTube videos and articles on Tech Blogs that will compare those metrics and go into more detail than I. However, I’m not going to get into the weeds about these features in technical terms. The specs speak for themselves on paper – Thunderbolt port capable of 40gb/s transfer speeds, incredible 1,000,0000:1 contrast ratio from the XDR liquid retina display (which also has a peak HDR brightness of 1600nits!), an Apple made M1 silicon processor, speedy 5G cellular connectivity – the list goes on. It doesn’t take much to look at the iPad Pro product page and be impressed. Would it pass the test as a professional tool for travelling to the ends of the earth and creating high quality content in both the field and the proverbial office? My day-to-day and content production was going to come from this 12.9” tablet. Could this be the year I change to an iPad Pro instead of my MacBook? I went all in, I sold my MacBook Pro and committed to using the iPad Pro as my main computer, with only an older Mac Mini as my storage management. This version, this 2021 update, sparked my attention. I’d read all the comparison articles in previous years (“Can you replace your MacBook with an iPad Pro?”) and had never been convinced. In this three month planning period, what caught me off guard most was the big leap forward that Apple had announced with their most up-to-date iPad Pro – with an extensive list of impressive upgrades. Laptops are cumbersome, easy to damage, and extra weight we didn’t want on the road – particularly while camping. Very quickly, it became clear that a laptop wouldn’t be the best idea. Over the next few months, we went back and forth in great detail about what gear to use, what to bring and most importantly, what to leave behind. In April 2021, Taylor, Brian and I began to plan our Iceland adventure in earnest. However, as great as these advances were, I still found myself finishing off work for both my students and private clients on my computer. Some of the iPad’s potential was being fulfilled! While teaching, it proved to be a great tool for live editing with students in my journalism class and working with creative suites on the fly. I’d resigned the iPad to being a useful part of my quiver, but not a machine that could become an extension of my creative ideas – all input but no output.Ī few years later, with the advent of the iPad Pro, my hopes reignited. I always found myself back at my iMac or MacBook to finish up projects. While I loved using my iPad for media consumption, it never really fulfilled a purpose for me in a professional sense. However (as with all fledgling technology) it’s never perfect to begin with.
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