3 Ways the iPad pro can improve to replace your laptop!
Apple is currently marketing their iPad pro as a laptop replacer and maybe for your needs it can actually replace your laptop, it still doesn't have a good enough experience as what you would get with a MacBook. So can the iPad pro ever become a laptop replacement? Here are 3 ways it can.
1. More pro apps
The iPad Pro has iOS 10 with it and iOS 10 does not have many pro apps the way the app store on the mac has such as final cut pro x and adobe photoshop. Especially as the final cut pro is apples own app they should make it also available on the iOS app store. The power to run these apps are there because the iPad pro is an absolute beast when it comes to performance and it can compete with some laptops out there. This talk about apps brings me to the next.
2. iOS 10 and macOS hybrid
The biggest problem with the iPad pro is the fact that it runs iOS 10. iOS 10 is great and all but it is not the software for somebody that is looking at the iPad pro to replace their laptop. Microsoft offers tablet mode and PC mode on windows and if Apple can bring that to the new MacBooks that will be interesting. Right now the iPad pro can not take advantage of the power it has due to the limitations of iOS 10.
3. Price
For the iPad pro to become a laptop it needs the keyboard that Apple sells for a whopping $169 USD. You can also pick up the Apple pencil for $99 USD as well. The starting storage is 32gb but if you're looking for this to be a laptop replacement you will probably need the 128gb or 256gb versions. So when you get the iPad pro 12.9 inch 256gb smart keyboard and apple pencil attached it will cost you $1267 USD. This is extremely expensive when you can pick up the MacBook 12 inch retina for around the same price and if I had to choose between the two I would definitely get the MacBook instead.
So if Apple can tweak its software, add more pro apps onto the App Store, and justify its price by either lowering it or making the iPad a real MacBook or any laptop competitor they make actually have a good chance at replacing your laptop. After all this, one thing is for sure, the future is tablets, and its only a matter of time before tablets take over laptops.
I hope you found this interesting, and let me know your thoughts in the comments below, but for now thanks for reading!