So the gap between the two is far smaller than it used to be – and the iPad Pro is about the narrow the gap even more. ![]() And with each release, Apple gets closer to parity between mobile and desktop as it integrates technologies from both operating systems across platforms. iOS 9 makes side-by-side multitasking something we can now do on an iPad as well as a MacBook. OS X does offer more capable software than iOS, but there’s some pretty serious software on iOS these days. MacBooks do still offer more storage, but that’s less important in a world of cloud-based document storage and streaming media. The best add-on keyboards for iPads may not be quite up there with MacBook ones, but they are close – and most of the difference that does remain is due to size. Sure, MacBooks are more powerful, but today’s iPads are no slouches – I’ve even done a little video editing on my iPad Air 2 – and the iPad Pro is almost twice as powerful. In the Apple world, to choose some kind of MacBook over an iPad.īut those reasons, like the Apple tech in question, grow slimmer each year. Traditionally, laptops are more powerful, they offer greater storage, they have better keyboards, they run more capable software, they are better suited to multi-tasking … there have been plenty of reasons to choose one over a tablet. ![]() The simplistic view of tablets versus laptops has always been that the former are for consumption and the latter are for creation.
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