After Apple introduced its redesigned iPad Pro as the future of computing last week, I locked up my laptop and tried using the new iPad for all my work. It’s been like learning to walk with your shoes tied together. The $1,000 tablet was powerful enough to let me write, edit photos and publish this column with little more than my finger, a stylus and a keyboard case. But I also never figured out an efficient way to multi-task, sit with decent posture and work for hours, or keep it balanced on my lap. Filing expense reports with my finger frustrated me to the point I wrote a sonnet to my missing mouse. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. How your speed and precision fill my days. The new iPad Pro, arriving in stores in two configurations — $800 for the 11-inch and $1,000 for the 12.9 inch — is the biggest design change and price hike ever to Apple’s tablet. It might be great for artists or people who have to work mostly standing up. A substitute for a work laptop, though, it is not. Ironically, iPads now outsell Macs and every other laptop on the market. But that doesn’t mean people are creating with them. iPads are great for watching video, playing games and reading. For that, you can spend a third as much as a big Pro on a regular $330 9.7-inch iPad, which got a speed boost and Apple Pencil stylus support… [Read full story]
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