Apple Understands What a Tablet Should Be

The iPad Pro is a mega-device and I’m completely shocked by how impressive it is.

Sometimes I’m critical of Apple, but this is not one of those times. Apple’s iPad is hands-down the best tablet created, now or in the past. That isn’t a debatable topic and no Android tablet, Microsoft Surface, or Google Chrome thingamajig could change my mind.

When the iPad first launched, I thought it was a stupid idea. “It’s just a big iPhone,” I used to say. I would actively gawk at people for buying this “big iPhone.” Fast forward ten years or so and my iPad Pro is my main work device. I use it for almost everything: work, school, leisure. The only time I’m not using my iPad is when I’m working on a design, editing video, animating, or recording my sports podcast.

I own an iPad Pro, but my girlfriend owns a Microsoft Surface Pro. I’m not saying a Microsoft Surface Pro isn’t worth buying, it probably is worth the money consumers end up paying. I also have no doubt that Windows 11 will make the Surface better. But it’s hard to argue that the Surface is good at being a tablet.

Now my girlfriend is getting an iPad Pro. Here’s why.

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