Can an iPad replace a laptop

Can iPad replace computer?

When Apple released iOS 5 in 2011, it heralded a new “post-computer” era for iOS devices. Now you don’t need to have a computer to activate, sync or back up your iOS device. But is it possible to completely abandon the use of a computer if you have, for example, the latest generation iPad? Let’s figure it out.

Of course, the iPad does an excellent job of surfing the Internet, reading mail and working on social networks. Even many professionals use iPad instead of laptop to showcase their projects to clients. But there are still several reasons why the iPad still cannot replace a computer.

Support for multiple windows of programs

The current version of iOS lacks the ability to launch programs in windows, as we are used to doing on our computer. You can switch between apps using the multitasking bar, but it doesn’t work as smoothly as you’d like. Many users, for example, would like to be able to copy text from one document to another within the same application. All this can be done easily on Mac and PC, but not yet on iOS.

Lack of USB ports

The big disadvantage of the iPad is that you are unlikely to be able to connect a printer or scanner to it via USB. Even if you have an iPad Camera Connection Kit, the capabilities of the iPad are not greatly increased. On a jailbroken device, you can only access some flash drives, since they all require power, which the Lightning connector simply cannot create.

Memory and backups

When using an iPad, you certainly need the ability to keep a copy of some valuable personal data. Even if the new 128GB iPad 4 can fit all of your files, you still need a computer to back up.

If you go to the Apple support section and look at recommendations for creating backups of iOS devices, you will notice that the company recommends making backups in its iCloud cloud service for users who rarely connect their device to a computer, or do not have it at all. For everyone else, it is preferable to back up the device to their Mac or PC. The main reason is iCloud won’t save music and videos that weren’t downloaded from iTunes.

The advantages of creating a backup copy on a computer include the ability to view the backup file, as well as the ability to extract individual files from it using special utilities. Cloud backup does not provide such opportunities.

For many users, 128GB of internal storage is simply not enough. And using the same Dropbox will cost 500 for 500 GB per year, which is not so cheap. Plus, you always need an Internet connection to view files.

Work with documents

Among other things, many people extend their iOS functionality using jailbreak tweaks from Cydia, many of which are unlikely to appear on official versions of iOS.

Now the iPad has replaced laptops for many people, but it still cannot fully replace desktop computers. Perhaps for now

Can the iPad Pro replace a laptop?

“Can the iPad Pro replace a laptop?”. you can find many similar reviews on the Internet. Plainly, this question is even ahead of the phrase “New iPhone Killer”, applied to every spectacular announcement of Android smartphones. Pavel Lomakin talked about his impressions of using the new iPad Pro and figured out who and why might need a powerful, modern and expensive Apple tablet computer

Given: iPad Pro 2020, which comes in two sizes: 11 and 12.9 inches, for the 11-inch version without LTE and 128 GB storage up to 146,000 rubles for the 12.9-inch model with LTE and 1 TB of internal storage.

Thought He will save you time. And paper

Remember the times when you were asked to sign documents and send them back by email? It was required to print a file (there must still be a printer), sign and then scan (here we are already talking about a scanner or an all-in-one printer). Now all you have to do is open a pdf file (or convert from docx) and sign with Apple Pencil. over, the signature may already be saved in the smartphone’s memory. just add it to the desired column and scale it with your fingers. Convenient on the road when the “pencil” is left in the office or at home.

And so about everything in the iPad Pro. sketches and sketches made on it can be immediately sent to your interior designer or edited and corrected in previously sent files. iPad Pro is a kind of new tool for big bosses: margins, handwriting recognition, and more. Yes, some people still prefer to write by hand. Well, in the update that iPadOS 14 will receive this fall, it will be possible to instantly convert handwritten text and even symbols into digital words and signs, moreover, in almost any application: notes, search engine, browser, shopping list. And you will be green trend.

“But almost all tablets with a stylus can do this, and any iPad (even a mini) works with an Apple Pencil,” you say, and you will be partly right. Firstly, we will not venture to assert with respect to other tablets: most of the stylus, “smart pens” and other “non-pens” do not differ in almost imperceptible input lag, as is the case with the Pencil, and the text written by them often does not pass for handwritten text, “ like on paper “.

Secondly, Apple Pencil is magnetic and “lives” on the end of the iPad Pro, and not in the case or the bottom of your bag, plus it charges automatically every time it is magnetized to the tablet case, and not through the connector of your iPad, which is useful to you for anything else.

Thought The device is quite unpretentious. And saves the nerves of the user

Can the iPad replace a Laptop?!

Especially during flights. No time-consuming removal of the laptop from the case and opening at the request of security personnel. just touch the screen of the gadget to show that this is a tablet and not something else. A new episode of the series or the long-awaited emails with closing documents for the deal can also be downloaded from the plane (thanks to the built-in LTE) before take off. And nothing will darken the flight. Think about how many times you or someone nearby spilled drinks on your (or someone else’s!) Table. The Smart Keyboard Folio is spill-resistant, making it comfortable to fly. With the option to watch videos in a separate window, you can continue to work on documents or write an important email while you watch the next episode on AppleTV or Netflix.

For two months, the tablet did not let me down: no freezes, application crashes, camera glitches. The device seems to work even more stable than the iPhone 11 Pro Max. How long does he work? Apple claims about 10 hours. On the ground, the tablet works for about one (daylight) day with average loads. In general, the impression is comparable to the 2018 model (although there is information that the battery is a little “thinner” compared to the previous version of the iPad Pro). Feels like the MacBook Pro 13, which lasts an average of 10 hours with Wi-Fi connected. A big plus for the iPad Pro is that it fully charges in just an hour and a half. Another plus. you can charge your smartphone, headphones, camera or even smartwatch directly from iPad Pro.

Thought Constructor for four devices

You can assemble at least four full-fledged devices from the iPad Pro. Accessories will help with this. Add a Smart Folio cover to iPad Pro and take your tablet with you on the go. Replace it with the aforementioned Smart Keyboard Folio to work like a laptop on the road. Switch to the new Magic Keyboard for working at your desk, from anywhere. Or connect your iPad Pro to your 4K TV with a USB-C cable and connect a wireless keyboard and mouse. no longer limited by tablet screen size.

This is a complete desktop. The last two transformations are worth discussing separately. iPad works with external keyboards and mice (trackpeds), such as those that work with the iMac. So you don’t even need to get used to it. If you have worked with an external monitor before (you had a Mac Pro, Mac mini, or used an additional monitor in the office), simply connect the tablet to it via the USB-C connector, using an optional 0 Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) cable 8 m or via a USB-C to HDMI multiport digital AV-adapter (if the monitor does not have USB-C). as an option, your tablet will have another free USB-C connector for charging or connecting external storage devices. flash drives and SSDs. With the introduction of the file manager in iOS 13, reading and writing them became possible. It is noteworthy that from some modern monitors with USB-C, iPad Pro will be charged in parallel and. When organizing such a scheme, the tablet itself can be put to the side or placed on a beautiful metal stand.

The second version of the desktop. It is suitable for those who do not want to bother with connecting all the above peripherals, but simply want to open the iPad cover and get started. this is possible with the Magic Keyboard. iPad Pro attaches itself to the lid and levitates above the keyboard. You can slightly change the angle of the “screen”, but open the design to the maximum, like most laptops, and work with the computer on your knees, you will not be able to: this is only a desktop solution. It is noteworthy that the Magic Keyboard hinge mechanism has an additional USB-C port for direct charging of the iPad Pro. the cable will not come out of the tablet, but noticeably lower, at the level of the surface on which you are working. Use the vacated port of the iPad Pro itself as you wish: charge your smartphone or headphones from it, connect external drives like the Seagate BarraCuda Fast SSD up to 2 TB or the G-Drive Mobile SSD. Just imagine: in total, together with the space of the iPad Pro, you will manage 3 TB of memory.

Keyboard. Since at the same time with the announcement of the iPad Pro itself, we were also shown the Magic Keyboard, this is a real “laptop” keyboard and with a price tag comparable to the initial iPad and iPad mini, so it is worth talking about it separately. The layout of the keys (especially in the version for the 12.9-inch tablet) is almost exactly the same as in the new MacBooks, and each button is made using the latest “scissor” technology, as it is called by Apple. it is more reliable than the previously used “butterfly” Five years ago, using a butterfly, Apple reduced the height of the buttons by 40%, but some users experienced sticky keys. This was caused both by the dust getting under the keys and by the general deficiencies of the mechanism. The minimal design differences in the returned “scissors” made the keys more reliable and just as thin.

The Magic Keyboard purchased in Russia will be fully adapted to enter Russian and English characters (there are even more buttons in it than in the American version, so you need to buy in Russia). You will have to get used to changing the language through a special key, and not by pressing CMD Space, otherwise the combination of buttons. taking a screenshot or setting Russian quotes (“”), as well as gestures on the trackpad are identical to what you do on a MacBook.

Of course, 31,000 rubles for the version for the 12.9-inch iPad Pro is two to three times more expensive than the keyboards for tablets of some competitors. But it is also worth understanding that if such “similarities” of other keyboards, like the tablets themselves, look very “geeky”, then with the new iPad Pro suspended from the keyboard, one can imagine a (not poor) student sitting in a cafe, and a co-working (successful) creative, and a CEO of a large company spending time waiting for a flight or working on board a private jet. Magic KeyBoard provides a complete computing experience, not “some kind of compromise.” And given the number of devices the tablet can interact with, this is a serious workstation.

At the recent WWDC developer conference, Apple announced the imminent transition of its entire line of computers to its own processors. The decision looks logical, because smartphones, tablets, iPods (yes, Apple still produces them), smart watches and even headphones already run on chips with their own architecture. During a virtual presentation, we were shown how the MacBook Pro will work on the processor installed just in the new iPad Pro. What he saw could not but surprise, because any operation, whether it was surfing the Internet or processing a giant Photoshop file with dozens of layers and weighing hundreds of megabytes, was performed flawlessly. Inside the 2020 iPad Pro is the Apple A12Z Bionic processor with Neural Engine. In terms of power, it practically does not differ from the already very worthy A12X in the previous iPad Pro. Compared to “X”, the “Z” has an improved cooling system, and now it can work at peak load for a longer time. The heart of the A12Z Bionic is an 8-core GPU for the best graphics on mobile and beyond. Considering the imminent release of computers on their own chip, in the future we should expect the same processors in the iPad Pro series and the new MacBooks. so Apple will only confirm the iPad Pro’s status as “a computer that is not a computer”.

Updated camera system. In the new iPad Pro, Apple engineers not only added an ultra-wide-angle lens, as in the iPhone 11, but also equipped the system with a LIDAR sensor. Unlike ToF (Time of Flight) cameras used in most Android smartphones, the lidar system is needed to scan and measure space correctly. Thanks to such a sensor, you can make a kind of 3D models of rooms, objects, and also interact more actively with augmented reality: virtually try on furniture in a real apartment, play AR. Prior to this, AR in the iPhone was based only on images from cameras and information from sensors like an accelerometer.

Convenient mechanism for unlocking and paying for purchases. We’re talking about Face ID. To unlock any new MacBook, you either need to enter a password, or use the Apple Watch connected to the shared iCloud (enough so that they are on your hand next to the gadget), or touch your finger to the TouchID scanner. With iPad Pro, it’s much easier: just look at its screen. voila!. you are already starting to work with him. The same is true when paying for purchases online: double-tap the lock key and a gentle glance at the screen. paid!

Thought He is not only cooler than a laptop, but also more expensive. Is it justified?

For a combination of iPad Pro 12.9 with 512 GB of memory without LTE, but with a Magic Keyboard (30,990 rubles), they ask for 144,990 rubles, while a 13-inch MacBook Pro with 512 GB and a similarly powerful processor costs 139,990 rubles (MacBook Air is even cheaper. 119,990 rubles). Another thing is that the iPad Pro has a touch screen, and by purchasing an Apple Pencil (another 11,490 rubles), the number of use cases (including those described above) increases significantly. If we talk about mobility, the tablet will be much more compact than a laptop: it weighs a 12.9-inch iPad Pro 641 g (1241 g with a keyboard, which is already a lot), while a laptop weighs about 1.4 kg.

The lack of a 3.5mm headphone jack is hard to explain. In the iPhone, this at least justifies the moisture protection, in the iPad Pro, like any other iPad, it is not. Plus, if Apple wants Pros like those who do podcasts to use a tablet, they’ll still need a 3.5mm jack. You can solve the problem with a USB-C / 3.5 mm adapter for headphones (for 702 rubles!), But then it will take up the only charging port. Okay, you can also charge through the Magic Keyboard (if you have one), but it still looks very strange. All we wanted to do was connect our wired, but very high quality headphones directly to the tablet. It’s good that 3.5 mm has been left in laptops so far. The topic of adapters and accessories is generally a separate achievement of Tim Cook. It was he who removed 3.5 mm connectors from almost all the company’s devices and made us assemble chains of adapters after the single-port MacBook 12 was released. Under the philosophy of the world of the future and the rejection of wires, the company sells a 0.8 m Thunderbolt 3 USB-C cable for 3,549 rubles a USB ‑ C adapter for reading SD ‑ cards for the same price and a USB ‑ C to USB adapter for 1820 rubles. Our all-time favorite USB-C multiport digital AV adapter costs £ 400, and it doesn’t have a 3.5mm jack. And yes, in the cheapest iPad mini, the 3.5 mm port was left, as in the iPad Air, but this is also a matter of time.

Another big point: iPad Pro is not a programming tool. You can get a bit tricky and use an SSH connection to develop on a remote system. It will not be possible to fully and seriously develop applications. iPad Pro is ideal for teaching Swift programming (specifically learning) using Swift Playgrounds. But no one says that this tablet should be able to do this. The heights of programming are understandable and not needed by every user who buys a MacBook Pro, so the iPad Pro will be an excellent working tool for them.

On iPad Pro, with or without a keyboard, you can do almost everything you did on a laptop, and even more if you take into account the presence of a camera. Another thing is that the touch screen and mobility of the iPad Pro significantly expand the already enormous possibilities. For example, I have no idea how you can live without the Apple Pencil. I completely ditched the MacBook for writing (like this), surfing the internet, playing games (which, by the way, I never got very into), but still used it for Photoshop. just a habit. In the iPad Pro keyboard, I occasionally had little trackpad of a modest size, but the initial inconveniences were easily compensated for by the tablet’s huge touchscreen display.

Which iPad Pro should you choose? With a large diagonal. if you plan to spend a lot of time with him and work “at the table”, and with less. if travel is everything for you, and the “tablet” will be used mainly for the Internet, notes, sketches and videos. In any case, I would advise you to choose versions with LTE, today you can already make an E-SIM in addition to a physical “SIM” in order to consume the total Internet traffic with the main number. This will keep you connected and connected to public Wi-Fi. After all, this is the main concept of the iPad Pro. not to replace a laptop or computer, but, other things being equal, to give additional freedom to the user without being tied to a place (and a device that aggravates a backpack or bag).

Having passed the way from the “enlarged smartphone” (or even the iPod), the iPad has become not only an independent device, but also an alternative to the gadgets we are used to. The 2020 iPad Pro is also its most up-to-date device, as much this spring made us look differently at how we will now work.

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• Become about 660 grams, and the wag of a portable computer should be about 3 kilograms.
• Retina screen to look great and turn over to be a traditional computer for quality and readability.
• IPad batteries are installed for approximately 10 years, approximately 3-4 years for a laptop battery (up to 6 years for 9Cell batteries).
• Be sure to connect to the Internet, so as in the iPad you need a chip, and for a laptop you need a call accessory (modem).
• A 5-megapixel camera with a high separate building is not available on large laptops (most of them can only have a 1.3-megapixel or 2-megapixel camera).
• There is a great range of large terabytes (1000 GB) in the amount of 64 GB in the capacity of the maximum storage space in the iPad, and also there is a great number of sizes and specifics, but yes, there is a lot of freedom. go for new.
• Possibility of changing the specifics of the road by adding a new memory or a lot for securing.
• Direct connection to printers and hundreds of accessories via USB, at the same time an iPad is required, and the printer is connected to Wi-Fi.
• Less in price, so how the attachments can reach 350 dollars, from 500 dollars, the price for the iPad.
• The ability to vicoristovuvat Misha and will preserve the high accuracy of the choice.
• The number of additions that are relevant for a personal computer, in contrast to the number of additions to the iPad, is independent of the development of the last one, but the first and the most important is the number of programs for more than 1250 computers.

Laptop over iPad

Whether the tablet is an Apple device, it’s like all the other brands, close to the ideal, and the sale on the small market of mali will be the best for the dynamism. In reality, everything is innaksh. laptops, which are direct falloffs of desktop workstations, so in what way will you be able to overturn mobile “igrashki”.

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Now, how can the iPad Pro be able to change from a laptop? Wonderful, alright.

Yak and earlier, there are no good reasons for picking up a laptop. for example, a 13-inch MacBook Pro. replace iPad. The screen is bigger, the form factor is smaller, it is lighter than vikoristovuvati on the knees, and macOS (Windows 10, Linux or Chrome OS) will need a shorter operating system for problem-solving, no iPadOS.

But the new iPad Pro doesn’t have the same level of performance as the MacBook Pro (and the lackluster laptops). For an ear of wine, nabagato is lighter.

These models support 5G, which means you can connect to the high-speed Internet without the need for Wi-Fi. The screen is also є touch-sensitive, which will not be used MacBook.

Can iPad replace laptop in 2021 ?

Speaking about the screen, Apple announced the new technology of the iPad Pro panel based on Mini LED, like Apple’s Liquid Retina XDR, offering 600 nits of peak brightness, 1M: 1 contrast ratio and 120 Hz update rate. Yaksho vin vypravdaє galas, the screen of the new iPad Pro (2021) can easily flip a 13-inch MacBook Pro. and a large number of.

I can’t finish it, try it again. Judging from the fact that we have been working so far, the new iPad Pro (2021) can be the first tablet to replace a laptop. Singingly, the laptop shanuvalniki are guilty of being angry, ale mi more grasped.

Chi can an iPad replace a laptop

Memory and backup

With a victorian iPad, you absolutely need the ability to get a copy of your valuable special tributes. Navigate a new 128GB iPad 4 back up all your files, all one.

If you go to the Apple downloads section and see the recommendation for the backup of iOS add-ons, then you can take note of the fact that the company recommends robbing backups in my bad iCloud service for connecting to your computer, which is For all of them, I will add more robust backup copies to my Mac or PC. The main reason is that iCloud doesn’t save music and video, as it’s not from iTunes.

Up to the plus point of the backup copy on the computer, you can view the backup file, or the very possibility of the backup file for additional special utilities. Don’t make a backup copy of such opportunities.

Bagaty koristuvacham simply do not whistle 128 GB of memory. And the vicaristannya of that Dropbox will cost 500 for 500 GB in rik, which is not so cheap. Plus, to look at the files, you always need to have an Internet connection.

New realities, new opportunities

AirDrop, Handoff, iCloud extension. On the three whales, it is not yet primed, or rather the independence of the Apple mobile annexes is being actively built, as a result of a large amount of accumulated accumulations. Rіk passed і, well, more іmovіrno, nіshnіy tezh, go by the devіz “all in khmari!” In such a rank, one of the key incomplete tablets right in front of our eyes, everything is better than the old ones of history.

It seems that it is similarly promoted in the field of keyboard, both physical and virtual modules, as well as virtual analogs. Kupertinovtsi Trochs relaxed their dictatorship, which didn’t stop the talented marketing and business people. There is a bit of step-by-step transition to the quality and nutritional vibration of the keyboard for the iPad. old options.

Celebrate the family of official software security from Microsoft at the borders of 2014-2015 rr. I was left behind in the middle of iOS, along the way I got into the look of well-portrayed versions in OS X. the lack of software presented on laptops on the iPad can not be spared anymore.

The size of the screen space, port

11, 13, 15, 17 inches Such a vibration of diagonals to the laptop screen, from a compact version to a retail one, you can thoughtfully adapt the modification for a specific purpose. Do not compare with the more modest 7.9-9.7 inches on the iPad, I want Retina є Retina. The visibility in the quality of the picture in the context of the subject matter of the models of gadgets can be remembered by an inexorable eye. If a laptop can be mounted on a table by looking at a crucible, then a tablet can often be trimmed on a stretched hand, and not at all. At the same time, the inevitable risky is the discovery of local chaos with wires. Connecting a host of peripheral attachments to an iPad is an order of magnitude problematic, not to a laptop. First, because of the right to claim the title of “universal robotic horse”?

Robot with documents

Besides the US, there are a lot of people expanding the iOS functionality behind the addition of jailbreak tweaks with Cydia, which are unlikely to appear on the official versions of iOS.

Infecting the iPad, replacing laptops with buggy people, but the axis of the mainstream computers cannot be left behind. You can leave