On the first two fronts the iPad Pro ticks all the right boxes. To be a great design tool a device needs three things an impressive stylus, a well calibrated display and top notch software. Having worked as an artist and been a staple fan of everything from Wacom tablets and design PCs to Microsoft’s Surface Pro 4 I took this claim with a pinch of salt.Īfter all, how could a tablet running a mobile operating system previously focused on entertainment and mobility offer all the services and tools an artist, or designer needs?Īs it turns out, for the most part it can, or at least could in the near future. Watch our iPad Pro vs Surface Pro 4 comparison video: As a result I wasn’t at all surprised when current Apple CEO Tim Cook pulled the exact same trick at the at the launch of the iPad Pro. Back in the day Steve Jobs claimed Apple created the smartphone market, when he unveiled the first iPhone, despite the fact Nokia had technically beaten the company to the punch with Symbian.Ī little later he ignored the stream of Windows Slate PCs, and claimed to have invented the tablet at the launch of the first iPad. OPINION: Is Apple’s iPad Pro and Apple Pencil the perfect combination for artists? We let our in-house artist Alastair Stevenson take it for a spin and see.Īpple has never shied away from making big, sweeping claims about its hardware.
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