Plus, the liquid retina XDR display can achieve up to 1,000 nits of brightness, which is significantly more than the 450 nits the Surface Pro 8 delivers. The Ipad Pro also features Apple’s ultra-premium liquid retina XDR display, which offers a greater variety of color than the Microsoft Surface Pro 8, or the more expensive Surface Pro X model.
On the other hand, the Microsoft Surface Pro 8 is optimized for working with large documents or spreadsheets, which makes it a better choice for professionals working in business or similar fields. However, choosing between the major players, Apple’s Ipad Pro and Microsoft’s Surface Pro 8, can be tricky, and usually involves taking stock of what type of work you intend to use your tablet for.Īside from the difference in operating system, the most notable divergence between the Ipad Pro and Surface Pro 8, the Apple Ipad Pro retains its reputation as the go-to tablet for anyone working in design or other creative industries. Everyone from business professionals to school teachers are finding new and exciting ways to use their super-tablets to blast through their to-do lists. To support his claims, Schiller brought on stage executives from Microsoft-to show off Office for the iPad-and Adobe, which demonstrated apps like Adobe Fix, allowing graphic artists to manipulate images digitally on the iPad.With more people working remotely, the need for a device that combines the portability and interface of a tablet with the capability and size of a lap-top is on the rise. Oh boy, multitasking! But not quite in…windows. It has the precision to “touch a single pixel,” Schiller claimed. It does, however, include a Lightning connector for charging.Īpple’s Schiller claimed that the iPad Pro and the new Pencil worked together to give the impression of nearly latency-free inking, supporting different levels of inking pressure. The keyboard will be available for $169, in November.Īnd then there’s the Apple Pencil, a $99 stylus that’s really long-about the length of an ordinary #2 pencil, it appears. It’s far longer than the stylus that ships with the Surface Pro 3 tablets, and it appears to lack a loop or even a docking port to connect to the tablet. Unlike Microsoft’s Type Cover, the keyboard lies flat on the tabletop and, like the Touch Cover, it’s made of fabric as well-an improvement over typing directly on glass, but probably not much. Like the Surface, it connects to the tablet through three metal bumps, which transmit data as well as power. Doesn’t this Apple Smart Keyboard look familiar?īecause the iPad still lacks a kickstand, the Smart Keyboard copies the foldover “origami” keyboard of Amazon’s tablets.