iPad Pro Vs Surface Pro

[Tero Ahlfors]

You can’t run normal apps on an iPad because it’s an iOS device whereas the Surface has a proper Windows on it that you can use to do whatever a normal computer can do.

[Andy Patterson]

[Tero Ahlfors] “You can’t run normal apps on an iPad because it’s an iOS device whereas the Surface has a proper Windows on it that you can use to do whatever a normal computer can do.”

You are correct. I find it odd that in the year 2017 so many people still have not received the memo about both products. Having said that when will Apple release the iPhone Pro for the most demanding professionals : )

[Noah Kadner]

The iPad will work in conjunction with the iMac a lot more harmoniously. Tablets in general are optimized more for content consumption than creation. But the end result depends greatly on what it is you hope to accomplish on one vs. the other.

Noah

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[Andy Patterson]

[Noah Kadner] “The iPad will work in conjunction with the iMac a lot more harmoniously. Tablets in general are optimized more for content consumption than creation. But the end result depends greatly on what it is you hope to accomplish on one vs. the other.”

The iPad can probably integrate with an iMac more harmoniously than the Surface Pro but I am not sure why you would need an iMac if you own an $2,200.00 Surface Pro. The Surface Pro can do everything the iPad, iMac and Mac Book Air can do combined for a lot less money. Having said that it does not hurt to look at what the other Windows 10 tablets have to offer.

[John Rofrano]

[kingsley asumadu] “My goal is to be able to use it to create content with Adobe cc in conjunction with my iMac.”

You’ve just answered your own question because the iPad Pro doesn’t run Adobe CC so you won’t be doing any content creation with desktop Adobe CC applications on an iPad like you can with the Surface Pro. Having said that, you should check out the Adobe Mobile Apps and see what they have for the iPad. For example Adobe Illustrator Draw and Adobe Photoshop Sketch would be great for creating graphic content for your video work, and those apps have access to the Adobe cloud, but if you were hoping to edit videos I don’t believe there is an Adobe app for that (but I don’t use any Adobe products).

iPad Pro Vs Surface Pro

You should know that these are two completely different beasts. The iPad Pro is a tablet with a user interface designed from the ground up for a touch based user experience which is very “Mac-like” in the way it behaves. The Surface Pro is basically a Windows 10 laptop with a touch screen and detachable keyboard. It runs the Windows desktop which is IMHO, a horrible interface for a tablet since it was designed to be used with a mouse. Very clunky and not the smooth experience of the iPad at all.

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[Noah Kadner]

But there’s the rub- if I am going to bother to switch over to Windows from Mac OS l, I want a super powerful CPU and GPU I can personally upgrade whenever it suits me.

Noah

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[Carmi Weinzweig]

[kingsley asumadu] “I need your advice on my next purchase, basically I’m looking to get a tablet (iPad Pro or the latest surface pro). My goal is to be able to use it to create content with Adobe cc in conjunction with my iMac.”

To answer this, we really have to understand what you mean by “in conjunction with my iMac”. AeroPad and other apps like it enable one to use the iPad (or iPad Pro) as a display/input device for a Mac. Several of our designers have dropped their Cintiqs in favor of 12″ iPad Pros and Apple Pencils.

If, on the other hand, you want to work directly on the iPad, you need to decide if the Adobe CC companion apps will fill your needs. As has been mentioned, the primary CC apps do not currently run native on the iPad. Illustrator and Photoshop both have good companion apps that provide quite a lot of functionality, and there are good non-Adobe competitors for them. I do not think many of the other CC apps have great companions (other than Prelude live logger as a companion to Premiere Pro during production).

[Ronny Courtens]

What on earth does a Surface have to do with “FCP X Debates”? This forum is growing into a complete mess. Isn’t there a hardware forum somewhere on the Cow where the “X vs. Y” children can play?

– Ronny

[Steve Connor]

[Ronny Courtens] “What on earth does a Surface have to do with “FCP X Debates”? This forum is growing into a complete mess. Isn’t there a hardware forum somewhere on the Cow where the “X vs. Y” children can play?”

I know this forum has a broader outlook than just FCPX, and I enjoy the debates about other NLE’s but constant referencing of PC’s and Microsoft products on here are really getting tedious. The fact that a major release of FCPX has happened and there isn’t a vast amount of discussion on here about it I think confirms Bill’s theory that this isn’t a place that FCPX users like to hangout any more.

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[Andy Patterson]

[John Rofrano] “You should know that these are two completely different beasts. The iPad Pro is a tablet with a user interface designed from the ground up for a touch based user experience which is very “Mac-like” in the way it behaves. The Surface Pro is basically a Windows 10 laptop with a touch screen and detachable keyboard. It runs the Windows desktop which is IMHO, a horrible interface for a tablet since it was designed to be used with a mouse. Very clunky and not the smooth experience of the iPad at all.”

That is incorrect. I am very surprized how many people did not recieve the memo. Window 10 has the Metro Mobile Mode and the Desktop Mode. Windows tablets can use the Core i7 CPUs. Having said that the Metro Mode cannot be all that bad considering the iPad copied some of the features of the Windows 8 Metro Mode. If Apple users like touch screen devices (like the iPad) but also like to run 64 bit OS X programs Apple doesn’t make it easy. Apple users must use a mobile OS and a desktop OS to make the Apple ecosystem work. Bad mouthing Windows 10 will not change the facts. I would not want MS to force the user to use two separate operating systems and two different programs depending one what device I am using.