nobody does it quite like apple they've taken this super powerful m1 chip from
the latest macbooks and put it in the brand new 2021 ipad pro along with more
RAM more storage freekin Thunderbolt and
arguably the most advanced display on a mobile device period i am really happy
about this direction because the thing is everyone including us knows at this
point that the ipad pro is not just a computer it's a computer for legitimate
pros so if that's the case why does apple keep treating it like a
toy for children to watch youtube and play cut the rope there's still no file
copy progress bar you can't sideload apps it deserves better and this is
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i'm sorry i lost my composure it's just that the saga of the ipad pro has been a
bit of a wild ride for me i went from being excited about the future of truly
pro tablets to disappointed about apple's premature it's a computer
messaging when spoiler it wasn't yet then back to excited about the
computer-like features of ipad os the magic keyboard learning about the
workflows of real professional ipad os users they're out there we even edited
the last video about the ipad pro on the
ipad pro and according to mark it was pretty good but having just crested a
high point i find myself conflicted about the latest iteration on the one
hand apple has upgraded almost every aspect of this machine it's a hair
thicker than last year sure but the m1 so sees eight CPU cores eight GPU cores
16 neural engine cores paired with up to 16 gigs of RAM and two terabytes of
storage makes it by far the most powerful tablet ever
because no that thing doesn't count now most people
won't actually end up with that top spec because paying 2100 us dollars for a
tablet is actually illegal in many jurisdictions
fbi open up but hey if you're the sort of person who buys a new car when you
run out of gas then i guess you're above the law anyway so apple's got you
covered now in terms of performance in geekbench the m1 absolutely embarrasses
its predecessor but in real world situations like lumafusion and premier
rush rendering it only boasts a modest improvement in procreate for example you
can work with three or four more layers but that's it and it seems like the
reason for this is that most ipad apps haven't been updated yet to be able to
make proper use of the new horsepower including not being able to use more
than 5 gigabytes of RAM i'm sure the situation will improve soon procreate is
apparently already planning to add the ability to work with 3d models but for
now you might find yourself in a bit of a driving a formula one to work type
situation it's also enabled apple to take the game-changing edition of usb-c
on previous ipad pros and kick it up a notch thanks to its support for
Thunderbolt and usb4 this port's bandwidth went from 10 to 40 gigabit per
second allowing the new ipad pro to connect more displays drives and
accessories and even power apple's 6k pro display xdr though i suspect that
most of the people accessorizing their ipad with a 5 000 monitor treat our high
quality lttstore.com water bottles as single use
the camera and lidar sensor module on the back is pretty much the same as
before but this ipad pro has a new 12 megapixel ultra wide front-facing camera
whose true purpose is to enable center stage this feature is super cool it
allows the camera to zoom in and follow you around in your video calls and can
help keep multiple people in the frame at once even if they're the sort that
tends to kind of drift off that's really cool even if it reminds me of the
facebook portal which was less cool like i know apple is probably
stealing my data even though they say they don't but for some reason it's more
comforting imagining tim apple watching me through the ipad camera than the zuck
oh Linus i love your passion but i will
never answer your emails finally there's the most forward-facing upgrade the new
liquid retina xdr display that is 10 whole syllables to say every single time
but it's worth it it's got 10 000 mini leds split into over 2500 dimming zones
a 1 million to 1 contrast ratio and a whopping 1 000 nits of sustained
brightness 1600 peak now mini led
displays aren't capable of the infinite contrast and perfect blacks of an OLED
display so there is some visible blooming in certain scenarios such as
viewing white text on a black background but when viewing HDR content the
difference between this ipad pro and the 2020 model is obvious enough that even
people who don't get sweaty thinking about hybrid log gamma are gonna notice
the xdr display is also great for creators whether you prefer the moving
pictures or the still kind the m1 ipad pro now has both the horsepower and the
display to craft content with rich colors and deep contrast it's just too
bad that this fabulous screen is attached to a tablet that starts at
eleven hundred dollars before you add the 350 keyboard accessory ah yes
here comes the tone shift in this video because the thing is no matter how many
times apple calls this thing a computer after five generations of ipad pros now
they've made it abundantly clear through their actions that they don't actually
want it to be as good as your computer in some of our previous ipad videos
we've opted to look on the bright side of ipad os deficiencies especially in
the context of macOS or Windows users who are trying to switch because the
thing is i get it ipads aren't for
those people they're for ipad users and fair enough once you master ipad os
multitasking get used to the system's quirks and learn how to use some of
these surprisingly robust apps that are specifically designed for the ipad it
can be a capable and super portable daily driver but the weird thing is
apple must know that those people exist
and yet they outright refuse to add functionality to ipad os to make their
lives just a little bit better i mean we're talking about stuff here that's
just basic on other operating systems
connecting to servers and transferring large files is still heinously bad
there's no progress bar and the m1 ipad pro has more CPU cores and more memory
which helps it go faster but unless you check in on the file transfer later you
will never know if it actually completed or if it wigged out and like
i don't want to out anyone but i saw some ipad enthusiast content creators
that were praising the new ipad pro because it was able to complete file
transfers in the background without failing that's not a feature
that's the bare minimum and ipad os multitasking has come a long
way but there's still some weird quirks you know like you can have three apps
active on a screen at once that's great two in split screen and one in slide
over but in order to add an app to slide over you have to go to the home screen
open the app go back to the app you were using before drag up the dock then drag
the app from the recent app section up to slide over for context this way of
opening a windowed app was also designed
by an apple engineer the ipad team should hire them
any monitors that you might connect to the fancy new Thunderbolt port they will
still only duplicate the ipad screen
they won't extend it why would you want
two of the same thing onto two screens
at the same time and as for the app situation the truth is desktop versions
are still more functional lumafusion procreate they're great but what if you
like photoshop apple and adobe have been beating the full photoshop on the ipad
drum for years but according to apple's own
timepiece it is now 2021 and they're still working on that adding basic
desktop features like the magic wand raw file support and sharpening and don't
get me started on the fact that ipad os unlike macOS Windows and Android
doesn't allow the side loading of apps outside of the app store an issue that's
received more attention in the wake of epic's lawsuit just let them win apple i
would definitely give this thing a higher score if i could just download on it the worst part of all of this
is that apple spends almost 20 billion
dollars a year on research and development let that number soak into
your mind and then think
knowing that the only possible conclusion to draw is that when an apple
product doesn't have some basic functionality like tracking your
rollerblading workout on the apple watch it's because they just don't
want it to so coming back to the ipad pro then if it's hard to use as a
computer it's because apple wants it that way they've added a few things here
and there to appease the more computer minded among us but they've also refused
to do these obvious things that would take it from a usable computer to a
great one and this inner struggle over the identity of the ipad was on full
display during the epic trial where craig federighi testified that iOS was
designed to be simple and safe enough for infants okay
i guess that's fair but then why market the ipad pro as a computer replacement
for professionals when it's running software designed for babies
in your own words now we're currently filming this video two days before wwdc
2021 where apple is expected to announce some new features for the ipad os and
maybe they'll add a file transfer progress bar and support for extended
displays and full fat ports of desktop apps
and support for third-party app stores while they're at it but so far the
rumors point to more along the lines of allowing you to
arrange widgets on the home screen however you like though that
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enjoy our previous video editing an ipad
video on the ipad because we learned a lot about how this thing really is a
professional computer even if apple refuses to make it one
and i am not going to put up with uh hi i'm lana i'm Linus