WEBVTT 00:00:02.159 --> 00:00:12.400 Even after playing around with it for a while, it's still just weird, you know? 00:00:07.440 --> 00:00:15.679 It just looks kind of wrong. 00:00:12.400 --> 00:00:19.520 But there's no denying it. The argument 00:00:15.679 --> 00:00:22.720 about whether this thing is a computer 00:00:19.520 --> 00:00:25.680 or not is over. With the Magic Keyboard 00:00:22.720 --> 00:00:31.840 and trackpad, Apple's iPad Pro is, for better or for worse, a laptop, leaving 00:00:28.160 --> 00:00:34.239 only one question behind. Is it a good 00:00:31.840 --> 00:00:38.480 laptop? Still weird, though. Display Blade has over 800,000 poster designs 00:00:36.719 --> 00:00:42.879 that are vibrant, durable, and long-lasting. Check out the LT 00:00:40.480 --> 00:00:47.160 collection and save 15% with offer code LTT at the link below. 00:00:54.399 --> 00:01:00.399 At first glance, you'd be forgiven for thinking that the Magic Keyboard case is 00:00:58.640 --> 00:01:04.640 an incremental upgrade over its predecessor, the iPad Smart Keyboard 00:01:02.480 --> 00:01:08.479 Folio. It's got the same polyurethane exterior and color palette, and it 00:01:06.560 --> 00:01:14.159 attaches to the iPad Pro with super strong magnets. But the two keyboards 00:01:10.400 --> 00:01:16.560 are in entirely different categories. 00:01:14.159 --> 00:01:22.320 For one, look at the range of motion on this puppy. It is leagues beyond the two 00:01:20.240 --> 00:01:26.720 static positions of the keyboard folio, improving ergonomics in almost any 00:01:24.560 --> 00:01:30.799 situation. Our one complaint here is that it would have been nice for it to 00:01:28.080 --> 00:01:35.920 be able to go a bit further back. But I understand that that's hard because the 00:01:32.880 --> 00:01:38.079 iPad Pro is pretty heavy for a laptop 00:01:35.920 --> 00:01:42.640 display. Which is why, as Riley pointed out on ShortCircuit, the Magic Keyboard 00:01:40.400 --> 00:01:46.720 actually weighs slightly more than the iPad Pro to prevent the whole assembly 00:01:44.799 --> 00:01:51.920 from being comically unable to stand upright. Another big improvement is the 00:01:48.880 --> 00:01:54.560 built-in USBC port. Now, it doesn't 00:01:51.920 --> 00:01:58.640 carry data, but it's kind of magical to be able to charge the iPad Pro through 00:01:56.640 --> 00:02:04.399 the keyboard smart connector without having a cord dangle from the tablet's 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:06.079 own USBC port. Of course, even the most 00:02:04.399 --> 00:02:12.480 magic keyboard still has to be a good 00:02:08.560 --> 00:02:14.400 keyboard. And good news, cuz it is. It 00:02:12.480 --> 00:02:18.560 uses the same scissor-based switches that Apple has now returned to the 00:02:16.640 --> 00:02:22.239 MacBook line after replacing them with the universally loathed butterfly 00:02:20.239 --> 00:02:25.360 switches. And while the key caps are a bit wobblier than their laptop 00:02:23.599 --> 00:02:28.800 counterparts, and it would have been nice for them to include a row of 00:02:26.879 --> 00:02:33.599 function keys for things like volume and brightness adjustment, this magic 00:02:31.040 --> 00:02:37.840 keyboard gives an undeniably more laptop-like experience than the keyboard 00:02:35.680 --> 00:02:42.480 folio did. And if you really do want an escape key, you can just modify another 00:02:40.160 --> 00:02:47.040 key to serve as one, although the go home trackpad gesture mostly does the 00:02:45.040 --> 00:02:51.280 job. As for the typing experience, there is a distinct tactile bump with a soft 00:02:49.440 --> 00:02:56.000 bottom. And typing at speed makes you feel like you really are being 00:02:53.200 --> 00:03:00.959 productive with an iPad. A thought that renders me, a PC enthusiast and laptop 00:02:58.959 --> 00:03:04.720 die hard, deeply uncomfortable. Thankfully, I can feel a lot more 00:03:02.560 --> 00:03:10.800 comfortable if I just touch this nice soft shirt from ltstore.com. 00:03:07.440 --> 00:03:12.800 Ah, surprisingly though, an equal, if 00:03:10.800 --> 00:03:18.480 not greater contributor to this productive feeling is the trackpad. Yes, 00:03:16.239 --> 00:03:24.159 iPads can have trackpads now, and this one is actually kind of great. I mean, 00:03:21.440 --> 00:03:28.800 don't get me wrong, it is tiny. But if Microsoft can get away with using the 00:03:25.840 --> 00:03:32.640 same tiny trackpad on every Surface Pro ever, I think I can accept that there 00:03:31.040 --> 00:03:36.720 simply wasn't enough room to make this one any bigger without other 00:03:34.239 --> 00:03:41.120 compromises. It's got a smooth glass top layer just like MacBook trackpads and 00:03:38.879 --> 00:03:45.840 does not use a diving board mechanism, so it's actually clickable everywhere on 00:03:43.280 --> 00:03:51.599 its surface. And because it's so small yet feels so smooth, we actually ended 00:03:48.239 --> 00:03:54.159 up leaving trackpad inertia on in the 00:03:51.599 --> 00:03:58.080 settings. I know it's a sin, but seriously, guys, it's kind of neat cuz 00:03:56.319 --> 00:04:01.519 it lets you fling the cursor from one end of the monitor to the other with 00:03:59.760 --> 00:04:06.640 just a tiny finger movement. Did I just call an iPad Pro a monitor? 00:04:04.480 --> 00:04:10.799 What is happening right now? Okay, now we've already talked about the way that 00:04:08.159 --> 00:04:14.400 regular mouse support works in iPad OS, but the trackpad has a number of 00:04:12.400 --> 00:04:18.959 multi-finger gestures that completely change the game for using the iPad on a 00:04:16.720 --> 00:04:23.199 desk. Obviously, two-finger scrolling is here along with two-finger tap to right 00:04:20.880 --> 00:04:28.320 click. Although, that doesn't work on everything in iPad OS. In fact, nothing 00:04:25.759 --> 00:04:31.360 works on everything in iPad OS. It's not very cohesive. But you can also use 00:04:29.840 --> 00:04:34.400 two-finger swipe in browsers to go forward and back and two finger swipe 00:04:33.040 --> 00:04:38.560 down from the home screen to bring up Spotlight search. The big navigation 00:04:36.240 --> 00:04:42.960 gestures involve three-finger swipes though. Swipe left or right to switch 00:04:40.560 --> 00:04:47.520 apps, up to go home, and swipe up and hold to enter the multitasking menu from 00:04:45.440 --> 00:04:51.280 which you can two-finger swipe on any app to close it. I got to say, being 00:04:49.199 --> 00:04:56.080 able to zoom around the iPad's UI without lifting your ARM up or moving 00:04:53.680 --> 00:05:00.800 around so much to touch the screen not only makes navigation feel much less 00:04:57.840 --> 00:05:04.960 tedious, it actually feels kind of cool. But the story here isn't all rainbows 00:05:02.639 --> 00:05:09.919 and lollipops either. Making the Magic Keyboard more like a laptop conversion 00:05:07.280 --> 00:05:14.320 mod and less like a tablet folio means you cannot flip it all the way around 00:05:12.320 --> 00:05:17.919 and use the iPad Pro like a tablet with the case still attached. And the stiff 00:05:16.479 --> 00:05:22.639 supportive hinge and super strong magnets mean that it's impossible to 00:05:19.840 --> 00:05:27.360 open with one hand and actually annoyingly difficult to open even with 00:05:24.800 --> 00:05:31.120 two hands. Here's one. Something we found infuriating in the age of laptops 00:05:29.360 --> 00:05:37.440 whose lids can be lifted effortlessly with a single finger. Then there's iPad 00:05:34.080 --> 00:05:39.440 OS. Now, it's come a long way. I mean, 00:05:37.440 --> 00:05:43.039 using multiple Windows in the same app while replying to messages with slide 00:05:41.199 --> 00:05:47.520 over and dragging and dropping files to an external hard drive while plugged 00:05:45.120 --> 00:05:52.479 into an external monitor is something iPad users could only dream about a 00:05:50.080 --> 00:05:57.199 couple of short years ago. But the fact remains that as an operating system, it 00:05:54.560 --> 00:06:02.560 is still miles behind the versatility that one can find in Windows, macOS, 00:05:59.840 --> 00:06:07.600 and Linux. And that continues to make Apple's moves with the iPad Pro and by 00:06:05.280 --> 00:06:12.479 extension the Magic Keyboard so confusing to me. In our last video about 00:06:10.080 --> 00:06:16.880 the iPad Pro, we said that Apple had dropped the ball by turning it into a 00:06:14.479 --> 00:06:22.479 laptop because it seemed like they had envisioned this grand future where the 00:06:19.520 --> 00:06:26.560 iPad Pro existed as a different kind of professional computing device, one that 00:06:24.400 --> 00:06:30.639 you use with touch and a and a pencil input instead of with a mouse and 00:06:28.639 --> 00:06:36.639 keyboard. And then they pulled this big, hey, gotcha and released a $350 00:06:34.479 --> 00:06:40.240 attachment that seems to completely negate that vision. I just had no idea 00:06:38.880 --> 00:06:44.240 how to interpret it. Like, what what what is this thing? And then making my 00:06:42.880 --> 00:06:50.800 life as a reviewer even more complicated, this 12.9 in iPad Pro 00:06:47.520 --> 00:06:54.240 starts at $1,000 00:06:50.800 --> 00:06:56.960 with just $128 gigs of onboard storage. 00:06:54.240 --> 00:07:01.360 That means that altogether this setup is $1,400 00:06:59.440 --> 00:07:07.280 for a machine that in the mind of any sane laptop user is a clear downgrade 00:07:04.880 --> 00:07:12.479 from a MacBook or a Windows Ultrabook. But then there's this funny thing that 00:07:09.599 --> 00:07:16.880 doesn't seem to be how iPad users see it. We keep making these videos about 00:07:14.479 --> 00:07:22.400 the iPad where we express confusion and incredul at Apple's huge missteps with 00:07:19.759 --> 00:07:27.280 their flagship Pro tablet. And then iPad Pro users keep telling us about how each 00:07:24.319 --> 00:07:32.639 of these updates, iPad OS in 2019 and the Magic Keyboard this year, have made 00:07:29.280 --> 00:07:35.120 them love their iPads even more. They 00:07:32.639 --> 00:07:39.840 talk about alternative workflows where they type on their iPad at their desk, 00:07:37.360 --> 00:07:44.479 then pop it out of the keyboard and use it on the couch. They extol the virtues 00:07:42.160 --> 00:07:49.680 of apps that PC enthusiasts like me have never even heard of that let them mix 00:07:46.479 --> 00:07:53.360 audio and edit images and 4K videos and 00:07:49.680 --> 00:07:55.120 write code on their iPads. I mean, sure, 00:07:53.360 --> 00:07:59.520 the shortcomings that we find so frustrating mean that they actually 00:07:56.960 --> 00:08:03.440 cannot do the exact same things the exact same way that we do them on a 00:08:01.840 --> 00:08:08.560 traditional laptop, but they just don't care. It seems like that different way 00:08:06.240 --> 00:08:13.280 of using this separate pro category device is still 00:08:11.280 --> 00:08:18.160 alive and well, but rather than an eitheror, it's more of a both. And use 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:23.120 the iPad Pro as a touch and pencil device. Use it as a keyboard and 00:08:20.080 --> 00:08:26.160 trackpad device. It works pretty well 00:08:23.120 --> 00:08:29.120 either way, mostly. As I alluded to 00:08:26.160 --> 00:08:33.440 before, iPad OS has a long way to go before the kind of uninterrupted, 00:08:31.520 --> 00:08:39.760 magically smooth UI experience that you get in Apple's apps extends to the whole 00:08:35.599 --> 00:08:41.919 ecosystem. But even with that in mind, 00:08:39.760 --> 00:08:47.440 after this review, I think I'll be looking at the iPad Pro's future with 00:08:44.399 --> 00:08:50.240 less confusion and more 00:08:47.440 --> 00:08:54.240 skeptical interest with a really light wallet. 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