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34 GPSolo 4 (2017)
Traveling Companions: iPad Pro vs. Surface Pro 4

handle is hein.journals/gpsolo34 and id is 90 raw text is: TRVef LING CPAen By Jeffrey Allen n my previous column, I focused on a comparison between the Mac OS X and Windows 10 operating sys- tems-I still can't help but wonder if Microsoft skipped Windows 9 as a marketing tool, putting them at version 10 to match Apple's OS X. Oh, well, that's not relevant to this column's topic-the iPad Pro versus the Surface Pro 4-just a random thought that marched across my brain as I wrote that column. IPAD PRO Anyway, for those of you who have not read my previous comments about the iPad Pro, let me summarize them for you briefly. (For purposes of simplicity, I will refer to the 9.7 iPad Pro as the smaller and the 12.9 iPad Pro as the larger.) I like the smaller iPad Pro as a traveling companion. It has lots of power, lots of uses, and comes in what I consider the perfect size. While the larger iPad Pro has a slightly faster processor and a bit more RAM, I do not consider it as useful as a traveling companion owing to its larger size and greater weight. In truth, I have not noticed much difference in perfor- mance speed between the two versions, despite the differing specifications. The two versions both use the same version of the iOS, come in the same memory configurations, and have Retina displays. To create the Retina presentation the larger iPad Pro comes with a higher resolution than the smaller one, but you do not see the difference. Another significant difference relates Jeffrey Allen (jallenlawtek@aol.com, jallenlawtekblog. com) is the principal in the law firm of Graves & Allen in Oakland, California. A frequent speaker on technology topics, he is Editor-in-Chief of GPSolo magazine and GPSoIo eReport and a member of the Board of Editors of Experience magazine. Apple iPad Pro (left) and Microsoft Surface Pro 4 (right) to the camera, as Apple created the smaller iPad Pro with a better camera (12-megapixel iSight versus 8-megapixel iSight). The two iterations of the iPad Pro have a few other differences that will likely fall into sync in the next up- grade. You can compare the specifica- tions in detail on Apple's website (apple. com/ipad-pro/specs). Perhaps the most significant differ- ence from a usability perspective relates to the relative sizes and weights of the two devices. Without a case (or key- board) the smaller iPad Pro measures 9.4 x 6.6 x 0.24 and weighs 0.96 pounds (0.98 pounds for the WiFi + cel- lular models). The larger iPad Pro (also without a case or keyboard) measures 12 x 8.68 x 0.27 and weighs 1.57 pounds (1.59 pounds for WiFi + cellu- lar). The weights with Apple's keyboard case come to 2.33 pounds for the larger and 1.73 for the smaller. That makes the larger version slightly larger and heavier than the 2.03 pound, 11.04 x 7.74 x 0.14/0.52 MacBook and about the same size and almost as heavy as the 3.02 pound, 11.97 x 8.36 x 0.59 MacBook Pro (13). So, you are taking up just about the same space in your case and carrying almost as much weight with the larger iPad Pro with keyboard case as you would for an excellent laptop com- puter. Given this choice, I would likely opt for the MacBook Pro in most cases over the larger iPad Pro owing to its substantially greater power for a slight increase in weight; but if I did not need the laptop, I would likely opt for the smaller iPad and save the 1.3 pounds of extra weight. In truth, I prefer using a laptop when I write, so if I have seri- ous writing to do (other than simply e-mails), I generally will bring a laptop along instead of the iPad. In practice, the smaller iPad Pro has joined my Kindle eReader and my iPhone 7 Plus as the tools that come with me on virtually every trip and accom- pany me in most of my daily activities. GPSOLO I March/April 2017 Published in GPSOLO, Volume 34, Number 2, March/April 2017 © 2017 by the American Bar Association. Reproduced with permission. All rights reserved. This information or any portion thereof may not be copied or disseminated in any form or by any means or stored in an electronic database or retrieval system without the express written consent of the American Bar Association. 4 o o a d Q 0 T Y 0 E

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