For years, fans and detractors alike have been talking about the iPad in terms of it being a real computer. Enthusiasts suggest it is. While detractors insist it isn’t. Now, Apple has entered the fray to make their position more clear. Not only is the iPad Pro a computer, but it is also a good candidate for being your next computer.
Apple has made the ad available on their YouTube channel and will presumably air it on TV as well.
AppleInsider’s take is, “New iPad Pro ad hammers home Apple’s ongoing laptop replacement theme.” The Verge notes that “Apple really wants you to think the iPad Pro is a computer.” Jason Snell from Six Colors threads the needle by declaring the iPad “a computer, not a PC.”
Apple’s new messaging is more aggressive than we have seen from them with regard to the iPad Pro, a product in desperate need of definition. Here is how Apple is defining it:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=tUQK7DMys54%3Ffeature%3Doembed
Apple may be attempting to respond to the nearly universal conclusions from professional reviewers. The iPad hardware is the most capable out of anything in its class if there even is anything in its class. But the software and OS hold the platform back, making it difficult to recommend as a tool someone can use to replace their professional workflow, even graphic artists.
It was reported earlier in the year that Apple held back many iPad OS improvements that would have made the iPad more of a full computer and less a larger version of the iPhone. According to the rumor mill, those features will be announced at 2019 WWDC.
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