iPad Pro VS Microsoft Surface, similar but not the same

The iPad Pro has come to compete with the Microsoft Surface. They are a priori two devices that respond to the same needs and that are aimed at the same audience, those who seek maximum portability but with enough power to be able to perform tasks at a professional level. But despite the physical similarities and the fact that their performance seems very similar, the differences are very evident., basically because your operating system is. In The Verge they have compared both professional tablets and the conclusions they draw are very interesting.

Both devices are great tablets that are geared toward being used with a keyboard and stylus. The Microsoft Surface includes the pencil among its accessories that come in the box, while the Apple Pencil must be purchased separately. Both devices do have keyboards as an extra that you have to buy, even though it is a staple to use. A priori with all these accessories the two devices can do the same things, but the way of doing it is very different in one and the other.

In the comparison they insist that the Surface is basically a laptop, while the iPad Pro is a tablet, and this shows in their operating systems. Microsoft Surface carries Windows 10, a desktop operating system that has its shortcomings when it comes to using the device as a tablet. The iPad Pro uses iOS 9, which means that all applications are adapted to be used on a touch screen, and you also have the huge App Store catalog available, but this has a downside: many "Pro" applications are not designed for use on mobile devices. The most classifying example is Adobe Photoshop, which on the Surface is available in its full potential desktop version, while on the iPad Pro it is the same mobile application that is used on "normal" iPads. Advantage or disadvantage? That will depend on the use of each one.

The comparison focuses on the digital pen of each of the two tablets. The Apple Pencil comes out as the winner for having a much more natural writing and drawing and also with an excellent palm rejection technology, qualifying it as the best digital pen they have ever used. The stylus of the Microsoft Surface is not bad at all, but it lags a bit behind in these respects. What it wins is the fact that it has an "eraser" at the top, like pencils with an eraser, which they say is missing in the Apple Pencil. The video leaves us many more details that are very interesting so we recommend that you take a look because it is worth it.