Ukuthengiswa kwazo zombili i-iPad namathebulethi kukonke bekulokhu kwehla iminyaka eminingana futhi akubonakali sengathi okulindelwe esikhathini esizayo kungukuthuthuka kunokwamanje. Empeleni, ngaphandle kwe-Apple eqhubeka nokubheja ku-iPad, noma ikunika ukuthinta okungaphezulu kobuchwepheshe, ezinye izinkampani zivuselela nje amamodeli ezinikeza wona manje emakethe. Kubukeka sengathi abasebenzisi ekugcineni bakubonile ukulinganiselwa okunikezwa yilolu hlobo lwedivayisi futhi bakhethe olunye uhlobo lwethebhulethi olubavumela ukuthi benze imisebenzi eminingi ngenkathi bahlala esikhaleni esifanayo.
Futhi njengobufakazi balokhu, sinemiphumela yezomnotho yakamuva ekhonjiswe yinkampani ezinze eRedmond, iMicrosoft, lapho singabona khona ukuthi inkampani ithengise ngaphezulu kwe-38% yeSurface kunangesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule, kusuka kwimali engenayo evela ekuthengisweni kwalezi zinsiza zamaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-672 kuya ezigidini ezingama-926. Yize kuliqiniso ukuthi inkampani ayinikanga ngenani lamadivayisi athengisiwe, lezi zibalo zingasinika ukuqonda ukuthi abasebenzisi babona ngamehlo amahle kakhulu ithebulethi elisinikeza wonke amandla ekhompyutha futhi esinganamathisela kuyo ikhibhodi negundane lapho silidinga.
Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokwethulwa kwe-iPad Pro, amaningi bekungamahemuhemu akhomba kuwo I-Apple ingaqala uhlelo lwe-hybrid olusivumela ukuthi siphathe ithebhulethi nge-iOS kanye / noma i-OS X, ukuze sikwazi ukusebenzisa izinhlelo zokusebenza zedeskithophu ezinikeza idivayisi ukusebenza okuhlukahlukene kakhulu. Kepha njengoba sikwazi ukubona, i-iPad Pro iphathwa nge-iOS, nemikhawulo ebandakanya bonke labo basebenzisi abadinga ukuhamba kodwa ngasikhathi sinye badinga izinhlelo zokusebenza ezitholakala kuphela ku-OS X.