Surface Pro 4 vs iPad 5

[Land of What If]

I'm doing graphic design in college on a budget and looking for the best portable way to get it done right now all I have is a lg g5 don't have a set budget but I'm not looking to upgrade any time soon so if anything for a little more is better please let me know right now all I know is Surface Pro 4 or iPad 5 may be the best choice

[Guest]

I don't think there is iPad 5

 

iPad 4th gen

iPad Air 1 and Air 2

iPad Pro are what I remember

 

I would go for Surface Book. Windows is much nicer than a mobile iOS. Having used both 

[79wjd]

4 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Windows is much nicer than a mobile iOS. Having used both 

I tend to disagree. I own a SP3 and I would much rather it be an iPad Pro. Windows sucks as a mobile/touch OS. Although, I do only really use it to take notes with the stylus. So I'm not really taking advantage of the perks of Windows compared to iOS but I am dealing with all the drawbacks. 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, djdwosk97 said:

I tend to disagree. I own a SP3 and I would much rather it be an iPad Pro. Windows sucks as a mobile/touch OS. Although, I do only really use it to take notes with the stylus. So I'm not really taking advantage of the perks of Windows compared to iOS but I am dealing with all the drawbacks. 

I don't recall a pen to be available on other ipad but the pros. If I am not mistaken, most Surface have a pen. That's one thing

Yeah Windows sucks as a mobile but not that much. Though the usability of the OS itself could cover it.

I had a iPad 2 with iOS 9. The main problem is lack of customization option (if not Jailbreak which in some case could violate stuff) which Windows can do it with ease. 

[79wjd]

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

I don't recall a pen to be available on other ipad but the pros. If I am not mistaken, most Surface have a pen. That's one thing

Yeah Windows sucks as a mobile but not that much. Though the usability of the OS itself could cover it.

I had a iPad 2 with iOS 9. The main problem is lack of customization option (if not Jailbreak which in some case could violate stuff) which Windows can do it with ease. 

I said iPad Pro for a reason. 

 

And no, I really hate using my SP3 for much more than taking handwritten notes. The type cover is crap, the trackpad is awful, and the Windows UI offers such an awful experience for touch. Also, I've used an iPhone for the past 3.5 years after having used Android for years (and being a power user in general), and I really don't find myself with any reason to jailbreak. So I don't really see why that would be the case on an iPad either (again, for me). 

[Bradl79]

u can do a lot more with a Surface Pro than an iPad and plus u have more RAM and u can expand ur storage with a microSD unlike iPad

[Land of What If]

10 hours ago, deXxterlab97 said:

I don't think there is iPad 5

 

iPad 4th gen

iPad Air 1 and Air 2

iPad Pro are what I remember

 

I would go for Surface Book. Windows is much nicer than a mobile iOS. Having used both 

 

 

 

 

I'm not sure what the latest and greatest is my experience is that I'm a dinosaur according to T-Mobile so I'm not up to date a eBay search showed I pad 5s for 500ish I don't know what jumber apple is up to any more lol Never been an apple fan but if ipad is best for what I want to do ill get one I'm leaning to surface as well because I prefer windows over apple but if had it in the back of my mind is be able to put whatever os I want on an ipad can anyone confirm that for me

[Land of What If]

10 hours ago, deXxterlab97 said:

I don't recall a pen to be available on other ipad but the pros. If I am not mistaken, most Surface have a pen. That's one thing

Yeah Windows sucks as a mobile but not that much. Though the usability of the OS itself could cover it.

I had a iPad 2 with iOS 9. The main problem is lack of customization option (if not Jailbreak which in some case could violate stuff) which Windows can do it with ease. 

I know apple has there own pen from what if seen surface works with most 3rd party pens I'm not sure if that's true or not also was told apple wasn't and even the 3rd party pens are over priced

[AlTech]

19 hours ago, Land of What If said:

I'm doing graphic design in college on a budget and looking for the best portable way to get it done right now all I have is a lg g5 don't have a set budget but I'm not looking to upgrade any time soon so if anything for a little more is better please let me know right now all I know is Surface Pro 4 or iPad 5 may be the best choice

I have a Surface Pro 4. So long as you buy the core m3 or i5 version then you'll be fine.

 

There is no iPad 5 by the way. It's either iPad Pro (already a year old) or iPad Air 2 (2 years old).

[AlTech]

9 hours ago, Land of What If said:

 

 

 

 

I'm not sure what the latest and greatest is my experience is that I'm a dinosaur according to T-Mobile so I'm not up to date a eBay search showed I pad 5s for 500ish I don't know what jumber apple is up to any more lol Never been an apple fan but if ipad is best for what I want to do ill get one I'm leaning to surface as well because I prefer windows over apple but if had it in the back of my mind is be able to put whatever os I want on an ipad can anyone confirm that for me

Apple hasn't released a numerical based iPad for years. The last number based iPad name was iPad 4. After that it was iPad Air, iPad Air 2 and iPad Pro (12.9" and 9.7")

[Land of What If]

10 hours ago, AluminiumTech said:

I have a Surface Pro 4. So long as you buy the core m3 or i5 version then you'll be fine.

 

There is no iPad 5 by the way. It's either iPad Pro (already a year old) or iPad Air 2 (2 years old).

I was thinking i7 but sounds like surface anyway a lot more buck but wanted to do it right I hear apple has a lot of "software" and sometimes is useful for something

[Tieox]

For me, the big draw to a Surface over the iPad is the ability to have a proper file system.  One major drawback for me with iOS is that I cannot just DL a file and have it stored on the device and then transfer it to another device via Bluetooth etc.

 

Seriously considering the Surface 3 given their price point for a workhorse for 2017 to replace my smashed laptop after my crash in October.

 

 

 

 

[AlTech]

1 hour ago, Land of What If said:

I was thinking i7 but sounds like surface anyway a lot more buck but wanted to do it right I hear apple has a lot of "software" and sometimes is useful for something

I have the SP4 i7, 16GB RAM, 256GB Storage model.

 

The battery life isn't great (it kinda sucks). I regret not buying the i5 or the core M instead. The i7 models are way too overpriced.

[AlTech]

1 hour ago, Kierax said:

For me, the big draw to a Surface over the iPad is the ability to have a proper file system.  One major drawback for me with iOS is that I cannot just DL a file and have it stored on the device and then transfer it to another device via Bluetooth etc.

 

Seriously considering the Surface 3 given their price point for a workhorse for 2017 to replace my smashed laptop after my crash in October.

Make sure to get the 4GB RAM model........

 

2GB is just not enough.

 

[Tieox]

1 minute ago, AluminiumTech said:

Make sure to get the 4GB RAM model........

 

2GB is just not enough.

 

 

Sounds fair.