Originally Posted By: DWallach
- New iPad devices, topping out in a 13" model with optional magnetically-attaching / folding keyboard and pressure-sensitive stylus pen. Fully decked out, it's over $1300. Basically, it's Apple's version of the Microsoft Surface. Among other notables, the bigger screen has enough space that they'll run two apps side-by-side.

Benchmarks from the iPad Pro are impressive. The A9x in it has a near equal single core CPU benchmark to my 2.6 GHz Core i7 processor from 2012, which needs a fan and much more power to achieve the same computing power. It's a dual core though compared to quad core of the i7. The iPad Air 2 with it's A8x is a bit odd in the lineup having the only tri core CPU.

Reviews of the drawing tablet use case seem to all indicate a better experience then the Wacom Cintiq devices. I'll be curious to see how much of the creative industry moves over. Cintiq was becoming the standard at my more recent game jobs over the screen-less drawing tablets.