[jordanab]

I own a 2018 iPad Pro, and it's possibly the best & most versatile device I've ever owned. Among the things I use it for are: surfing the web whilst on the couch, checking in on my RSS feeds, casual gaming, watching movies, reading PDF & Kindle e-books, handwritten & typed notes for work & study, replying emails, portable RDP, VNC & SSH client on the go. And I'm probably still forgetting a lot of things...

[jandrese]

surfing the web whilst on the couch -- consuming media

checking in on my RSS feeds -- consuming media

casual gaming -- consuming media

watching movies -- consuming media

reading PDF & Kindle e-books -- consuming media

handwritten & typed notes for work & study -- light typing

replying emails -- light typing

portable RDP, VNC & SSH client on the go -- not sure

This is what the OP was complaining about. It's fine for consuming media, but the Pro part was supposed to be about people creating things. Programming, video editing, graphics design, writing papers, etc... For these applications the iPad Pro has been a disappointment.

[jordanab]

Programming, video editing, graphics design, writing papers, etc... For these applications the iPad Pro has been a disappointment

Apart from maybe graphics design, I don't believe the iPad Pro was ever advertised to do those things (if I'm not mistaken), so I can imagine your disappointment if you expected to do those things on it.

[jermeh]

If you read the press release, Apple VERY heavily emphasizes "creative workflows"

[silicon2401]

Do you take all marketing that seriously? IMO it's best to decide what a tool is best for based on quantitative measures, and assume marketing material is just meaningless fluff to get readers excited. I'm pretty sure you can find $200 laptops get advertised as great for creative workflows

[monkmartinez]

Agree its a great tablet! It is versatile and I use the pencil quite a bit... HOWEVER, if it could boot to a desktop OS in addition to iPadOS... it would be the absolute killer machine for almost every use case under the sun, imo.

[jordanab]

I absolutely agree.

[mulmen]

Yeah I just use a combination of my Mac and iPhone to do all that. The iPad is an awkward middle spot for me. Different strokes.

[jordanab]

Fair enough. I had the same feeling with older tablets that I owned (early iPad's and Samsung Android tablets), but the iPad Pro did hit a sweet spot for me.

[roody15]

not sure i am with you on “versatile”

[emptyfile]

So about half as versatile as a big phone.