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Anecdote: My parents use their iPads as you mention. The thing is, they have iPad 2's and are very happy. If they ask me about upgrading to a larger screen, I w

Anecdote: My parents use their iPads as you mention. The thing is, they have iPad 2's and are very happy. If they ask me about upgrading to a larger screen, I will tell them to buy a refurbished 13.3" Macbook Air for approx $1000 +- $100. That is a "no brainer" recommendation compared to the iPad pro.

m52go 11y ago
Agreed. For a more affluent demographic that can afford it, however, the iPad Pro wins because it's an iPad and "not a laptop." Same reason people spend more money to buy SUVs and crossovers...it's "not a minivan."
- UnoriginalGuy 11y ago
  > Same reason people spend more money to buy SUVs and crossovers...it's "not a minivan." You should say "three row" crossovers and SUVs. In the two row configuration they are cheaper than most Minivans (e.g. $2500+ cheaper in most cases for a similar trim). Plus the fuel savings (Minivans have universally bad MPG, until the hybrids appear, particularly in the sub-$35K price bracket).
gboss 11y ago
I don't really think that's a no brainer. They're completely different products. I'd much rather watch a movie on netflix on an IPad Pro than deal with the very poor resolution of a Mac Book Air. Also an IPad is a touch interface, Mac Book Air is OS X. As the OP said, these can be great devices for people not in tech that just need to type a few notes or emails. There's very little to break in an IPad as everything is pretty much preconfigured.
- jedrek 11y ago
  Much better screen overall.
blisterpeanuts 11y ago
Another anecdote: Dad (in his 90s) uses an iPad2 every day, having rejected the HP laptop I got them a few years back. He will never switch to a traditional laptop, especially sans touch screen, but a larger iPad would be great for his and Mom's eyesight. Having learned the iPad paradigm, this demographic is going to be much more open to a size upgrade than to a paradigm shift, in my opinion.
- stygiansonic 11y ago
  Another anecdote as well: I hate to use the Mom cliché, but after years of trying to get my dear mother to use a desktop-based UI for basic stuff like email, web-browsing, I just got her an iPad. (In this case, an iPad Mini 2). Because there's much less to customize, there's much less to mis-configure, and she's been happily using it for some time. I don't think she'll ever go back to a desktop/laptop. (She actually prefers the smaller mini size, and says it's easier to hold)
wooger 11y ago
The screen is garbage and not retina, nowhere near as good as the iPad pro.

m52go 11y ago

Agreed. For a more affluent demographic that can afford it, however, the iPad Pro wins because it's an iPad and "not a laptop." Same reason people spend more money to buy SUVs and crossovers...it's "not a minivan."

UnoriginalGuy 11y ago
> Same reason people spend more money to buy SUVs and crossovers...it's "not a minivan." You should say "three row" crossovers and SUVs. In the two row configuration they are cheaper than most Minivans (e.g. $2500+ cheaper in most cases for a similar trim). Plus the fuel savings (Minivans have universally bad MPG, until the hybrids appear, particularly in the sub-$35K price bracket).

gboss 11y ago

I don't really think that's a no brainer. They're completely different products. I'd much rather watch a movie on netflix on an IPad Pro than deal with the very poor resolution of a Mac Book Air. Also an IPad is a touch interface, Mac Book Air is OS X. As the OP said, these can be great devices for people not in tech that just need to type a few notes or emails. There's very little to break in an IPad as everything is pretty much preconfigured.

jedrek 11y ago
Much better screen overall.

blisterpeanuts 11y ago

Another anecdote: Dad (in his 90s) uses an iPad2 every day, having rejected the HP laptop I got them a few years back. He will never switch to a traditional laptop, especially sans touch screen, but a larger iPad would be great for his and Mom's eyesight. Having learned the iPad paradigm, this demographic is going to be much more open to a size upgrade than to a paradigm shift, in my opinion.

stygiansonic 11y ago
Another anecdote as well: I hate to use the Mom cliché, but after years of trying to get my dear mother to use a desktop-based UI for basic stuff like email, web-browsing, I just got her an iPad. (In this case, an iPad Mini 2). Because there's much less to customize, there's much less to mis-configure, and she's been happily using it for some time. I don't think she'll ever go back to a desktop/laptop. (She actually prefers the smaller mini size, and says it's easier to hold)

wooger 11y ago

The screen is garbage and not retina, nowhere near as good as the iPad pro.