iPad Pros users experience thread.

harsaphes

harsaphes

Supreme [H]ardness
2FA
Joined
Aug 29, 2005
Messages
5,333
Thought I would start a thread for those who have gotten their Pros or those who are about to. I'm on way now to pick one up.
Lets here your thoughts!
 
How much bigger is it in practical terms? For example, I have a bag that fits the iPad 2. The Pro is bigger for sure, but also has narrower bezels....would it maybe fit in an older iPad pocket?
 
pixelblue said:
How much bigger is it in practical terms? For example, I have a bag that fits the iPad 2. The Pro is bigger for sure, but also has narrower bezels....would it maybe fit in an older iPad pocket?
Click to expand...

Yeah, it's much bigger than an iPad 2. Anything that form fit any gen of iPad isn't going to work.
 
It's much bigger, but much more useful. I'm using mine for web development, and it's actually pretty decent. There are a couple of OS glitches around bluetooth keyboard support, and a couple of crashy apps, but overall it's a good experience.

One big plus is being able to remote into my 1680x1050 Linux box via VNC and have full resolution and detail when I really need to do some "computer" stuff that the iPad can't do in an app.
 
Well I decided to give it to my sig other for xmas...so it's still in the box...hidden of course.
 
Also, get more space than you think you'll need. I just exchanged my 32gb in for a 128gb Wifi. I was fine with a 16gb iPad Air, but blew through most of my storage pretty quickly on the 32gb iPad Pro.
 
The screen size was a bit disconcerting at first, but I appreciate having the bigger screen for reading "technical" PDFs and writing with the pencil. It is also nice to have my Feedbin page open in landscape and not feel cramped either :). That's been the general feel so far, is that nothing feels cramped on a tablet anymore.

I bought a couple of the Omni apps to try and do some flow-charts and outlines for work projects but I have not gotten too far into that.

I'm hoping this device helps me get into more of a paperless workflow and be able to consolidate my notes from work and home into one place. Using Goodnotes with grid paper along with the screen size/aspect ratio makes it like you are writing on a normal pad of paper. I can notice the pencil latency, but have mostly tuned it out when writing.



Split-screen is nice as well and doesn't feel cramped like when I had an SP3.

How are you getting by with the lack of mouse support with the iPad Pro and VNC? What I would like to do is use RDP to my main computer at home if I really needed to do something "heavy" but I haven't done that yet. Citrix has a solution, but that looks like it would lock me into a subscription for something I might not need that often.
 
phillyboy said:
How are you getting by with the lack of mouse support with the iPad Pro and VNC? What I would like to do is use RDP to my main computer at home if I really needed to do something "heavy" but I haven't done that yet. Citrix has a solution, but that looks like it would lock me into a subscription for something I might not need that often.
Click to expand...
A couple of the VNC clients I used have a "trackpad" mode, which turns the whole display into a trackpad for your remote desktop. It's a lot more accurate than trying to hunt and peck the mouse cursor with taps. It's not seamless to the point of feeling a little awkward, but it's very usable.

Right now I'm using Screens VNC app. It's $20 but well worth it for the level of polish IMO. One of my favorite features is it can establish a secure tunnel over SSH before connecting to VNC on your remote host, effectively securing the connection and removing the need to open another port on the firewall.

I would like to try the Apple Pencil, but I'm in the backorder line :(

A lot of reviewers are saying the iPad Pro is a great device ... but it can't replace your laptop. My experience is that it can, but only if you have a desktop to remote into to take care of the 10% of things the iPad sucks at. That's probably esoteric for most consumers, but it works for me!
 
phillyboy said:
Split-screen is nice as well and doesn't feel cramped like when I had an SP3.
Click to expand...

For something like this the bigger and higher res the screen the better. Split screen does work a lot better on the Surface Book than the SP3 for instance. I played with an iPad Pro at an Apple Store for a bit weekend before last. I do think Windows 10 implements split screen a better than iOS 9.
 
^^ Yeah, I could see the Surface Book being better at it as well versus the SP3. In desktop mode on Windows 10 I appreciate that you can fling a window to the side or corner and have it resize... I use that quite a bit at home. It would be nice if the iOS picked up on the ability to do four screens on the device (or three with one taking up a whole pane).

Also, thanks for the tip on the trackpad mode Zinn. I'll take a look at Screens when it comes to that time.
 
Sooooooooooooooooooooooo. After charging my pad it will no longer turn on. Seems to be a known problem. Off to the Apple store to get a replacement, which of course they dont have because they are out of stock. Sucks. Only a week old.
 
You just need to reset it, not return it. Press and hold the power button for a long time. You might need to also hold down the home button at the same time.
 
brentsg said:
You just need to reset it, not return it. Press and hold the power button for a long time. You might need to also hold down the home button at the same time.
Click to expand...

This is correct. Just hold down the power and home buttons for about 10 seconds. This will trigger a hard reset and the iPad Pro will power on.
 
Sorry guys what I'm telling you is correct and a known problem. The unit will NOT turn on after being charged. Obviously I did the power button/home button thing. It's a no go and the charger is working, I've tried it with a different Apple product.
 
Last edited:
I've followed the issue pretty closely, and I've experienced it on an iPad Air as well as the Pro. It's the first I've heard of a reset not working though. Good luck.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top