With the latest MacBooks starting with the 2015 MacBook & continuing with the 2016 MacBook Pro’s to less regular USB Ports to a single or multiple USB C/Thunderbolt 3 Ports for connectivity and charging, & iPads getting more useful as a Laptop replacement & with the introduction of the iPad Pro’s getting more Powerfull & 3rd party Keyboard Cases is there any real need to pay for a MacBook Pro?
This question holds true when there are plenty of Productivity Apps like mobile versions of the iWork Suite (Pages, Numbers & Keynote), Microsoft Office Mobile (Word, Excel, OneNote& PowerPoint), Google Drive (Docs, Sheets, Slides & Keep) There is plenty of choice in Apps for the usual Document creation, Spredsheet creation & Presentations).
If you’re into Content creation for YouTube there are google Apps for Capturing & Uploading your videos along with managing your YouTube channel, there are also mobile versions on GarageBand & iMovie if you fancy something a little more advanced than the YouTube Capture & Creator Studio Apps for editing your videos.
The only lacking Apps for the iPad are the more Pro Apps like Logic Pro or Final Cut Pro & Adobe PhotoShop, but if you need. These Pro Apps then you really don’t need to be making the decision about wether or not that an iPad & Keyboard Case instead of a MacBook or MacBook Pro.
If you’re a Blogger and use WordPress or Blogger then there’s first party WordPress & Blogger Apps that allow you to do pretty much everything that you can do on the respective websites (or self hosted site inn the case of WordPress), if you’re a Scriot writer then there’s Celtx Script to allow you to work on your Scripts. If you’re a Novel writer then you can use Pages, Word, Docs or a dedicated App like Werdsmith.
It all depends on what you require from a Laptop as to wether you need a MacBook of MacBook Pro or an iPad Air, iPad Mini, iPad Pro or iPad Pro 9.7″ & a Keyboard Case.
For what I need a Laptop for my iPad Mini 4 and Keyboard Case suits my needs perfectly & is more portable than my HP Stream 11 or Acer C720 Chromebook & defiantly more portable than a MacBook or MacBook Pro (Word is covered by Word Mobile, Pages & Docs. Calendar, Mail & Photos on iOS work just as well as any Desktop equivalent). An iPad & Keyboard Case is just as convenient as a Microsoft Surface Pro & runs all the same apps as on my iPhone, Using an iPad Mini 4 and Keyboard Case turns a simple iPad into a 2in1 Laptop/Tablet meaning that a can be used however you require at a particular time.
Roland
chromebuzz 