To be fair some people do like the pro motion for playing games
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Now in all seriousness I am curious have you guys tested your workflows between iPad and powerful i9 laptop (Windows or Macbook)? I am talking about examples like that:
1. Using photoshop on the iPad and the PC for the same sort of job
2. Using Lumafusion for video processing on an iPad and then process the same video on laptop with Adobe Premiere/Final Cut Pro?
3. Using Affinity on an iPad and Windows for the same job?
I would love to see that kind of tests data. I am not saying that you should. I am asking if anyone has done that because benchmarks for me are just hype. Real test data is important here.
I am not saying that you don't use your iPPs professionally or that they don't satisfy your needs but the OP is asking a question - is an iPad faster than most laptops. And for me only with tests like the mentioned above we can answer this question.
There are several things the iPad Pro that laptops and even desktops can’t hold a candle too.
No fan noise is a huge one for creativity, and shouldn’t be dismissed. Intel laptops crank up the fan within seconds and remain there for the duration.
Promotion doesn’t exist on Mac laptops, And it’s a truly awesome experience.
Pencil and touch, now on top of traditional input methods, should you desire. You only have to have used an Apple trackpad compared to any other to know the likely experience you’ll have in the input department. The pen is equally as unmatchable.
These are the main differences, and of course, could be seen as trade offs for the lack of certain other things available in a more traditional computer.
As I have wittered on relentlessly About these past few days (lockdown boredom!), I use a Mac mini as the back end to my iPad Pro. As a photographer, I need on site lightroom libraries, and adobe haven’t allowed that feature within lightroom CC. So I’m tied to a Mac. (Although I love my Mac so it’s all ok!)
I have been editing on a Mac for years and years using lightroom, photoshop and final cut, mainly. My current set up is the Mac Mini, 32gb ram, i7 3.2, with a Synology DS1618+ for arcstorage attached via 10gbe. My scratch disk is a 500gb Samsung 970 pro.
1&3/ Photoshop on the iPad is somewhat feature lacking at the moment. The features it offers are fast and buttery smooth, which is not always the case with photoshop on any other system, but it’s hardly full photoshop yet. It will come, and when it does, this start is a good one.
You can, however compare it to Affinity Photo, which is much more feature complete. I’m not saying it necessarily offers everything on either the affinity or photoshop desktop versions do, but it offers everything I ever normally need for advanced portrait retouching.
To answer the question, I get frustrated with desktop photoshop. It lags, and the Spinning wheel comes on, and no matter how much a powerful Mac I’m working on, it always has some issue or another. It feels old fashioned and heavy and although it’s way more powerful than anything on an iPad - for general advanced use (photography, art, compositions), you’re more than able to do it on an iPad, and with much more pleasure and ease.
2/ this question is a big one! Final cut on the Mac is a beast of a programme. So is première but I haven’t used that for a while.
luma is like a miniaturised version of them. Not cut down! You can do everything you need an NLE to do on Luma.
I say miniaturised because it’s not really possible to do a full length Hollywood blockbuster on it, although you can try!
You have a track number limit (though it’s 6 video and 6 audio its it’s fine for even quite advanced stuff).
The answer to your question though, is that you can scrub through all 12 tracks, filled with music, natation, sound effects, and 6 simultaneous 4K streams, including titles and multiple effects- unrendered- and it rarely drops a frame. It’s ridiculous. You are not able to do that on any laptop that I have come across. That alone makes it more productive and less irritating than any other nle I have used.
This is with a 2018 iPad Pro 12.9 64 gb. The thing has 4 gb of ram ??. The future is SO bright and exciting.