Your Choice: Microsoft vs Apple vs Google

[Leonel Funes]

Your choices for holiday shopping - Microsoft's Surface 4/Pro 4, Apple's iPad Pro, or Google's Pixel C.

A quick run through each devices' minimum specs (compared to the current Surfaces for now)

Surface 3/Pro 3
Windows 10/10 Pro
10.8" 1920x1280/12" 2160x1440
64GB, Intel Atom x7, 2GB RAM/64GB, Intel i3, 4GB RAM
$499/$799
Surface Pen $49.99, Surface 3 Keyboard $129.99/Surface Pen included, Surface Pro 3 Keyboard $129.99


iPad Pro
iOS 9
12.9" 2732x2048
32GB, A9X
$799
Pencil $99, Smart Keyboard $169


Pixel C
Android 6.0
10.2" 2560x1800
32GB, Nvidia Tegra X1, 3GB RAM
$499
Keyboard $149


PICK YOUR POISON

 

[kch50428]

PICK YOUR POISON

Not Google...Not Micro$oft...

 

[BreakingKayfabe]

I'm not interested in any of the three products listed in the OP at all.

 

[anon(4698833)]

If the iPad Pro shows it can do drawing tablet functions with precision and can eliminate latency issues from such, I'll be buying one on launch day.

I already have a Surface Pro 3, and would happily replace it with the iPad if it works better (which I really hope it does).

I have no interest in anything running the Android OS at all.

 

[Smply_Rckless]

It's a toss up between the surface pro or the iPad pro. Leaning more towards the iPad


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[taz323]

iPad Pro.

 

[W1ck3D86]

The surface is a real computer where the ipad pro is just an expensive tablet.

 

[PukeQues00]

iPad Pro

 

[sting7k]

Your choices for holiday shopping - Microsoft's Surface 4/Pro 4, Apple's iPad Pro, or Google's Pixel C.

A quick run through each devices' minimum specs (compared to the current Surfaces for now)

Surface 3/Pro 3
Windows 10/10 Pro
10.8" 1920x1280/12" 2160x1440
64GB, Intel Atom x7, 2GB RAM/64GB, Intel i3, 4GB RAM
$499/$799
Surface Pen $49.99, Surface 3 Keyboard $129.99/Surface Pen included, Surface Pro 3 Keyboard $129.99
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iPad Pro
iOS 9
12.9" 2732x2048
32GB, A9X
$799
Pencil $99, Smart Keyboard $169
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Pixel C
Android 6.0
10.2" 2560x1800
32GB, Nvidia Tegra X1, 3GB RAM
$499
Keyboard $149
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PICK YOUR POISON

If I had to choose it would be Surface Pro so I had an actual computer. Not interested in buying a jumbo sized phone.

 

[Zachary Boddy]

Surface Pro 3 of course. It's running full Windows, not a mobile operating system. The stylus is included, the keyboard is cheaper, and there are more configurations for all your needs. At the base the Surface Pro 3 costs the same as an iPad (way cheaper if you get all the accessories) yet has a full Core i processor, 4GB of RAM, and twice the storage (with an SD card port). At the high end the Surface Pro 3 is far more powerful, with far more RAM and storage, and still runs full Windows. Come back when the iPad "Pro" runs Mac OS and has some proper internals than we'll talk.

 

[Evilguppy]

I'd go with iPad pro.

 

[Ed Boland]

I'll wait until after the Oct 6th Microsoft event in NYC when they unveil the Surface Pro 4.

 

[worldspy99]

The iPad Pro is trying to pay homage to the Surface Pro 3. Like Ed said I would wait to see the Surface Pro 4. My current iPad 2 is on its last legs and I might get a Mini 3 to replace it and get the Surface Pro 4 to replace my current laptop.

 

[anon(4698833)]

Surface Pro 3 of course. It's running full Windows, not a mobile operating system. The stylus is included, the keyboard is cheaper, and there are more configurations for all your needs. At the base the Surface Pro 3 costs the same as an iPad (way cheaper if you get all the accessories) yet has a full Core i processor, 4GB of RAM, and twice the storage (with an SD card port). At the high end the Surface Pro 3 is far more powerful, with far more RAM and storage, and still runs full Windows. Come back when the iPad "Pro" runs Mac OS and has some proper internals than we'll talk.

Except the Surface Pro 3 has latency issues with the pen, which causes it to fall short in terms of using it as a replacement for a wacom tablet. If the iPad Pro can better them in this regard, the iPad Pro becomes the better tablet for such usages, which is what it seems to be focused on from my point of view.

 

[Rob Phillips]

Realistically I don't need any of them. If I had to pick I would go with the iPad Pro, not that I'm biased toward Apple or anything

 

[sting7k]

I'd like to see how the "real computer" Microshaft Surface benchmarks against the iPad Pro. My money is on the iPad. And what makes a real computer anyway? The OS?

Don't let the headlines about the iPad Pro besting the Macbook in performance fool you; that was just a single core bench mark.

 

[jlzimmerman]

If the iPad Pro were running OSX, maybe, but since it doesn't I'll take the Surface Pro.

 

[Trees]

To me the iPad Pro is compelling for the increased RAM alone, and the larger screen size compared to the current iPads will make for a great media consumption experience. Over the past year or so, however, I've stopped using a tablet and found that MacBook Air works best for my use cases. To me the trackpad and keyboard combined with OS X provide a more robust and capable system.

Along those lines, I'm waiting to see what the Surface Pro 4 brings as I think for the cost I'd prefer to have full laptop capabilities compared to the relatively limited capabilities that a tablet provides. The iPad Pro will likely be quite good, and maybe the lack of (as of today) Bluetooth mouse and external peripheral support won't be as big a deal as it seems today.

I think Windows Central, Android Central, and iMore could collaborate on a full review comparing iPad Pro, Surface, Windows Ultrabooks, Pixel C or similar Android tablets or Chromebooks,

 

[Bigeric23]

Apple for me, please. Easy choice.

 

[qbnkelt]

iPad Pro.

I'm leaving Windows behind as far as my personal tech is concerned. The more I use Apple products the more I realise they work for me better than anything else.