M5 pro fixed most of my problems I had with the ipad
Upgraded from a ipad mini 6th gen and am really impressed. My biggest gripe with the ipad was always its weight, just wasn’t comfortable for me to use. I am stunned by how light the ipad pro is. The screen is fantastic as well, and pro motion fixed all the issues I had with the ipad mini. I use a 32inch 4k woled for my main monitor and this is so much better for watching movies. If I had to guess its because it gets so much brighter and the lack of a semi-matte finish. I kind of picked this up on a whim and wish I would have gone to the store and compared the 13’’ to the 11’’. I have the 11’’ because like I said before, I hated how heavy the old versions were. With this refresh (m4, m5) I might have been happy with a 13’’ with the magic keyboard.
The speakers are great for tv,movie, or a podcast but I’m not a fan for listening to music through them. My echo dot max beats the pants off of it. I don’t know what I expected from apple but everyone always raves about how good the speakers are, I guess I can’t expect much better for how thin and light the m5 ipad pro is.
The magic keyboard is what really impressed me though. I use a m2 ipad air with a otterbox keyboard for work, and I find it to be janky as hell. The magic keyboard fixed every problem I had with the otterbox. Letting me have two free usb-c ports for my crucial ssd, so I can use it and charge is a game changer. Its killer, and I will probably even put my work email and teams on this and replace the air m2 they gave me. I really really hate using the m2 air lol.
This won’t replace my m2 mac mini or my gaming laptop at home, but I don’t think it was ever supposed to. I think the compromise that apple made with the ipados 26 update was amazing, and I don’t really feel as restrained as I have been by an ipad in the past.
I bought a apple pencil pro and it works, hopefully its a better experience than the ipad mini was. Given the size I image it will be.