But that doesn’t mean there aren’t better alternatives for many people.
The iPad is a big iPhone, which is both its strength and its weakness.
But it is also limited.
It’s hard to beat the iPad.Apple
Android tablets are what you buy to watch YouTube while you’re cooking or to keep your kids quiet.
Many Android tablet apps are still literally Android phone apps blown up to work on a bigger screen.
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The iPad really is a marvel.
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It lasts forever, has excellent battery life, and mostly It Just WorksTM.
And that’s just the iPad in isolation.
If you use an iPhone or a Mac, too, then you really get the best experience.
Microsoft Surface Pro: The first real alternative to the iPad.Microsoft
But what about alternative alternatives?
If you want that, then your best option is probably a Microsoft PC.
The difference is, the Surface lineup runs actual Windows.
It’s as if Apple made a bizarro-world iPad that ran macOS.
What the Surface Pro is, is a genuine alternative to the iPad experience.
You don’t need to sync your data via iCloud because it’s already on the unit.
But the Surface just caught up.
This should be the final part of the puzzle.
The latest Surfaces are also incredibly repairable, with an 8/10 repairability rating from iFixit.
“The answer lies in the simplicity of iOS.
It isn’t about power or sophistication.
And if you don’t like Windows?
