The New iPad Pro 2020 Reaction

All right, hello everyone. I'm rolling solo on the Lulater set

We have some news that took place today. A surprise, a sneaky little announcement from Apple

They're not chilling. They're not resting. They're still putting stuff out. Granted, in a bit of a different way

They didn't have an event. There was no big fanfare. Of course, because of the current state of planet Earth

They did it virtually. They did it from a distance. They did a no guest announcement, and some people are talking about it

So I figured I would check it out for myself and we could look at it together

It is a new iPad Pro. Let's go ahead and roll this clip real quick

We'll keep the music off. But you see a similar design to the previous version, but some new accessories

The most advanced mobile display. Some improvements. It's going to be a faster unit

A12Z Bionic. They keep trying to tell you, they keep trying to convince people

this is the future of computing. It's not your laptop. They went ahead and put the new camera system in there as well

adding the ultrawide. They put a LiDAR scanner in there. They want this to be your AR machine so that you can, I don't know

look around your room and imagine what furniture from Ikea looks like. Interior designers and so on will probably like that

For me, the most exciting is the new keyboard. I got to pause this real quick

The new keyboard. All right, the Magic Keyboard slash Trackpad. They added real legit Trackpad support for the iPad

And they put a keyboard on there that I might actually use. And if you recall, I've done challenges in the past attempting to use the iPad Folio keyboard

and replace my laptop with an iPad permanently. but the keyboard eventually just, it would kill me

At some point, I'd say I just, I want some tactile feedback. And this really cool stand

which makes it look like the iPad itself is floating magnetically attached

Now, granted, I don't know. I immediately, when I saw that, I thought about what about on the lap

It looks really nice. And it even, I believe it even charges your iPad

from the keyboard case. So it's a product more like what Microsoft is doing

with their Surface products. And actually, at this point, I feel like Microsoft has maybe blurred the line

more than Apple as far as what constitutes a laptop and what constitutes a tablet

And this is a little bit of catch-up work from Apple with this particular case

to blur that line even further, although they think they blurred it a long time ago

with these titles. Your next computer is not a computer. This is not a computer. This is a computer

This is the only computer, and so forth. constantly saying the word computer

You add the Apple Pencil You just have a versatile package and an exciting product So that the initial promo video but then they put out another video called How to Correctly Use a Computer

And this is a stylish video. Of course, Apple knows how to make a video, don't they

This one, it's got a little Wes Anderson vibe to it with the yellow font

the aged looking font. and you have some very Apple-looking people in here

doing very Apple-ish things, wearing AirPods Pro, using iPad Pros, being messy because they can

because they have Apple products and they're allowed and they can throw the iPad around

and play games on it. Again, it's along the similar line that this is the future of computing

You don't have to be tethered to a desk. your computer itself is a thing that changes form frequently that can flip around and now you have

this keyboard case which does a better job of completing the laptop replacement which is the

thing that that i've been talking about asking for they also go go into showing you that you

could take it wherever you want you can take photos with it your computer doesn't have a camera although i never felt personally all that comfortable or confident taking a photo

on an iPad. And then of course you can draw on it. They're still trying to sell you the Apple

pencil. All right. So let's break it down. What do we have here? There's a lady in the bathtub

She was just in a bathtub watching some, some videos real quick there. Uh, your next computer

is not a computer. All right. We get it. Thank you very much. Now we need to break down. Well

what does this all mean? Should you care? You probably do. I mean, you're watching the video

You care to a certain degree. Plus let's be honest, you're trapped indoors. We've covered

that you need something to watch here. So we're all watching what Apple is doing

including myself and now yourself. It's not just, by the way, it's not just a new iPad that they put out

and these new accessories. They also put out a new MacBook Air and they fixed the keyboard

So you probably noticed I'm looking at a MacBook right now. This is the new 16-inch model

with the fixed keyboard with going back to the scissor mechanism away from the butterfly mechanism

And what can I say? This keyboard's been fine. it's not my favorite keyboard in the world but it's certainly an improvement over the butterfly

thing because i had two separate units personally plus one of will's units uh failed because the

crumb or whatever it is that happens those keyboards were just a little bit too sensitive

as you're probably aware at this point so they add the new old keyboard the scissor mechanism

keyboard from the 16 inch laptop that i'm looking at right here into the macbook air

and that's where things get weird. You put out a new MacBook Air, you put out this really cool iPad

They don't even make a video for the MacBook Air. They don't care about the MacBook Air. The MacBook Air is not a computer

Your next computer is not a computer. You understand? They'd rather sell you the iPad and there's probably

I think there's some good reason for it from a business perspective If they sell you the new iPad plus you go ahead and get the new keyboard case for it let me tell you what you looking at from a price tag perspective Here

we're on macrumors.com. They've covered everything quite well here in depth. You go for the 12.9

inch model. It starts at a thousand bucks, but if you add a little bit more storage, I mean, let's be honest, you can get it up to 1200 bucks. And then the 12.9 inch magic keyboard attachment

is $350. So you could easily be at $1,500. You're in MacBook Pro territory. Now, I get it. You're

flipping around. You're having a time. You're like the people in the commercial there. You're taking

photos. You're in the backseat of the car. You're always on the go. That's a funny thing, isn't it

That commercial, there's no pandemic going on in that commercial. Those people are freewheeling

They're having fun. So obviously, we're going to have to wait. We're going to have to wait for a time

in which society is back to its free-flowing nature to truly appreciate how to correctly use a computer

Because right now, I bet there's a lot of people sitting on couches and at desks

and you're not in the back of a car, and you're not laying down in a public space

like they're doing in that particular commercial. But anyways, so what I'm trying to get at here

the new MacBook Air, traditional Intel processor, full-fledged desktop operating system and all the software that comes with that

starting at a thousand bucks. And if you add the magic keyboard

to the 12.9 inch new iPad Pro, even the baseline model with 128 storage

and only Wi-Fi, and you're already up to 1349, a substantial increase

So I realize they're different products. I realize there's nothing really futuristic

about the new MacBook Air other than just fixing the things that are wrong with it. But it really feels like increasingly

Apple doesn't want you to buy the MacBook Air. they would much prefer if you purchased this iPad ecosystem

Also, the software on the iPad appears to be of great importance to them

They're investing a lot in developing that software, and they want more people to experience it

So I kind of understand it. Another cool thing that happened here

the new accessories are going to be compatible with the previous, with the old version iPad

So if you bought the iPad Pro from, I guess, last year, the 11 or 12.9 inch

then you can buy this new cool attachment. Granted, you can already order the new iPad Pro

but you cannot get the new Magic Keyboard until May. It'll be available in May in the 11-inch

and the 12.9-inch version. Also, the 12.9-inch version attachment is gonna be 50 bucks more than the 11-inch version

That's kind of interesting. I'm curious, the whole weight thing, it starts getting heavy when you put it all together

but I get it. It's a transformer. You don't need to carry all the components at all times

but I've kind of had this experience myself where by the time I had the iPad Pro all stocked up with

the Smart Folio and all the rest of it I sitting there saying man I have laptops that are lighter than that and I use it most of the time in a laptop form factor me personally i just gotta be honest with it okay so just rounding out the new specifics here a12c bionic chip the new magic keyboard accessory with the built trackpad and trackpad support

within the software dating back to the old version ultra wide camera the lidar scanner for that better

ar performance and they say that it's faster and more powerful than most windows pc laptops well

You know they had to take a shot, didn't they? But then again, there's a lot of old Windows PC laptops out there

And what is faster? I don't, or what is more powerful? If I can't get the software I'm looking for, what does it matter

Maybe within certain software that holds true. Nonetheless, you're trying to sell the thing

Of course, you're going to say it. All right, so for me, the thing that I'm most excited about checking out

is going to be that new keyboard case. I want to tap those key switches as you would, as I do, as I'm interested in

And you're obviously well aware of that. and I just want to see the floating mechanism and how it does on the lap

I think it's curious that in their video, it wasn't on the lap. It was mostly just sitting on surfaces

It looks cool that way, but I wonder about the weight distribution. It's got a real impact visually

You go ahead and you order it. For example, with the Microsoft product, the Surface Book

the one with the detachable tablet portion, it ends up top heavy

And then you try to put it on a lap and it wants to fall back. Now, that one's not terrible because it is a traditional laptop form factor when it's connected

But this one, to me, it has a top-heavy appearance to it. So I'm a bit curious

You throw it on the lap. Does it want to tip over? Hopefully not

Hopefully, they were able to engineer around that. That would be pretty amazing if they were. So I want to get my hands on that

But it's not until May. Anyways, and we have bigger fish to fry in the meantime, as you're well aware

But nonetheless, it's cool to see something still happening in tech, some sense of normalcy

Apple still announcing things and putting things out, even if it's in this diminished format here

just squeaking out a couple videos on YouTube. It still gives us something to watch

and to feel like the world is still moving because it is

Apple's got a lot of money on the line, a lot of products in the pipeline. I promise you for them

things are very much still moving. Your next computer is not a computer video

3.7 million views in seven hours. People seem to care they're interested

I'm at least glad they're attempting to push the form factor forward

As much as I'm a laptop guy, I'm always looking at a laptop. It's, you do wonder what that next computing, productive computing platform is

Is it just the smartphone? Is it a bigger smartphone? Is it what Apple's doing with the iPad Pro

I still like keyboards. You know this. So I'm glad they're paying some degree of attention to that

So anyway, there you go. That's a solo mode from the Lou Later set. Little update

Hopefully you guys appreciated it, enjoyed it. I don't know. I don't know. What do I know

It's 2020. Things are crazy. I know very little. What I do know is I'm still trying to keep it moving just like Apple is

So I'll be here. I'll talk to you. Maybe tomorrow