If this new iPad is not running a full version of OSX, then it won't matter. It's going to be just another iPad.
I still would not buy one.
Now, as for RT,, eh, Ok, maybe, but the SurfaceRT is still not all that bad. Just needs apps.
But steering away from RT in general, as really, it's just not usable, just like an iPad is not usable for much more than checking email and playing fart sounds.
I still can not understand what people see in a crippled, underpowered, over-sized iPhone that can't make real phone calls
over a good sized tablet with an i5 processor, 4G of ram, 4000HD graphics, And Full Blown Windows 8 Pro OS?
For approximately the same price as an iPad.
With the Surface Pro, you get all the capabilities of a tablet and a laptop.
I just can not see why this concept is so hard for people to grasp.
It's not rocket science, it's called common sense, . o 0 O (oh, right, nevermind.
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The Surface Pro, or other Win8 Pro Tablet/Hybrids really are very functional, and far more functional than any iPad.