Apple iPad Pro 12.9 vs Macbook Air 2018 Comparison Review! By Danny Winget

This video is sponsored by LastPass. What's up everybody, this is Danny, and today, let's take a look at both the new iPad Pro and the new MacBook Air for late 2018 and 2019, and I wanted to make this video because I know there's a lot of people that are maybe on the fence about which one of these to pick up since they're, both similarly priced they both have their strengths. They both have their weaknesses, so I've been using these for over a month now. So what I want to do is I want to compare them both and help you make the best buying decision and, at the end, I want to tell you which one that I prefer after this extended use. Let's talk pricing first, the MacBook Air comes in two configurations and is available in three different colors. It starts at $1,200 in the US, with 128 gigabytes, SSD, a gigabyte of RAM and a dual-core i5 processor there are two sizes of the iPad available.

This is the twelve point: nine inch version and there's actually an 11-inch version for somebody that might want something smaller, but I thought this would be a better comparison to the 13.3-inch MacBook Air. There are two colors for the iPad silver and Space Gray. The iPad 12.9 starts at a thousand US dollars, so it is cheaper, but you need to consider that it only comes with 64 gigabytes of internal storage, and you probably need to get this smart Apple keyboard folio case, which is 200 bucks, so they're pretty much the same price as the MacBook Air after you consider all that, and if you want the new magical magnetic charging second generation pencil you're looking at an additional 130 dollars. So if you expect both of these to the highest end, they'll definitely slap. Your bank account around the highest end: MacBook Air, with 16 gigabytes of RAM and a 1.5 terabyte SSD is $2,600 and the iPad 4 point 9 inches with one terabyte of storage, cost 1750. So take a look and see which one that fits you best.

If you're curious in my testing, the MacBook Air is the base model, the twelve point, nine-inch iPad Pro is the one with 256 gigabytes of internal storage, and this is the cellular model, because I really like having a separate LT connections on devices like this, so I wish that this was available on the MacBook Air, because if it was, I think it would make the MacBook Air much more compelling when it comes to the build quality they're, both great both aluminum and I, don't think you'll be disappointed with either of them. They're both super saw and feel very premium, but when it comes to the design, I'm going to have to give it to the iPad. This thing is ridiculously thin. I'm gonna, say now: I think that this is the best piece of hardware that Apple has put out in a very long time, and it's just amazing. It feels fantastic, so the build quality I'm, giving it to the iPad in terms of security.

You get faced ID without a notch on the iPad for facial recognition, which I think is nice, but some people might prefer the more traditional fingerprint touch. I'd approach on the MacBook Air, but me personally, I would have loved face ID on the new MacBook Air. They both have nice high resolution displays both with nice, colors and sharpness and nice viewing angles, but the iPad to me clearly has the better display it covers the DCI p3 color space, which the MacBook Air does not, and it has 608 brightness, so pretty much double the brightness of the new MacBook Air, the lack of brightness on the new MacBook Air is probably my biggest complaint on the display. But if you're using it outdoors, you're probably going to struggle some, but if you're using it consistently in a classroom, or you're using it inside mostly then I. Don't really think it's going to be a problem.

It's not a deal-breaker. The iPad does have that buttery smooth 120 Hertz display which doesn't translate on camera. Well, because I shoot in 24 frames per second, but it's so great. You just have to try it out. It's awesome.

The speakers are great on both. So a joint content is nice on both of them, but I would say that the speakers on the iPad or better. So if display quality and media consumption is your number one focus, then I would definitely go with the iPad before we move on to power. I want to talk about today's sponsor LastPass. This is one life hack that you will continually use, especially if you use both iOS and Android devices, because it works across multiple platforms.

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This is a go, and it makes switching from different phones so much easier thanks again to LastPass for sponsoring this video. So let's go ahead and get back into power. The MacBook Air runs a dual-core Intel Core i5 Y series processor, with 8 gigabytes of ddr3 RAM standard and has the integrated Intel 617 GPU and the iPad runs Apple's own, a 12 X Bionic chip, which has eight cores with a seven core. GPU when it comes to raw power and benchmarks, the iPad is significantly faster than the MacBook Air. So it's really awesome to see Apple's custom silicon come this far they're way out of the competition, and it really shows here in the iPad.

It's really fast. So I can't wait to see this. A series processor make it to a MacBook form-factor like the MacBook, Air I. Think that would be incredible, but specs are not everything, it's all about what you do with these machines and what you need it for the MacBook Air is going to give you a full laptop experience with macOS. So all the programs that you need will run on this.

So if you need to edit some photos in Lightroom, you definitely can and if you need to bust out a quick video project on Final Cut Pro, you can do that as well. You can arguably get all that on the iPad as well, since app compatibility and split-screen multitasking has gotten so much better with the iPad, but I feel that the two USB-C and Thunderbolt 3 ports for connectivity with a traditional file system on the MacBook Pro is so much easier for my usage. You can easily dock it and connect it to a monitor if you want, and you can use a GPUs if you need a little more graphical power. So I do like the flexibility of that on the MacBook, Air and I. Also love this huge trackpad is so smooth and Apple has some of the best pads in terms of responsiveness on the market and gestures and the MacBook Air is no different.

If you travel a lot or if your student right now and looking for something highly portable light and thin with good battery life, but don't need the power of a MacBook Pro or you already have a more powerful computer at home. Like a 5k iMac, then the MacBook Air could be the right computer for you. But if you're more of an entertainment person- and you watch a lot of Hulu and Netflix, do a lot of web browsing play a lot of games, and you don't need the traditional pro apps to do professional work, then the iPad could be a better choice. The display is absolutely awesome and if you're used to the newer iPhone gestures, you'll be right at home, since the iPad no longer has a home button, but don't get me wrong, you can do professional work on the iPad. If you want to people are doing tons of creative work on here and people are making some amazing content and editing videos and making music.

So if you want to check out a few of these videos, I'll definitely link them for you. But I do like the fact that they moved to the USB port here on the new iPad as well. That kind of opens up for some professional work and some different things that you can do like external monitor output, and you can also get a lot more professional options with SD cards and things like that importing straight to Lightroom. So you can do a lot of things here on the iPad as well. The iPad I feel is much better for entertainment.

So, of course, gaming is really nice on the iPad, with really great audio. Just know that the headphone jack is gone for now, so for the new iPads you'll. Definitely to go wireless if you want to use headphones where the MacBook Air is still holding onto that 3.5 millimeter jack for dear life. Basically, it all just depends on what you need, but after using these two for over a month, I personally would pick the MacBook Air and here's. Why I prefer the laptop form factor and I think that the keyboard is better on the MacBook Air, then Apple's keyboard attachment on the iPad.

Now this could change with third-party keyboards. But if your workflow requires a lot of typing, then I would lean towards the MacBook Air I personally still prefer the mouse or touchpad gestures and I think that's one of the big things about iOS, and it doesn't have native Mouse support so once it gets that I think that that paired with a perfect keyboard, combo could really put a dent in something like the Surface Pro. That doesn't mean the same for you, though. If you like the tablet form factor, and you can do everything that you need to do on the iPad, then it's a great choice, and you can even argue it's the more versatile choice because the ability to go between professional work and leisure, with much better game selection and a better display and the choice of the Apple Pencil input. If you're into art, you can even have great cameras on the front and back you can even take some portrait selfies.

If you want to here's. My thing about the iPad is that I already have a bigger phone. I use the 10s max, so I tend to watch a lot of content on my bigger phone and I, don't ever reach for a tablet to watch, content and I. Think I'm, not the only one here so when a lot of these features are available on my bigger phone. It just makes me reach for a tablet less.

So that's probably why I would pick the MacBook Air and the approach that I'm taking to this is that if I had to just pick one of these, and one only for my workflow I, would pick the MacBook Air. But if a tablet is going to make you love a tablet again, it's going to be the new iPad, because it's just that, damn good. So let me know which one that you're going to go with, or your team iPad Pro or are you team, MacBook, Air, and I'm really curious to see what this is going to be like in the comments? I'm sure it's going to be a war, but in the end everybody has different workflows. Everybody has different needs, so there is no right or wrong answer so make sure you subscribe hit that thumbs up. If you enjoyed it, and I'll, see you guys in the next one.

Source : Danny Winget