December 07, 2015

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Here’s one example: Web users can be recognized from just the way they type on a keyboard, even if they use an identity-shielding service like Tor. And another: Browser size and quality can also be used to pick people out. The unconventional ways in which we can be recognized, recorded, and tracked by our gadgets are stacking up—and, with them, likely a whole new set of privacy battles.

Just how much laptop can you buy these days for under $200? Starting at $199, the Lenovo Ideapad 100S is a lightweight, long-lasting Windows 10-powered laptop with a touch of style, good viewing angles and over 9 hours of battery life. Like other systems in this price range, the 11.6-inch 100S offers very modest performance and cuts some corners when it comes to keyboard and touchpad quality. However, if you're willing to live with a few compromises, you can get a very capable secondary computer or child's laptop for a great price.

For a laptop this inexpensive, the Lenovo Ideapad 100S looks anything but cheap. Available in red, blue, gray or white, Lenovo's low-cost laptop has a classy matte finish that carries the accent color and persists from the lid to the system's bottom. The rubber feet match the color, but the sides and deck are a subtle black color with a similar matte texture, which did a good job of resisting fingerprints.

At 11.5 x 7.95 x .69 inches and 2.2 pounds, the Lenovo Ideapad 100S felt incredibly light and portable, both in my hands and my bag. The Acer Aspire One Cloudbook 11 is nearly the same size (11.5 x 7.95 x .7 inches), but weighs -.2 pounds more, while the Lenovo 100S Chromebook -- the Chrome OS version of this laptop -- is slightly larger and heavier (11.81 x 8.23 x 0.78 inches, 2.52 pounds). The Asus EeeBook X205TA (11.2 x 7.6 x 0.6, 2.16 pounds) is ever so slightly smaller and lighter, however.

While most Windows PCs come with hard drives or SSDs that have hundreds of gigabytes of capacity, ultralow-cost laptops such as the Ideapad 100S, HP Stream and Acer One Cloudbook series typically come with 16, 32 or 64GB of eMMC storage memory. The Ideapad 100S comes with 32GB; 17GB of that is free, with the rest taken up by Windows 10. You can expand the storage by purchasing an inexpensive microSD card, which gives you another 64GB for just $20, or you can use some of the 1TB of cloud storage that comes with the included Office 365 subscription.

Display And Audio
The 11.6-inch, 1366 x 768 display for the Ideapad 100S isn't as colorful or sharp as those on expensive laptops, but it provides surprisingly good image quality with wide viewing angles. When I watched a trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, I could easily make out fine details like the beads of sweat on Finn's brow. Most colors, including the red in a First Order flag, seemed mostly accurate, though a bit muted. However, even at a full 90 degrees to the left or right, the colors barely faded.

According to our tests, the screen on the Ideapad 100S can reproduce 62 percent of the sRGB color gamut, which doesn't allow for the richest shades. However, this showing is a bit better than the Aspire Cloudbook 11 (59 percent) and the 100S Chromebook (58 percent) and a tiny bit worse than the Asus X205TA (68 percent).

The100S's brightness rating of 243 nits is better than the Asus EeeBook X205TA's mark of 217 and about on par with the Acer Aspire Cloudbook 11's rating of 250 nits.

The Ideapad 100S's bottom-facing speakers provided sound that was loud enough to fill a living room but not exactly high fidelity. When I listened to Styx's guitar and drum-heavy "Blue Collar Man," the percussion was very tinny, but surprisingly, there was a good separation of sound between the left and right sides. Major Lazer's synth-laden "Lean On" was clearer, but still a bit distorted. The audio fidelity and volume on both songs was much better when I placed the laptop on a flat surface rather than balancing it on my lap.

With only 1.2 mm of vertical travel (1.5 to 2 mm is typical) and a flimsy base that flexes like a trampoline as you type, the Ideapad 100S's keyboard is a mixed bag. However, the scallop-shaped keys are fairly large, easy to target and have a snappy feel, thanks to a solid 60 grams of actuation force. On the 10FastFingers typing test, I scored 92 words per minute with a 2 percent error rate, which is on the low side of my typical 92- to 95-wpm time.

Despite the flaws, the Ideapad 100S offers a far better typing experience than the Acer Cloudbook One 11, which has keys that are .5 mm narrower, 2 mm shorter and cramped together with .5 mm less pitch. We just wish Lenovo had avoided flex, like it does on the 100S Chromebook, which is $20 less.

In our tests, the 3.3 x 1.75-inch touchpad offered highly accurate navigation around the desktop, but it does not support pinch-to-zoom, two-finger scrolling or other gestures. On the bright side, the pad has two discrete buttons for left and right clicking -- a rare but very useful feature that helps it avoid the jumpiness we see on so many clickpads.

Considering that it's powered by low-cost components, the Lenovo IdeaPad 100S offers really solid performance.
By contrast, the Cloudbook 11 has a buttonless touchpad and supports gestures, but suffers from a lot of lag; pinch zooms occurred a second or more after we performed them. The Asus EeeBook X205TA's pad also supports gestures, but also performed erratically when we used them.

The GlobalSpace Technologies Solt consists of three distinct units: the tablet itself, a wraparound keyboard case, and a desktop dock. We've seen a number of companies use the keyboard case approach to position tablets as cheap laptops, and the resulting products, including the Micromax Laptab LT666 (Review), Swipe Ultimate Tab 3G (Review), Notion Ink Cain (Review) and Croma 1177 (Review), have all offered much the same in terms of hardware, experience, and value for money. Globalspace is going beyond that, with a few extra tricks. We're eager to try this "3-in-1" concept.

First, the tablet. It looks pretty much like every other low-cost 10-inch Windows tablet we've reviewed so far. The front is mostly unremarkable, with thick black borders, a capacitive Start button below the screen and a webcam above it. Our review unit came with a factory-fitted matte film for scratch protection. The rear has a matte finish as well. The primary camera is centered near the top, assuming a landscape orientation, and there are a few logos and some regulatory text which look like they might rub off with minimal effort. A flap in the upper right corner of the rear opens to reveal a slot for an optional 3G module.

There are contacts on the bottom for the keyboard dock and two small speaker grilles on the top. All the ports and controls are clustered around the left - there are two volume buttons on the left end of the top, while the side itself is host to the power button and LED, a 3.5mm audio jack, a Mini-HDMI port, a microSD card slot, one Micro-USB port (which works as a USB host with the included OTG adapter), a full-sized USB 3.0 port, and the DC power inlet. There's also a little mic hole right at the bottom.

The keyboard case is also now pretty standard. The keyboard itself is a solid plastic unit, attached to a bit of stiff fabric that can fold around the tablet to protect it. You have to pinch the cover into a stand, and it will stay in place with magnets. It's a very clever idea, but it doesn't allow you to adjust the angle of the screen, and it simply doesn't let you use the device on your lap.

The Ideapad 100S stayed cool at most touch points. After streaming a video for 15 minutes, the touchpad and keyboard reached a reasonable 90 and 89.5 degrees Fahrenheit, respectively, which is below our 95-degree comfort threshold. However, the bottom reached a full 103.5 degrees after streaming.

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December 03, 2015

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This is another model that I was lucky enough to review this year, and ASUS, like Dell, has refreshed their UX305 with Skylake. ASUS is the company that wants to give you more for less, and for that reason they made the 2015 list. The UX305 is amazingly thin and light, at just 0.48-inches (12.3 mm) thick and 2.6 lbs (1.2kg), it’s one of the thinnest and lightest Ultrabooks around. It’s not quite the class leader, but it’s very close. ASUS powers the UX305 with Intel’s Core m3-6Y30 processor which is completely fanless. Performance is not quite up to par with the higher wattage Core parts, but it’s no slouch either. ASUS aced our Core M performance comparison despite being the lowest binned chip in the test, because it offered the best cooling of any of the devices tested. ASUS also gives 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB SSD for just $699, which is quite a bit more than any other device in this price range. The 1920x1080 IPS display offers great viewing angles, but ASUS doesn’t do any sort of calibration at the factory, so it didn’t perform as well as some of the other devices we’ve tested. ASUS also didn’t offer this model with a backlit keyboard, which is kind of a shame, but they made up for it in other areas. The aluminum chassis feels great, even though I didn’t love the hinge that lifts the back of the notebook up. Still, if you are looking for a great Ultrabook on a tighter budget, ASUS really delivers. If you need a bit more performance, a higher resolution display, and a 512 GB SSD, ASUS also offers the UX305CA with a Core m-6Y75 processor with a 3200x1800 display, although the price does jump to $1099, which is still great value.

If you are looking for an Ultrabook in the OS X flavor, there really is just one choice. Apple released the MacBook earlier this year, and Ryan put it through it’s paces in April. This 12-inch notebook is incredibly light, with it being just over 2 lbs (0.92 kg), and it’s very thin as well. This is Apple’s first Core M powered device, so it’s fanless, just like the ASUS. You pay a premium for the MacBook, but on top of getting one of the lightest notebooks around, you also get a Retina display which at 2304x1440, offers a 16:10 aspect ratio as well. Apple has gone all-in on PCIe NVMe storage, and the MacBook features either 256 GB or 512 GB options, to go with the 8 GB of system memory. They also designed a new keyboard switch with a butterfly mechanism to offer a more stable typing experience, and the MacBook was the first device to feature the Force Touch trackpad. Not all is perfect with the MacBook, such as the less than amazing battery life, just a single USB-C port which doubles are the charging port, and a processor which hits its thermal limits much sooner than the ASUS Core M, but the great display coupled with an incredibly thin and light chassis means that the MacBook is certainly worth a look.

The ThinkPad T450s diverges from the traditional Ultrabook form factor somewhat. It is a 14-inch device, and Lenovo only made it as thin as they could to fit a RJ-45 network connector into it. What you lose in thickness and weight to the rest of the devices listed, you make up for in features. This notebook is powered by 15-Watt Intel Core processors, and comes with 4 GB of RAM soldered inside. There is enough room though for a SODIMM slot where you can add up to 16 GB more, either from Lenovo, or after the purchase. The really cool feature of the T450s though is the Power Bridge technology. Lenovo has split the battery into two sections, and the rear battery is removable. They offer a 23 Wh rear battery as standard, but you can add on up to a 72 Wh battery too which gives the T450s pretty remarkable battery life. But regardless of which battery you go for, you can switch the battery out without powering down the computer, because the rear battery is depleted first. It’s a great trick, and for someone who needs the ultimate mobility, it’s tough to compete against this. The base model comes with a 1600x900 TN display, but you can upgrade to a 1920x1080 IPS panel for only $60 more, which makes me question why the lower resolution TN offering even exists since the upgrade is so much better. For me though, the standout feature was the keyboard. Lenovo has outfitted the T450s with one of the best notebook keyboards I have ever used, and as a bonus you get the ThinkPad TrackPoint as well which I enjoy having. It may not be as sleek looking as some of the competition, but the T450s was one of my favorite notebooks that I got a chance to use this year. It starts at just $950, or $1010 with the IPS display (so really it starts at $1010 don't get TN).

Larger Display All-Purpose Notebooks
If you need more performance, stepping up to a larger notebook will add a lot more power to the mix. With larger chassis, they can accommodate quad-core processors rather than the dual-core models found in Ultrabooks, and they can also house discrete video cards as well to give some more compute. Although not as portable, sometimes there is no substitute for more display real estate, as well as the increased performance of the quad-core processors.

Dell has taken the same formula used on the XPS 13, and applied it to the XPS 15 as well. This results in a much smaller overall design, but with the same 15.6-inch display. For performance, Dell offers the Core i3-6100H as the baseline, and you can upgrade to a Core i5-6300HQ and a Core i7-6700HQ. You can also outfit it with a GTX 960M graphics card, which should offer decent performance for gaming or compute workloads. You can also upgrade from the 1920x1080 display to a UHD 3840x2160 which results in 282 pixels per inch. Despite the smaller overall size, you can still get up to 84 Wh of battery, although the base model is just 56 Wh, and Dell offers a 3x3 802.11ac wireless card as well which should significantly improve performance if you have a router that can drive it. I’ve not yet had a chance to use the new XPS 15, but there are some drawbacks that are apparent. The webcam placement is in the same poor position as the XPS 13, down near the keyboard, so if you are a heavy user of the webcam this is going to work poorly. Still, it’s a great looking laptop and is a great replacement for the outgoing XPS 15 9530 that came before it. At a starting price of just $999, this is a solid choice for those that want a larger display. If you ramp up the options, with the 4K display with the 1920x1080 display, 16 GB of memory, a Core i5, and 512 GB of PCIe SSD storage, it still comes in at only $1700 which is pretty reasonable. Jumping to the UHD panel adds another $400.

If you prefer OS X, Apple’s 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro is always a solid choice. Surprisingly, Apple didn’t update the CPU for 2015, so it’s still using Intel’s 22nm Haswell quad-core parts, but Apple is one of the few companies to leverage Intel’s Iris graphics. This is coupled with a move to AMD Radeon R9 M370X, which is a Cape Verde based GPU. It’s all packaged in one of the nicest chassis around, with the MacBook Pro being made out of a single piece of milled aluminum. Coupled to that is the Retina display, which is a 2880x1800 16:10 version. Apple has proven to be very capable at producing accurate displays, and although we’ve not tested the 2015 version of this, there is no reason to suspect that would change. New to the 2015 model is Apple’s Force Touch trackpad, which debuted with the MacBook, but otherwise the rest of the design has been left the same. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. The prices start at $2000 for the base model with 256 GB of storage and just Iris graphics, or $2500 for the upgraded processor, 512 GB of storage, and the AMD graphics card.

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We’re inclined to agree, and have made the same point every time we’ve reviewed a Surface. There’s always a better laptop you can buy for the same money.
Some people might find the iPad Pro can do everything they need it to and cease to use their MacBook or PC laptop, but others will quickly realise there’s no way it can. Simple things like the lack of Flash support mean that, as hateful as Flash is, you just can’t use the websites you need to in order to do your job, book a holiday or whatever. For us, the iPad Pro would make the ideal travel companion, but the fact that parts of our CMS still rely on Flash and Silverlight plugins means we’d still have to take a laptop to upload reviews such as this one.
It’s still a pain to enter data into an Excel spreadsheet, and a pain if you need to print but don’t have an AirPrint printer. And although it’s great to edit video in iMovie, this isn’t a ‘Pro’ app: Apple needs to make Final Cut available for the iPad Pro. The old user accounts issue also rears its ugly head: you can’t let someone use your iPad Pro in a guest mode. When you unlock it, they have access to everything.

Returning to the comparison, the cheapest Surface Pro 4 is £749. Once you add a Pencil, the cheapest iPad Pro is £758. But if you want to match the base Surface Pro 4’s 128GB of storage, the real comparison price is £878.

The Air 2 is still a fabulous tablet and a lot of people will prefer its size, weight, price and level of power. But if you’re ready to move to a bigger screen and are prepared to accept the associated costs, then the Pro is a great choice. Just don’t expect it to replace your laptop.
Read next: Best Android tablets 2015/2016 and Best Windows tablets 2015/2016.
SPECS

The tablet has a ‘silent’ design with no thermal openings and no internal fans and the M7 processor allows for all-day battery.The rear of the device features a hinged kickstand, which can be extended up to 150 degrees and has been tested for over 10,000 extensions. HP promises the exterior build of the whole device will not break if the kickstand is bent.

The Elite X2 can also be teamed up with a choice of two optional keyboards to turn it into a fully-fledged workstation. HP is offering either a ‘travel’ or ‘advanced’ keyboard, both available at extra cost, which connect magnetically to the tablet. The advanced option even comes with integrated NFC and smart card reader options, meaning the user could theoretically carry out and receive transactions using the device.

elitex2_gallery_zoom_img4As for other types of connectivity, the Elite X2 comes with a USB-C port for high-speed transfers but also a USB-A connector for legacy products which still exist in many businesses. There’s also support for LTE networks and a microSD slot allowing for up to 1TB of extra memory.

At £679, few people will buy the iPad Pro instead of an iPad Air 2. It has a great screen and plenty of power, but do you really have a need for this hulking tablet? 32GB of storage will prove too limiting for most people, and the 128GB option with the Pencil and/or keyboard is expensive (that's ignoring the £65 silicone rear cover). If you're considering the Pro, go to an Apple store and hold one to understand exactly how bulky and hefty the new tablet really is. If you can live with all that the Pro is a great choice - just don’t expect it to replace your laptop.
Here we are. Apple, the same company that once swore off styluses, and dismissed hybrid PCs as experiments gone wrong, is now selling a laptop/tablet mashup of its own. One that accepts pen input, at that. The new 12.9-inch iPad Pro went on sale last week, and though it is, in a sense, just an oversized iPad, it's also the closest thing we've seen yet to a hybrid device from Apple. With the screen real estate of a laptop, and the speed of a laptop, and various keyboard accessories allowing you to type on it like a laptop, the Pro seems like it might indeed be able to replace your notebook. In fact, Tim Cook himself has suggested as much in interviews. But with a starting price of $799, it isn't for everybody. And even then, it won't replace your laptop so much as complement it.

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IRIS makes a lot of products focused on document management, including OCR software and a range of portable scanners. The IRISPen Air 7, which costs $/€149 (£109), measures 3.5cm by 13.97cm by 2.5cm, weighs just 28g and has a rechargeable battery. The specs on the product website don't divulge how long the battery lasts, but the promotional video mentions five hours. The device charges via an ordinary USB cable, and you probably carry one of these as a matter of course.

There are apps for Windows, Mac, Android and iOS. All are included with the purchase of the pen, so they are free to download and install. We tried it on a Windows PC and on Android.

On the PC you can connect the IRISPen Air 7 via either Bluetooth or USB, but it's Bluetooth-only under Android and iOS. You can't have both the USB and Bluetooth connections active at the same time on the PC. Turning Bluetooth off and on is a simple matter of pressing the scanning head against a surface for about three seconds. A blue light flashes on the pen to show you that Bluetooth is turned on.

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December 02, 2015

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Now there’s a new model which has the same basic design as the others, but which features a 13.3 inch, 3200 x 1800 pixel touchscreen display. The new Asus Zenbook UX305CA with a QHD+ screen has a list price of $799, but right now you can buy one from the Microsoft Store for $699.

While this model may not have the CPU horsepower of the Zenbook UX305LA (which has a Core i5 Broadwell chip), Ars Technica recently reviewed a similar model with a Core M3 Skylake processor and found that it actually outperforms the UX305LA in some graphics benchmarks, and comes surprisingly close in performance in some general-purpose tests.

I was pretty impressed with the bang for the buck offered by the original Zenbook UX305FA with a Core M Broadwell chip. It sounds like the move to Skylake generally offers improved performance and battery life… although the high resolution touchscreen display on the newest model might have an impact on battery life.

At £679, few people will buy the iPad Pro instead of an iPad Air 2. It does justify that extra expense with a great screen, plenty of power and the possibilities it offers, though. Some will buy it for the intrigue factor, and they’ll no doubt enjoy it immensely whether they’re doing the casual, traditional things you do on an iPad. But you really need to have a reason to opt for this hulking tablet.
Regardless of price, 32GB of storage will prove too limiting for most people and even if you stretch to the 128GB version you’ll probably want the Pencil and / or keyboard, and they are not cheap. Add the silicone rear cover (£65) and the total bill does begin to smart.
And it sounds obvious, but as with the Plus version of the iPhone, it’s bigger and heavier than the iPad Air 2. Unless you’ve already tried one – unlikely if you’ve read this far – you really should get to an Apple store and hold one to understand exactly how bulky and hefty the new tablet really is.

The iPad Pro tablet was rumoured for more than a year: a bigger iPad that would let you multitask properly, with the space to run two apps side by side. A device on which you could be productive, creating and not simply consuming content. That device is now a reality, and here’s our iPad Pro review. Also see: Best tablets 2015/2016.
IPAD PRO REVIEW: PRICE AND AVAILABILITY
As well as being the biggest, this is also the most expensive iPad ever. It starts at £679 ($799) for the 32GB model, and jumps to £799 ($949) for the 128GB model. There’s nothing in between, so if you think 32GB isn’t going to be enough, tough luck. There’s also a cellular model which comes only in 128GB guise that costs £899 ($1079) - the customary £100 premium on top of the equivalent Wi-Fi only model. But don’t forget you also get a GPS receiver with the cellular version.

No accessories are provided, so if you want a Pencil for more accurate drawing or selection, that’s an extra £79 ($99) and there’s currently a 4-5 week wait for delivery. It’s the same delay if you want a keyboard, which costs £139 ($169). See all iPad reviews.
The iPad Pro is available direct from Apple, or you can get it from John Lewis, Currys, O2 or Vodafone, among others.
Since the design change which began with the iPad mini, every iPad has essentially looked the same. It’s no different with the iPad Pro. It’s exactly what you’d expect to get if you could magically super-size an iPad Air 2.
It weighs 713g - roughly the same as the original iPad - and although it feels heavy compared to an Air 2, it also feels remarkably light for its size. At 6.9mm thick, it’s thinner than you’d expect, too.

Despite all this, there’s no flex in the aluminium chassis or screen when you pick it up, even if you grip it only on one edge or corner. It’s uncomfortable to hold for very long with one hand, so this is very much a lap or desk-based tablet. Also see: iPad Pro vs iPad Air 2.
In line with other recent iPads, there’s no mute / rotation lock slider, so you have only sleep/wake and volume buttons. On the left-hand side as you hold it in portrait mode are three flush connectors which talk to the optional keyboard (£139) and are available for third-party keyboards and other accessories.
The other change is the quad-speaker system. The speaker-in-each-corner approach means the iPad Pro can emit stereo sound no matter which way round you hold it, and it automatically switches as you rotate from portrait to landscape. Regardless of how you hold it, the upper two speakers emit treble frequencies, with the lower-most pair handling lower frequencies. We hesitate to say bass, because there’s a limit to what the tiny drivers can handle. While the volume is impressive - three times the output of the iPad Air 2 - it’s still not the well-rounded sound that you’ll get from a decent pair of headphones.

As you’d expect, there’s a TouchID sensor for unlocking and using with Apple Pay, but it’s the first-generation version and noticeably slower to recognise a fingerprint than the iPhone 6S. See all tablet reviews.
At 12.9in, the screen bigger than the 12in MacBook Air and 12.3in Surface Pro 4. It’s also a little over 3in bigger than the iPad Air 2, yet you get almost twice the real estate (78 percent, to be exact). The short edge is in essence as long as the long edge on an Air or Air 2, so it’s like having two 9.7in iPads side by side. That’s great for multitasking, but it’s also great for just about everything including websites, viewing and editing photos and video, playing games and generally all the things you already use a tablet for.

It comes into its own with apps optimised for the iPad Pro, especially those with take advantage of the high resolution of 2732x2048. Many iPad apps are understandably optimised for the 2048x1536 resolution of every other current iPad, so are scaled up on the iPad Pro. It has the same 4:3 aspect ratio, of course.
We’ll come to software later, though. Also see: Which iPad should I buy?

The screen is an IPS LCD panel but is subtly different to other iPads - such as the mini 4 - as the pixels are photo aligned rather than mechanically aligned. Will you notice the difference? No, but it means better contrast than it would otherwise have. Other technical advances make the screen more power efficient, too.
But what you’ll notice when you first use the iPad Pro is just how sharp everything looks. The mini 4 may have a higher dpi - 326 vs 264ppi - but at normal viewing distances you still won’t see the pixels.

Colours are pretty much as accurate as the excellent iPad mini 4, and it’s almost as bright (425cd/m2 versus 450cd/m2 on the mini 4). There’s an anti-reflective coating which doesn’t seem quite as effective at the mini 4’s but the screen is likewise fully laminated.
Overall, it’s a fabulous screen that’s a joy to look at. If you wanted to be critical, you could moan that it lacks the 3D Touch capabilities of the iPhone 6S, but maybe that’s something Apple will add to the next version. Also see: Tablet Advisor.

A great screen would be nothing without top-notch performance and the A9X processor delivers it in spades. In Apple-relative terms, it’s twice as quick as the iPad Air 2, which was already a powerhouse. It’s twice as quick in terms of both the CPU and GPU, and when it comes to graphics performance that’s crucial. With more pixels to drive, you need more computing power.
In all the apps we tried, performance was superb. Whether you’re scrolling around a complex wire-frame model in Autocad or retouching photos in Pixelmator, there’s never a judder or delay. Really, though, it’s just early days in terms of apps and games: the best is surely yet to come.
If you’re a video editor, the iPad Pro can handle three streams of 4K video from your iPhone 6S and playback in real-time, even if transitions and effects are applied. That’s something you just can’t do on the iPad Air 2.

Apple claims 10 hours of battery life, which is the usual figure for iPads. The 38.5Wh battery has 41 percent more capacity than the 27.3Wh cell in the Air 2.
In our battery test the Pro lasted for 11 hours, 9 minutes. That's a decent length of time, and it means it will handle a full working day away from the mains. And for most people who will use it only an hour or two per day, it should last a working week.

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After a few days on the old ultraportable, I was whisked away by the Spectre X2. The new 2-in-1 is so fast and responsive. It doesn’t have a fan, so it never sounds like it’s huffing and puffing. And when I glance down at the battery icon, it gives me confidence to keep doing whatever I want.

The detachable keyboard is impressively rigid. And when it’s disconnected, flight attendants don’t tell you to put the system away for takeoff and landing. Why would they? At 0.52 inch, it’s only slightly thicker than my two-year-old Galaxy Tab 3 tablet (0.49 inch).

The upshot is that I believe you’ll be absolutely thrilled with an upgrade to a new PC laptop. Because you’re not only going to get a computer that’s much sleeker and lightweight, with far more performance and battery life. You’ll also find it’s more friendly, responsive and inviting. So you’ll use it more often.

Indeed, this may be the best holiday season in quite a while to buy a new computer. The combination of Skylake and Windows 10 have taken the 2-in-1 experience to a new level. And to make the decision easier, there aren’t many new have-to-have smartphones or tablets to compete for your stack of gift cards.

I also learned something else by pulling out the old ultraportable. I won’t be going back again.Mike Feibus is principal analyst at TechKnowledge Strategies, a Scottsdale, Ariz., market strategy and analysis firm focusing on mobile ecosystems and client technologies. You can reach him at mikef@feibustech.com.

When it was first unveiled in 2010, Apple's 9.7-inch tablet defined an entirely new category of device - and with the iPad Pro, Apple is doing it again.
The iPad Pro is, for some, a real laptop replacement - and a way to combine work and play in a gadget that will last all day and won't break your back to carry.
The iPad Pro is, for many, a real laptop replacement - and a way to combine work and play in a gadget that will last all day and won't break your back to carry Here, the split screen view allows you to have two apps side by side on screen - and even a video running in a window at the same time.

When it was unveiled, and indeed even the first time you see one in the flesh, the iPad Pro just looks absurdly large.
With its 12.9-inch screen, it dwarfs the previous iPad Air 2 and its tiny 9.7-inch screen.
However, as with many Apple products, pick it up, use it for a few minutes, and things fall into place.
You quickly realise that the iPad Pro is now more than 'just' a tablet - it's a machine you can work on all day.
This isn't your toddler's iPad, but is a real working, professional machine that for some can, and will, replace their laptop.
It's light, at 1.57 pounds, and 6.9mm thin - and in fact, doesn't weigh much more than the original 9.7inch iPad.

More importantly, it is perfectly balanced - it just doesn't feel heavy or chunky in any way, even when used for reading or watching a movie in bed.
The screen is superb, boasting 5.9 million pixels, and is bright and sharper than anything else we've seen on a portable device - and the highest-resolution display of any iOS device.
Load up some HD content, and it's simply stunning - your holiday videos won't look better anywhere else.

Perhaps more to the point, editing your holiday videos won't look as good anywhere else - and Apple's own iMovie is a great examplof how good an app can be on the iPad Pro.
They'll also sound great, thanks to four speakers - and iOS automatically adjusts the orientation of the bass and higher frequencies according to how you’re holding it.
Each speaker produces rich bass, but only the top two produce the mid and high frequencies.

The Pro is also blindingly fast, with a new processor called the A9X, which Apple says is almost double the speed of the one in the iPad Air 2.
Apple said the iPad Pro is faster than 80 per cent of the PCs that shipped in the past six months, and graphics are faster than 90 per cent of those PCs.
And that power is needed - load up some of the latest games and photo editing software, and its apparent just why Apple boosted the power so much.
These are not cut down iPad apps, but fully featured versions of everything from Microsoft Office to Adobe's image editing tools.

Daily Mail tech editor Mark Prigg reviews the new Apple iPad
With apps, there are some issues - using apps not designed for the larger screen, in particular some iPhone apps such as Instagram, is simply annoying.
While on a smaller iPad they can be magnified twice and look just about OK, on the Pro there isn't (thankfully, as it would look awful) an option to blow them up more, so you are left with a small window in the middle of the screen. Thankfully, for most of these apps there is an iPad alternative that works brilliantly (in the case of Instagram, we'd recommend the excellent Flow).
Most recent iPad apps, however, will look great off the bat.

For the most part, the iPad Pro is every bit as straightforward to use as the first iPad, and also has the same 10 hour battery life as previous iPads.
APPLE'S $169 SMART KEYBOARD COVER - IS IT WORTH IT?
Apple’s official keyboard for the iPad Pro and the first it designed specifically as a companion product for the iPad is superb - but pricey.
It doubles as a cover for the front of the iPad when closed and not in use, and a water and stain resistant design with no crack between keys.
The top of the keyboard itself is crafted from a custom woven fabric that’s embossed and laser ablated to form the shape of each key.

This single sheet of material was specially designed to optimize key feel and stability, and not only serves as a cover for the keys, but also acts as part of the key mechanism - and it shows.
The iPad Pro is, for many, a real laptop replacement - and a way to combine work and play in a gadget that will last all day and won't break your back to carry
The iPad Pro in split screen mode, showing off the $169 smart keyboard cover which doubles as a stand
The iPad Pro is, for many, a real laptop replacement - and a way to combine work and play in a gadget that will last all day and won't break your back to carry
In use, it's wonderful, and one particularly neat feature are the shortcuts - just hold down one of the option keys and they'll appear on screen if you're aren't sure whats available.
The keys have a real feeling of travel, and its on a par with most laptop keyboards - and a lot of cheaper desktop ones.

It also makes keyboard shortcuts easily usable, and really is something you can type on all day.
It also includes Apple’s new Smart Connector technology that allows it to easily attach to the iPad and charge, no wires required.
There are issues - it can feel a little unbalanced when on your lap, and isn't backlit. It's also a little fiddly to fold into place, and can feel a little like an origami puzzle at times.
Despite this, the thin form factor and feel of the keys meanwhile it's definitely not cheap, but this is the best alternative to lugging round a larger bluetooth keyboard.
But paired up with the smart keyboard, for instance, this really does become a laptop replacement - and a really good one at that.
Apple has been quietly adding features to iOS to make this happen - and they work wonderfully well.
For instance, the 'split screen' view that lets you run two apps side by side, and the ability to run video in a small window on screen while you're doing something else - and resize it and move it anywhere you want.

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