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December 02, 2015

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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 doesnâ€™t have a fan, so it never sounds like itâ€™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 itâ€™s disconnected, flight attendants donâ€™t tell you to put the system away for takeoff and landing. Why would they? At 0.52 inch, itâ€™s only slightly thicker than my two-year-old Galaxy Tab 3 tablet (0.49 inch).

The upshot is that I believe youâ€™ll be absolutely thrilled with an upgrade to a new PC laptop. Because youâ€™re not only going to get a computer thatâ€™s much sleeker and lightweight, with far more performance and battery life. Youâ€™ll also find itâ€™s more friendly, responsive and inviting. So youâ€™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 arenâ€™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 wonâ€™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 youâ€™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?
Appleâ€™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 thatâ€™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 Appleâ€™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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