Hi Marco,

How does working professionally with iOS on the iPad Pro compare to working with a full-fledged traditional OS, such as Mac OS or Windows?

I've got an iPad Air, and to me it's not much more than an oversized smartphone I use to relax on the couch at the end of a day. I can't imagine working really efficiently without the freedom of a desktop OS with full file management capacity.

I used a Wacom Cintiq for a while, connected to my iMac. It was like working with a giant iPad, but it had too many drawbacks:

1: My hand was too much in the way of my sight, haha.
2: The screen quality (colors, dynamics) was not as good as an iMac screen.
3: The screen became dirty quickly, forcing me to wear gloves, which also became dirty. :)
4: My arm got tired of the continuous movement over the large screen area.
5: It took too much space on my desk. I was constantly changing the placement of my keyboard, and Wacom's on-screen keyboard simply sucks.
6: Mac OS multi-screen support is not as customisable as I hoped it would be. For example, you don't have total control over where your Dock appears when you have two screens, and you can't simply switch off one screen.
7: Mac OS does not have very good touch-screen support, as none of Apple's Mac OS devices have a touch-screen.
8: The slight lag between the pen tip and the actual brush crosshair annoyed me a bit, especially when you move your pen rapidly.

So after about half a year I sold my Wacom Cintiq again, and bought a Wacom Intuos Pro Medium in stead, with which I am very happy.

Regards,

Metin

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