iPad Pro M2: What Does 'Pro' Even Mean?

Don't let this distract you from the fact that the iPad Pro is still... really good

Tablet provided by Apple for review.

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[seansiquig]

i always love MKBHD’s twin being included in these videos 🙏

[lizzieburns]

Musician here - Most of my colleagues, myself included, own a 12.9 iPad pro for reading music, instead of paper sheet music. We exclusively use iPads instead of other tablets because the software we use, called ForeScore, is apple exclusive, and the 12.9" because it has to be big enough to read off of a music stand. I would love more than anything to have a large non-pro iPad, it's completely insane that the majority of the music industry owns these incredibly powerful machines just to read PDFs on a big screen. Also, Marques, we went to high school together, go cougars.

[trentasaurus]

I remember when I got my Samsung Tab 6 Lite over 2 years ago and it came with the free S-pen with a similar hover feature. Clearly the amount of power and CPU required to get that to work is tremendous

[MrUnknownXD]

Imagine the Marques wearing Boston Dynamics T-shirt is not an edited clone but is actually a robot that he got made from Boston Dynamics themselves.

[yezakd]

As a healthcare consultant that (before covid) traveled every week for work, I migrated to the iPad Pro and used it as a laptop replacement for years. I didn't create documents or artifacts from scratch. My role at this point was managing teams and reviewing, editing, and improving documents and artifacts my teams created. I could do everything I needed with an instant on, always connected tablet that was 1/4 the weight and size of my laptop. Plus it was far less intimidating to sit with a client or customer and take notes with a pen on my screen than to sit there and click clack away on a laptop keyboard. All that said. I still use the a 2nd generation iPad Pro. It does everything I need.

[djrollerx]

As someone who just bought their first ever iPad, I wanted the most features and the best device I could get. I won't get another chance to get a device like this for a long time, so yeah the M2 makes the most sense for me. Obviously it's not a meaningful upgrade for someone that bought an iPad in the last couple years, but it's a great starting point for new owners.

[piereligiodisante]

I find it so crazy that iPad never had hovering and nobody until now mentioned it comparing it with the competition... that's a critical feature to have for digital drawing

[aynapaisley]

When I learned that the brush cursor (that dot that shows the size of the brush when you hold the pencil over the screen) is literally the newest feature on the latest iPad pro I couldn't believe it, because I had it since forever on my very old Samsung tablet that I mostly been using for drawing and was looking to replace it. It literally sounded like wow look at this awesome beast of a device with the newest M2 chip - it shows where your brush is going to land and how the colors are blending. Still makes me giggle, despite the fact I actually bought the thing in the end. Whaaat? It's future proof and all..

[thetruth]

I think the small improvements are just for those that just happen to buy a new tablet this year and are not meant to encourage you to upgrade from the previous ipad. Even for iphones I think only a small percentage upgrate every year when the new Gen comes out but for tablet users this number is probably still a alot smaller.

[loneagent]

This man's intro game is the best I've seen on any YouTube channel. The whole team deserves the biggest round of applause!

[emmgeevideo]

Both dudes deserve the massive 16.4M audience. Informative, interesting, insightful, and enjoyable to watch. Great production values. None of the fluff and "I'm so cool" (I'm talking to you Rene) vibe of some tech creators.

[steverix]

The refurbished M1 iPad Pro at the moment just make so much more sense. Even in the UK where we often get shafted, we are talking a £440 saving on the 256GB model, M1 refurbished vs M2. It's a crazy amount of price increase for such little gains in spec and features.

[karoisart]

I had the normal ipad 2020 and as an artist I work with a lot of layers, up to 200 sometimes. But at like 70 layers I had to stop and switch to the PC because it wasn't powerful enough. This is why I wanted to upgrade to an ipad pro. And didn't want to risk it with the M1 one, because My drawings keep getting more complicated the better I get, so I waited for the M2 one and till now I haven't had any problems. I was able to finish my drawings on my new ipad and the big screen was also a great improvement compared to before:)

[fpgmatthew]

I genuinely love the alliteration you come up with to conclude each video

[carrerakiid]

I use my M1 iPad Pro for DJ gigs and it’s THE BEST. Simple easy to take a move around, small footprint, large BRIGHT screen, and I can use my hands to interact with the software. Plus my turntable connect DIRECTLY to the usb c port. Super convenient, and powerful. That’s what the pro means too me.

[RegalWarrant]

Marques what can I say you never stop to inspire me.
I am not a tech savy just a general consumer and I know there are millions of individuals like me who just want a non biased and no nonsense review of the product and you just simply deliver a great content for us in a simple way and bonus it is free. I am grateful for what you do. Thank you so much Marques.

[hankfish]

I'm an industrial design student and I use my iPad to do concept sketches every day, and some days for 6+ hours a day. I use Adobe Fresco so I can also further edit it a little in Photoshop very easily. I have the M1 and definitely not getting the M2.
The last studio I interned at uses digital sketches (although some prefer pen and paper), so the "professional" is definitely there for some people.

[disorder]

As an avid Clip Studio user the pen hover is a *godsend*. All the icons and buttons are super tiny and seeing where the pen will land should greatly minimize miss-inputs. First time i'm inclined to upgrade since getting the 2019 pro.

[budmonk]

The last iPad I bought was the original iPad Pro 9.7 and it still blazes through anything I use it for (mostly Netflix and reading and the occasional game). So given the long cycle of usage I am able to get out of it, I bought the new iPad Pro 11 2022 edition with the M2. I wanted the M1, but the price difference was $50. So I hope to get another 7 years of usage from that. After a long line of cheap Android tablets, this is the one apple product I don't mind spending cash on.

[sadikspencer]

The fact Marques still uses an A12Z iPad Pro and it suits his demands of an iPad makes me feel soooo much more comfortable with my purchase of a lightly used one for next to nothing.