Cheated by Apple again? Your next computer must be a computer.

Everyone's broken iPhone 9, Apple has been delayed.

So, last week, Apple launched a new generation of iPad Pro directly in official website without any precautions or concerns.

And Apple even made a slogan: Why is your next computer a computer?

Hum, this type, brother Ji will also make:

Your next mobile phone, why iPhone.

Why do you want to be a girlfriend on your next date?

……

So, is iPad Pro 2020 as mysterious as Apple said, directly replacing computers?

So brother Ji spent the money for breakfast and got a new machine to see if Cook had hit his face.

First of all, the focus of this upgrade is the lidar used for ranging.

Simply put, iPad Pro emits a beam of light and then calculates the distance by reflecting the light.

Apple official website is full of augmented reality (AR), and everyone knows that lidar is for it.

Machine brother tested it, and the AR of the new iPad Pro is really strong.

For example, use the rangefinder App that comes with iOS/iPadOS 13 to measure the length of Apple Pencil 2.

The result measured by iPad Pro is 17cm, while the data on official website is16.6cm..

This shows that the AR ranging of the new iPad Pro can be accurate to centimeter level.

Did the boy suddenly have a bold idea!

Ji Ge thinks that if any industry needs AR jobs, iPad Pro may be very productive for them.

However, the reality is that there are very few apps in the App Store that can call this lidar.

And most people don't need AR for their jobs at present.

Maybe in a year or two, this situation will be rewritten, but now it may be a function of "it doesn't matter if it doesn't exist, it will be better if it exists"

Since I don't feel much about the lens upgrade, let's take a look at this real heavy upgrade: iPad finally supports the operation of keyboard, mouse and touchpad.

Here, the machine brother whispers, because this is the function of iPadOS 13.4. Whether it is iPad Pro, iPad Air or even iPad mini, you can get the same function as long as you upgrade your system.

Spicy, when the iPad Pro can operate the touchpad, keyboard and mouse like a MacBook, can it become a "portable computer" written on the back of the fuselage?

Can we really abandon iQiyi and embrace productivity this time?

Because the wonderful keyboard supporting the iPad Pro will not be released until May, the machine brother only takes the ordinary keyboard and touchpad as examples today.

Brother Ji, before we continue, I want to draw a key point for everyone.

Such as engineering, financial accounting, etc. Need professional software, iPad Pro is definitely not enterprising.

It's like going to the battlefield unarmed and rushing to deliver the head.

Next, Brother Ji uses his real works as an example for your reference.

Brother Ji's daily job is basically typing, and sometimes he will trim a picture or cut a video.

Before the iPad Pro didn't have a touchpad, the computer brother would never type with it.

Because sometimes, if you change a typo, a word, a line, or a paragraph, you need to raise your whole right hand to the screen to get somewhere.

But think about it, friends, every article written by brother Ji is thousands of words. How tired will it be to keep moving your right hand? !

After upgrading iPadOS 13.4, it is very easy to locate a word in the article with the mouse.

Moreover, iPadOS' touchpad gestures are exactly the same as those of computers that we are already familiar with, and it is not difficult to get started.

If you want to copy and paste a paragraph in the box, the mobile phone is on the touchpad, and it can be done with a drag of your finger.

By the way, the left and right split screens of iPadOS 13 have also been upgraded, and two web pages and two Word documents can be opened at the same time.

However, compared with Windows and Mac, which can open multiple interfaces at the same time, the multitasking of iPad is still a little weak.

Having said that, the most concerned about the machine friends is definitely the most basic three-piece office: documents, forms and slides. Will the touchpad on the new iPad Pro have a different experience?

Brother Ji gave it a simple try. When editing a Word document, you can use desktop gestures through the touchpad.

For example, click three times with a single finger to select a paragraph immediately. With the keyboard, Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V go together.

In PPT, you can drag pictures and text boxes directly with the touchpad. Making courseware is simply not more convenient ~

Even tables, boxes, zooming in and out, and editing numbers are exactly the same as computers.

Therefore, for machine friends who mainly work in words, the new iPad Pro can already replace 90% of the work.

Brother Ji wants to deduct the remaining 10% because the iPad version of the browser, whether Chrome, Edge or native Safari, does not support the installation of plug-ins (extensions).

Like Downie plug-in commonly used by Brother Ji in Mac browser, you can download videos from web pages with one click.

However, the iPad can't install plug-ins, which makes the computer brother's work very troublesome.

As for retouching, there are already full versions of Photoshop and Lightroom on the iPad, and Illustrator is also in internal testing.

If all goes well, Adobe's other productivity software may be gradually ported to the iPad.

You know, Adobe software holds the lifeblood of many people all over the world.

Moreover, the interface of iPad Pro is USB-C, and the photos taken by the camera can be directly imported into iPad, and then retouched with LR.

Or you can write an article like Brother Ji and drag it into the article.

In retouching software, finally! Finally! Finally! You can use the trackpad to control the cursor matting!

With a single stroke, you can dig out objects. Use Photoshop and Affinity Photo on the desktop.

Therefore, Ji Ge thinks that the image processing of iPad Pro at work can really talk about a small computer.

In addition, many of the "productivity" mentioned above actually coincides with the capabilities of the MacBook Air. What it can do, iPad Pro is basically capable.

Brother Ji estimates that when the iPad Pro develops for another three to five years, the MacBook Air may not be sold.

For example, when the iPhone replaced the iPod more than ten years ago, Jobs said: If the iPod is doomed to die, it will die in Apple's own hands.

After more than ten years, history may repeat itself.

Speaking of it, two months ago, a foreign hacker brushed the Windows system for the iPad, which is the proper productivity ~

After the above analysis, Ji Ge thinks that in the next year or two, "your computer has to be a computer." Just three or five years later, it's hard to say!