As expected, with the CES 2018 in progress we are talking a lot about Windows tablets and convertibles, but you know both Apple and Google are throwing the rest to launch devices that are capable of competing with them to permanently replace our laptops. We leave you a video comparison with both to explore the potential of iPad Pro and the Pixelbook.
IPad Pro vs. Pixelbook and Tablets vs. Convertibles
A good part of the video comparison focuses on the iPad Pro and Pixelbook as devices in themselves and in this sense it should be said that it is more about evaluating the virtues of each one of them individually, but in reality, it can also be interpreted as a contrast between the strengths and weaknesses of the tablets and convertibles, since a good part of what can be said about them can be applied to each of these formats in general.
This is the case of all the reflections made about the comfort of each of the two when using them to work or play multimedia content, which in the end many times have to do above all simply with the possibility to undock the keyboard or, seen from the other perspective, the need to use some kind of accessory to stand on a table or the reliability we achieve by doing so. However, it must be pointed out that these considerations can be generalized to a certain extent, because it is true that there are many Windows tablets that offer us solutions that provide a lot of stability and a variety of viewing angles (the Surface Pro-style support, mainly) and that They leave us keyboards that do include a trackpad.
Others are more clearly references to particularities of the iPad Pro or the Pixelbook because, for example, there is really no reason to imagine that in future editions of Google's convertible, or in others that can follow in their footsteps, such thick frames cannot be avoided. . The image quality of their respective screens is also an issue that also has nothing to do with the formats used.
The other big key: iOS vs Chrome OS
Although more briefly, the comparison also addresses the issue of operating systems and we have the opportunity to take a look at the user experience that we can expect from each of them. Although the difference between choosing a tablet with a keyboard or a convertible is already important, this other aspect can have an equally great impact when choosing between one and the other and, in general, between tablets of Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), and those who can bet in the future for Chrome OS.
As regards the iPad Pro, we've already talked a lot in the wake of last year's launch of iOS 11 of the progress you have made Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), in this direction, which is true that there are many although those most used to working on PC may still miss certain functions. The multitask has received a major push, in any case, and the new files app fills an important void. It is true that a trackpad, as mentioned before, that would avoid having to go from the keyboard to touch control is something that would make the laptop / tablet transition easier for many.
Starting with an operating system designed for PCs, the Pixelbook and tablets that can follow you with Chrome OS, they start with quite an advantage. The problem they find themselves with, as with Windows, is, on the contrary, better adapt to touchscreens. It has to be said that Google is working a lot in this direction in recent times and we can not only install Android apps directly from Google Play in your convertible, but we constantly receive news of new improvements (the last one, that these can now run in the background). An important drawback, however, already present in Android tablets, in fact, is that there are still many apps that are not optimized for this format, and they leave us a poorer user experience.
Can either of the two with Windows?
Although the two clearly dominates over Windows if we consider the tablet market as a whole, it is true that it is not entirely clear yet that they will manage to snatch the leadership in this more specific niche. We can be sure, however, that the efforts of Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), y Google they will continue, because analysts have for a long time still attributed to this type of device (tablets with keyboard, 2 in 1 and convertibles) the greatest growth potential and by now it has almost completely subsumed the high-end range.
El iPad Pro y iOS 11 have made it quite clear to us what the future plans are for the apple in this regard and the Pixelbook it can also be considered a declaration of intent by Google, although for the take-off of tablets with Chrome OS Not only will it be essential to improve its integration with Android and with touch controls, but also the support that the concept has from other manufacturers. We really want to see that 2-in-1 with Chrome OS you're working on Samsung, For example.
And we must not lose sight of Microsoft is also striving to strengthen the potential of Windows on mobile devices, as we are seeing lately with the appearance of the first Windows 10 tablets for ARM, with Snapdragon processors, with more autonomy and with a mobile connection, although it seems that, for now, not with much lower prices.