Microsoft: iPad Pro is a toy, not a real PC

A Microsoft executive has said during an interview that the comparison between Surface Pro 4, it considers a real PC, and iPad Pro is not feasible, because the latter is only a companion device.

Last year, Apple unveiled the iPad Pro, a substantially wider version of the famous tablet of the Californian company with a focus on the factor productivity. After launching the new tablet was immediately confronted – perhaps unfairly – with Surface Pro, 2-in-1 Microsoft decidedly different with the basic concept but very similar if it is considered the end of the market, around $1,000.

The two devices are similar in looks and especially in the form factor and the availability of original accessories or optional (stylus and keyboard), but under the body are very marked differences. On the one hand, iPad Pro has an ARM processor and an operating system derived from the mobile. The other Surface Pro 4 has components x86 and a desktop operating system, Windows 10.

The appearance of the productivity of iPad Pro was promoted even by Microsoft, with a company representative who appeared on stage to present the Apple tablet to show some of the possible developments with the Office suite for iOS. However, it would point out that Microsoft still considers its Surface Pro a more complete product, higher in the needs of professionals.

Specifically, the Senior Communication Manager of Microsoft’s Surface: Dan Laycock, interviewed by TrustedReviews, said that ” the two strategies are very different, ” emphasizing the differences between the approach of Apple and Microsoft in the Pro: ” Microsoft wants you to have the need to lug around a single device for use by PCs and tablets, ” he continued. ” While iPad Pro is only one device from the company. ”

It arrived just after the comparison of the operating systems supported by the two machines. On the one hand, Windows 10, the same that runs on desktop and notebook computers, the other iOS 9, which was founded on the needs of iPhone and systems aimed at the extreme mobility. Both devices are sold without keyboard, while Microsoft offers only the stylus pen in the original equipment, whereas the iPad Pro requires an additional expense.

Microsoft claims to have no fear of iPad Pro: ” We do not believe this is a fair comparison, because Surface Pro is a complete computer, capable of running complex applications “, he concluded on the subject of the manager in the company of Redmond.