Apple iPad Pro 11" - 2020

I’d recommend the 10.2-inch iPad that supports the Pencil and Smart Keyboard, runs on an A10 fusion chip, ships with 128 gigabytes of storage, and only costs $429. Your kids can still play games on that one, though that’s a relatively modest amount of storage; and you can read books, stream movies, and video chat with family on that iPad too.

I started this review by talking about the tension between iPads. The core of that tension is that for most people, the iPad Pro is overkill. Unless you’re quite sure what you are going to do with these cameras, that LIDAR, or the faster processor, chances are you’d be equally served by the much-less expensive iPad Air — or even the base iPad. Neither of those iPads is as nice from a hardware perspective. But if you don’t need the extra power, saving hundreds of dollars is also nice.

Which is a bit of a pity. This is easily Apple's best iPad Pro model to date, but it's launching in a period of significant instability. It's a lovely luxury item if somebody else is paying, though.

The iPad Pro is *still* the best tablet on the market and *still* stupendously powerful and well built. It’s an expensive piece of kit but I’d argue the new cursor support and Magic Keyboard accessory mean that for the first time the iPad Pro can legitimately claim to be a full on laptop replacement for most people.