iPad Pro M2 vs Surface Pro 9 - Don’t Make a MISTAKE! [2023]

iPad Pro M2 12.9 or Surface Pro 9 both have Pro in their names both are similarly priced ish and also both offer pretty good laptop and tablet experiences but which should you buy well both of these have had a pretty mild spec bump in late 2022 with the 6th gen iPad Pros getting the new M2

processor an apple pencil hover feature which is as underwhelming as it sounds prores video capture and also Wi-Fi 6E while the new Surface Pro 9 gets 12th generation Intel new series i5 and i7 CPUs we also get faster Ram a removable and therefore upgradable SSD studio quality mics improved repairability Wi-Fi 6E as well and a couple of new

colors like this very nice sapphire blue either way though Prices range from pretty reasonable at the lower end all the way up to mortgage deposit level I mean top spec add a keyboard add a pen maybe three grand it's pretty ridiculous but wait wait I know what you're thinking Tommy you've got the wrong

Surface Pro 9 this is the Intel one but if you're going to compare it to the arm powered N2 iPad then really you should compare it to the arm powered sq3 version the non-intel a Surface Pro 9 which is a fair point and there are advantages to the sq3 version including much longer battery life 5G connectivity

and some webcam noise reduction and effects via the AI chip which sounds like the better option but I don't think it is because like the previous Surface Pro X which really the sq3 version of this Pro 9 replaces because it's not running x86 Intel chips all the applications have to be emulated on

Windows and emulation has improved since the Surface Pro X it's got better but we still have a long way to go it just doesn't compete with apple and the M2 MacBooks right now hopefully one day soon but right now if you are going to buy a Surface Pro 9 and use it like a