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TheApple iPad Pro M4launch left tech pundits vexed.
Why didAppledebut its powerful new M4 processor on a unit thats a gigantic, glorified smartphone?
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What benefits could the M4 offer iPadOS, a system built for simplicity, if not strength?
But wait, here comesMicrosoftwith its newSurface Protablet.
Is it a tablet if it runs Windows just like my laptop and always comes with the keyboard accessory?
The new Microsoft Surface Pro in the best color
Whatever it is, it stands on the other side of the looking glass from the Apple iPad Pro.
Both tablets have new, powerful chipsets inside, based onARMs processing cores, instead ofIntels x86 chips.
Both of these new gadget families also come with questions.
Snapping a window on the Galaxy Tab S9 FE Plus
Why make an iPadOS gear so powerful, Apple?
Why is Windows so convoluted on a tablet, Microsoft?
Why couldnt these devices be just a little bit more … like … each other?!
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The iPad Pro needs to be more professional and extensible, like theSurface Pro.
The Surface Pro needs to be approachable, like iPadOS.
I have good news.
Do you really need to render 3D video on your tablet?
Theres already a tablet that gets it right.
Samsung makes the best tablet software.
Samsung just gets it right.
Yeah, I cant believe I just said that.
Ive beencritical of Samsungs phone software.
I praise Samsung hardware: the phones look great, they are well-built, and often outperform the competition.
Samsungs hardware is top-notch.Samsungs software needs help.
Except on the Galaxy Tab S9, from the high-endGalaxy Tab S9 Ultrato the less-expensiveGalaxy Tab S9 FE.
Samsungs OneUI software needs room to spread out.
It needs air to breathe.
On a big tablet display, it works.
It is robust, complicated, and densely packed on a phone but perfect on a tablet.
You want to work between multiple windows?
Samsungs Tab S9 handles multi-window chores better than anything short of a Windows desktop.
Simply drag and pull windows where you want them.
Drag a window to the edge and it splits the screen neatly.
It all works intuitively; I never had to read instructions to organize my display the way I wanted.
On the Galaxy Tab S9, connecting the keyboard accessory does the same thing.
When you disconnect the keyboard, you go back to touchable icons.
Samsungs latest DeX is more touch-friendly, but you might still keep the older Chromebook look and feel.
Its hard to say, but I think Samsungs pricing may be a bit confusing.
The Galaxy Tab S9 is priced to compete with theiPad Air, not the base modeliPad 10.9.
To be fair, Samsung doesnt give you a laptop-class processor inside.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 isn’t just an iPad clone or another generic Android tablet.
Stop trying to rethink what the iPad Pro should be, the Galaxy Tab S9 is already there.
