- USING AN IPAD PRO AS A WACOM TABLET FULL
- USING AN IPAD PRO AS A WACOM TABLET PORTABLE
- USING AN IPAD PRO AS A WACOM TABLET PC
- USING AN IPAD PRO AS A WACOM TABLET PROFESSIONAL
I prefer to buy from the up and coming brands when I can, the ones that want to impress me and convince me that their products are worth spending my money on. In this day and age, I fear that high profile brands like Apple and Wacom sometimes misuse their prestige, and use it to leverage more money out of their fans. I like their products - but I’m going to have to be honest up front: at this point in my life, I see 'premium branding' as a negative thing. Let me preface this next part by saying that I currently own and do all my work on an Ipad Pro 12.9, and before that used Wacom Cintiqs for around 8 years. Wacom and Apple have consistently delivered some of the best products in their niches.
USING AN IPAD PRO AS A WACOM TABLET PORTABLE
A cloud instance of Windows makes up for this somewhat, but not 100%.Īnd even though this is the non-portable option, a 16" screen is portable in a pinch - you wouldn't want to be carrying it around every day, but if you really need to take it somewhere with a laptop, you can do it easily enough with a big backpack and some protective padding.īoth Wacom and Apple are seen as premium brands, and so command a premium price-tag for their usually high quality products. There's not much difference between how their brands are perceived by the public.
USING AN IPAD PRO AS A WACOM TABLET PC
With an iPad, you are bound by the limitations of Apple, both in the iPads hardware and its apps, but with a Windows PC you get much more control over everything.
USING AN IPAD PRO AS A WACOM TABLET FULL
On top of that, native use of Windows and having full control over your PC hardware is a valuable advantage. It doesn't sound like much at only 3", but that translates to quite a lot of screen space in reality. The extra screen space that 16" gives you over 13" is really nice.
USING AN IPAD PRO AS A WACOM TABLET PROFESSIONAL
If I didn't need the portability of an iPad, I'd probably go for a Cintiq 16 instead - the 15.6" screen is a really nice size to work on, and the device has all the features you need to make professional work. Here are my recommendations up front, before we do a deeper comparison of using an Apple iPad vs using a Wacom Cintiq: iPad Pro 12.9 Recommended as a portable desktop replacement for professionals Using a service like Amazon EC2 to host a cloud instance of Windows, you can choose the PC specs you want your instance to have, including graphics card, cpu, ram etc, and use Windows via your iPad with just a small amount of lag. I'm even writing this article in Windows on my iPad Pro! With a stable internet connection, you can access Windows via the iPad, and have access to everything you'd have on a PC. I've actually managed to do it 100%, but this has only been possible because of one important tool: The iPad Pro can be used as a desktop replacement, and you can do 95% of tasks with iOS apps, but the key to 100% replacement is using Remote Desktop to connect to a cloud Windows instance when you need it. If you're considering using the iPad as a desktop replacement:
If you're just comparing a Cintiq and iPad for painting alone: I think a Cintiq and iPad Pro are extremely similar to paint on, with some small differences - I find the Apple pencil more comfortable than a Cintiq's stylus for long painting sessions, but most people will not enjoy the glassy smooth screen of the iPad and will need a screen protector to have it feel like a Cintiq.
This is because portability has become more important to me in the last few years. Painting, writing, working, entertainment etc, everything on the iPad. I've used Cintiqs for over a decade, and recently got an iPad Pro 12.9 to try to use it as a desktop replacement - no PC, just my iPad. In many ways, this is a battle between the established king of the tablet scene and a recent, exciting newcomer that has completely changed the market.Īpple didn't make their first tablet until 2010 but they’ve had a meteoric rise to widespread public adoption, while a Cintiq is still seen as a super-specialized piece of kit.