It’s hard to escape the upcoming rumors about the possible new iPad Pros coming — but even harder to escape the nonsensical wishes of people better suited to using Macs instead.

## Clamshell iPad Pros, Kickstands, Surface Pros, and Shit Like That

When I decided to go [iPad Pro only](https://brooksreview.net/2015/11/the-full-ipad/) back in November of 2015, I took a few beats to [try the biggest iPad Pro competitor](https://brooksreview.net/2015/12/surface-pro-4/): Microsoft’s Surface Pro 4. If the iPad is a “big iPhone” then the Surface is a laptop with tablet-like features. Both are compromised products, but in massively different ways. One struggling to find its place on desktops, and the other struggling to find its place on couches.

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