[TexasGator]

“Yeah, but let’s be realistic. Go to Microsoft’s site for pricing.”

Yeah, but let’s be realistic and look at the what the street prices are.

iPad pro for $699 for 128gb. Add pen and keyboard and you are over $900.

$999 for the surface 4 package including keyboard and a better pen gets you a larger screen and twice the performance!

[roadcat]

You want to be realistic? You’re not. The Apple Pencil is not just a pen. If you get a regular pen stylus, the price is lower than what you are comparing for the Surface. The Pencil is far more functional, and the Surface does not have it. The Apple iPad still does more at equivalent price factoring than the Surface, which costs much more for the same functionality.

[Swordmaker]

$999 for the surface 4 package including keyboard and a better pen gets you a larger screen and twice the performance!

Uh, nope. The benchmarks say differently than your claims. According to the Geek benchmarks run by Redmond Pie:

Back to the subject of speed, tests carried out show that the iPad Pro is faster at performing both single core and multi-core tasks compared to the Surface Pro 4 SKU running a 2.2GHz CPU and costing $899. By comparison, the iPad Pro uses a custom A9X chip running at 2.25GHz and costs a comparatively low $799 at the entry level price point. That chip doesn’t change no matter which iPad Pro you buy, and to get a Surface Pro that can outpace Apple’s new tablet, you’ll need to spend $1299 for the 3GHz model. Both units ship without the keyboard but Surface Pro does ship with stylus while Apple Pencil is available as a separate purchase.

[Pikachu_Dad]

A ‘larger sceen’ is a huge negative for a hand held, portable device !!!