They compared to current Microsoft and Dell models being sold NOW, not discounted closeout models. Nice try, Fireman15, but no banana.
I said in post 12 that it was an Apples to Oranges comparison. It is an impressive achievement for Apple.
You are twisting words, meaning, and the original intent of all parties involved including myself.
From the article, “When Apple introduced the new iPad Pro, the company boasted that its slim slate is more powerful than 92 percent of PCs out there.” Who knows what Apple meant by that. It is a meaningless statement made up by marketers. The article in Laptop Mag compared it to the Dell XPS 13 9370 (2018) and the Microsoft Surface Pro 6. They listed the Samsung Galaxy Book 2 (Not tested) and the “Category Average (as of 10/31/18). This is not a comparison of 92% of anything... current, discounted, or closeouts.
“On Geekbench 4, which measures overall performance, the iPad Pro notched a score of 17,995. That blows past the Surface Pro 6 with a Core i5 CPU and even the Core i7 version of the Dell XPS 13.”
The Dell XPS 13 with a current generation portable Core i5 tests out at 13747 on Geek Bench 4. The i7 version they “tested” that got a score of 14,180 most likely had last year's portable i7 installed. So no it is not exactly current. The Surface Pro 6 with a Core i5 was not built to be a high performance machine. No laptop with the portable version of the Core i5 is meant to be a high performance machine.
Apple's statement intentionally does not specify what they are talking about. Obviously they are not talking about high performance computers or even laptops that have current generation high performance processors - not the portable versions. Even older generation performance Core i7 based computers blow the new iPad Pro out of the water. Tom's Guide and Laptop magazine obviously understood this which is why they compared the iPad Pro only with computers with a similar form factor. So Swordmaker you don't get a banana either.
Apple's statement intentionally does not specify what they are talking about. Obviously they are not talking about high performance computers or even laptops that have current generation high performance processors - not the portable versions. Even older generation performance Core i7 based computers blow the new iPad Pro out of the water. Tom's Guide and Laptop magazine obviously understood this which is why they compared the iPad Pro only with computers with a similar form factor. So Swordmaker you don't get a banana either. What a load of false assumptions and assertions that you can't possibly know the truth or facts to be true.
- False assumption: "The i7 version they “tested” that got a score of 14,180 most likely had last year's portable i7 installed." Dell upgrades processors as Intel releases them. You pulled that assumption out of your rear.
- False assertion: "They listed the Samsung Galaxy Book 2 (Not tested)." Totally FALSE! Look at the fourth for on this chart:
I submit, fireman15, you don't know at all what you are talking about and you are making a fool of yourself by making false "factual" assertions and grasping at made up straws.