MEDIA PLAYER
Spreadsheets are for squares and a keyboard is very much optional
Apple iPad Pro
From £769 / apple.com
People used to say an iPad Pro was fine as a laptop replacement as long as you didn’t want to do any actual work – but as Apple has updated and refined its biggest tablet, it’s become clear that that’s not exactly true.
Of course, it depends on what kind of work you want to do; but if you want to churn out 1000 words, work up some design ideas, edit some photos or record that melody that’s been going around in your head all week, an iPad Pro does it in real style. It comes in two sizes, 11in and 12.9in, and the addition of Face ID means you get an edge-to-edge 264ppi touchscreen with minimal bezels, while the A12X Bionic chip will chomp through whatever you throw at it.