Apple's latest iPad Pro get a power boost with the new M5 chip

Apple's latest 11- and 13-inch iPad Pros have arrived, and though they're the first with the company's all-new M5 chip, they're otherwise largely identical to last year's models. The main reason to buy one, then, would be for the extra performance over the M4 — something that may be worthwhile to content creators and other power users looking for a tablet instead of a laptop.

Last year Apple decided to debut its M4 chip with the iPad Pro lineup and not its laptops. The reason? Only the entry-level M4 was ready (and not the M4 Pro and M4 Max), so Apple decided to wait before putting in its MacBooks so it could launch the entire lineup at once. With updated Magic Keyboards, It also showed that Apple was marketing the iPad Pro as a feasible MacBook replacement for power users.

The same applies with the ...