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Can the best get better? The iPad Pro gets a new level of incredible power with the M5 chip, while retaining the super-thin design. The only problem is the price...

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from £999/go.stuff.tv/iPadProM5

There's always one key question with the iPad Pro. Who wants a tablet that's as expensive as a Mac?

As the Pro has gone further upmarket using equivalent processors to the MacBook Air (and now ahead of it in terms of chip adoption), it's a legitimate question when some apps still lag far behind the desktop versions. And it's certainly a statement that Apple has decided to debut the M4 and now the M5 inside the iPad Pro (although there's also a MacBook Pro with the M5, as reviewed last issue).

You certainly do pay for the privilege of owning the best iPad available: for a 13in Pro with full upgrades across the board it's possible to cough up over £2500. I'm testing the 13in model starting at £1299, but there's an 11in model as well - starting at £999 - and both are available in 256GB, 512GB, 1TB and 2TB variants, as with last year's very similar M4-powered Pro.

Some thins never change