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So far the iPad Pro with 256GB of onboard storage (!) seems incredibly snappy compared with Surface. 2 quick benchmarks—

JEPP FD PRO 9 boot time from cold start on Surface - 41 secs

JEPP FD PRO 9 boot time from cold start on iPad Pro - 3 secs

Entire FOM search for word “malodorous” Surface - 157 secs

Entire FOM search for word “malodorous” iPad Pro - 1 sec

Functionality of Jepp FD Pro on iPad seems the same as the newly updated v9 on Surface except ownship position is activated.

Thickness of iPad in its Pivot case is 23mm compared to 45mm for Surface. I don’t have a small scale, but Surface is MUCH heavier.

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