I still cant figure out the target audience for these ipad pros..imho it could never replace what a laptop can do

hi , which ipad pro 9.7 or  ipad 9.7 ( 2017) can use pencil?thanks

Can an ipad really replace a laptop?
i need thin and light machine for words/excel/power point processing, will ipad pro9.7/10/5 do the job? or a normal ipad air 2 is sufficient.

Also, is ipad pro's keyboard really that good to use? or a normal 3rd party blue tooth keyboard is usable as well.<< today went to apple store, tried the ipad pro keyboard, some of the keys doesnt do anything when i pressed (eg. command key), is it its broken, its sensitive, the connection not good? orrr....

thank for info  , but the pencil is one version only  , correct?

Cheapest is RM2999

You should buy and help us buy at hongkong .@

Thanks for the info, may get my colleague to help get one from HK. Can save around RM420 for Pro 10.5 plus Pencil. 

Can't really understand what is the purpose to use an iPad to replace a laptop if you can afford a laptop which is definitely perform better than a tablet would be in terms of versatility and ability. Tablet is not going to replace a laptop, never will be. If you saying addition of mouse and MacOs, we wouldn't call it a tablet anymore! Tablet is a handhold device which increase the portability for lightweight task on it, such example will be a massive Excel working on a desk using laptop or PC, then transfer the document to your tablet so you can review or make some light modification on the go, or spend more time to do some bigger modification on a tablet which you could do faster on a laptop. Tablet is just a smart device classified between smartphone and laptop, it does better work than a smartphone but less a big step than a laptop. After using iOS 11 Public Beta, I could say that iPad covered 75% of my work which I previously done on a laptop, but at the end of the day, it still couldn't replace a laptop.

oh, because 12.9inch too big?

I dont think theres a right or wrong to this because a laptop means different things to different people.

I believe there will be a convergence of products where iPad Pro will be mature enough to replace even an engineer's laptop or an architect's laptop. Tablets are on the decline because phones are getting bigger. Either the iPad matures to step up or it will be eliminated. Thats whats happening the the "iPad" now. I think the definition of tablet will change in the near future.

Ultimately Apple requires third party companies to step up to refine their apps to be truly independent of laptop. If a full fledged autocad or photoshop or dreamweaver is on iPad, you will see more "laptop replacement" converters.

Im trying to convert to full time iPad Pro myself (with the new 10.5 512GB when available) but i can't solve my storing of old emails issue.

Yea i know. Hahaha. Every reviewer was like "you can't see in YouTube but you'll definitely see it in person", so i was a bit disappointed i cant see the difference even when i used it next to the cheap ipad. Lol. But this pro is a bit overkill for me. As much as i like the bigger screen, I'd rather buy the 2017 ipad and use my laptop for works.