After lots of consideration I recently purchased an iPad Pro 12.9. I’m running the beta version of iOS 11 that will be released to the general public this September. This latest release is impressive iPad,performance is outstanding. I echo Bachus comments in his original post. I primarily purchased it for my photography hobby, the camera on the iPad Pro is impressive as well. IOS and OS X are getting closer with every release. This may not be a replacement for a MacBook Pro laptop it’s getting close........yes the opening of the file system is a real plus.