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Thanks mate, very useful insight. :-) Shame work won't get me an iPad Pro, as it's not a computer. Fair point I guess.
I can imagine being in a situation where I will get the base model 15 inch (which is still a very good machine, don't get me wrong), then I will be stuck with it as I can't sell it and probably won't use it as I will have gotten the iPad Pro by then and I do also have a top specs 15 inch that I use the same was as your Tower, which I won't want to sell.
But then again, freebie is freebie, can't complain.
ExTra
Sorry about the delay, we both have the pencil. Mrs Airhead doesn't use hers because she might lose it! Bless. I have had the Cintiq for a few years and it's superb with Painter X but a large number of cables tie you to whichever computer you are using to drive it so it's not much fun to use on the sofa which is where I wanted a sketchpad. The Pencil is comparable to the Wacom pen in term of usability, maybe a little better but of course no buttons.
The downside to the iPad for me is the lack of Google Sketchup. Otherwise the top apps available are brilliant, challenging Painter X for results but maybe a little less mental to use.
I've never used an iPad before this one but I no longer use my 13" retina MacBook and I've not missed it since day 1. However I do use a Mac tower for my main storage, typing, music making purposes so the iPad is definitely a sidearm. Battery life is very impressive and it's way quicker than the laptop, although it's of course running a different OS so the comparison is moot.