Is the iPad Mini2 much of an upgrade from the original iPad Mini?

Is the iPad Mini2 much of an upgrade from the original iPad Mini?

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Apple iPad Pro vs Microsoft Surface Pro 4, for my needs?

Please read all, and if you're a a hardcore lover of Windows or Apple, at least be fair in recommendations.

For my sweet 16 I'm not doing a party and I'm taking all the money I can and I'm going to get a new laptop replacement. Yes, I know the iPad can't technically replace my laptop, but I do have a laptop that is slow but works. I would like to totally scrap it, but if the iPad is that good I'll keep it for jobs the iPad can't do. I use Netbeans, and am a digital artist. I've had an iPad 2 and 4, and a mini. I used Procreate, and other Apple Appstore art apps. I have a Wacom Bamboo tablet with Photoshop Elements 8, and Autodesk Sketchbook Express, I also have Paint Tool Sai, but it's terribly slow. I love that program, but I can't use it with my crap laptop, that's why I wanted the Surface, so I could finally use all the programs I can't use on my laptop. I want something that will last a long time, and will still be good years from now. That also brings up another reason why I wanted to get the Surface, this iPad is just a first gen, I can almost guarantee the iPad Pro 2 will be out very soon. But again Apple products have a high resale value, you can almost sell it for the same price you bought it. Idk, I'm confused if you're curious about any information ask below and I'll edit it in, or reply to your answer.

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I feel like a prisoner in my own home?

It all started during the summer holidays when I got into some online games on the ipad and downloaded on computer. Being Asian, their idea of a good summer holiday is to give me science textbooks and force me to play the piano. My dad is extremely adverse to me even touching my iPod because he believes I'm addicted to gaming, which by definition I am not. I had almost the best summer I could remember having, having made several friends through my online guild of interest I would not have found through school or otherwise. I knew I wanted to keep on talking to them, but as soon as year 10 started, they took away my iPad, to which I didn't complain, despite knowing the consequences to my friendships this would bring. I know what hard work is, I have ambition (Oxbridge). My parents' mistrust hurts a lot, because despite my grades, I can tell that they are insecure about my own self-control. I thrive upon being able to use the internet as a culture resource, and taking that away feels like I have my freedom stripped. I have lost all of my friends from my old guild, which I was kicked from due to inactivity. I used to use my iPod at night, and it was a very effecive stress reliever. I know that they mean well, but don't understand that I need my iPod at night as much as a mental health patient needs meds. Nothing makes me happy because I feel like what I want most is the ability to make my own choices and have them support them, and it's the one thing I can't have.

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Dead Ipad not charging?

My Ipad had been dead for two weeks. O haven t bothered to charge it. Now that I NEED it its not showing any signs of being charged. When I take the us cable out it says that it is charging for a brief second. When I plug it on the screens shows the red battery and nothing else. How do i fix this? What is wrong?

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