![]() I could have done all that on the Mac and switched around (either using Spaces or various windows and Safari tabs), but it was vastly easier to use separate devices. For instance, the other day I was doing programming and writing an article on the MBP, using the iPad for reference material (websites/books), and had iPhone in calculator mode to do some math I needed for the app I was writing. It is tricky finding uses, but I having multiple devices is great for multitasking. iPad is also great for text messaging so I can keep Mac focused on work. ![]() I do movies on my big TV, but iPad is great for streaming soccer game or youtube or podcast or things I don’t have to pay full attention to (sometimes while I watch something else on the TV, like a different soccer game – I like multitasking). ![]() I can see delegating it to be a book / newspaper reading device mostly. It’s really a nice device though, with the Apple smart folio keyboard case. And probably an iPad lower-model would have been just fine. trip in April - first trip in 4 years! - but it sort of feels like a waste at the moment. I still sometimes do that, but I really don’t go anywhere hardly at all. Then I started carrying it around outside in a backpack in case of work emergencies. I got it originally thinking I could use it on weekends for a volunteer class I teach at, instead of lugging my MBP, but we ended up sticking with Zoom meetings since the pandemic. But I’m usually ok reading on my iPhone too. Sometime “just to use it” I’ll pick it up to read a book in the Kindle app. Next to that is my iPad Pro which I almost never touch. Next to that I have my iPhone Pro 13 which I can’t live without. I work at home on my 14-inch MacBook Pro M1 from 2021, connected to a 27-inch external monitor. Of course if it’s a computer substitute a bigger screen would probably be better. I think if I was a student or somebody like that, with very light computing needs, you can argue that the iPad is a reasonable alternative to a MacBook Air. I’m not sure how useful my iPad Pro 11 inch M1 bought in 2021 is.
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