For me, the machine is primarily a travel machine, so that’s the lens through which I measure it. I’ll touch on things like its applicability and shortcomings for tasks like software development, but if you’re looking for an in depth assessment from that perspective you’ll be better off checking with someone who does that work all day every day ( for example). My focus here is on the machine as a travel-oriented device. Scopeįirst, let me say a quick word about scope. If you’re a laptop user curious about how the iPad compares, this post is for you. And after mentioning that on Twitter, a number of people have asked about what it’s like “switching” to an iPad. Since I bought the iPad in June, my laptop has not made a single trip. Nearly six months later, that’s exactly how things have played out. The laptop would continue to be the at home machine, while I’d travel – ideally exclusively – with the tablet. Essentially, the idea was to split my computing needs into two categories – home and travel. The intent was to not replace the laptop, precisely, but rather to reconsider its workload. When Apple updated that model to 10.5″ a month later, I picked one up in lieu of a marginal upgrade to my aging laptop. That test, while brief, went quite a bit better than I expected. Specifically, I substituted a 9.7″ iPad Pro for my usual 12″ MacBook on a trip. Six months ago after my laptop’s logic board ate itself, I used the opportunity to experiment with trading a laptop for tablet as a primary travel machine.
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