I've done an experiment recently, inspired by the macstories.net guy (@viticci) who spent 1 year only using an iPad Pro. I have an iPad Air 1 (so, much slower t

I've done an experiment recently, inspired by the macstories.net guy (@viticci) who spent 1 year only using an iPad Pro. I have an iPad Air 1 (so, much slower than the 2017 iPads and iPad Pros). It has mainly been used as a test device in the past, and good for travel entertainment. I decided to try using my iPad for everything except coding, for the last few weeks. The experience has been surprisingly great, but not perfect. Some brief thoughts: * It takes a couple of days to get used to the iOS way of doing things. You need to adjust your expectations and embrace it, and then you'll be as productive as before, you just get there a slightly different way * iOS forces you to focus on 1 app at a time, which is a good thing. Swipe in from the right for times where you need something open (an email while searching for something inside it for example) * Apps are usually much better than their web equivalents, especially when you make use of their extensions (home widgets and "share" app extensions). I'm including the desktop web experience here - in a lot of cases the app on iPad is more productive. * Outlook on iPad is a joy * Same for Inbox (I'm a gmail guy outside of work) * But the Evernote app isn't amazing. Still better than using the web interface, but I still prefer the desktop app. * No issues surfing the web * Copy/paste between macOS and iOS has made this experience much much better than it used to be * Password manager is a must. Swipe it in from the right when you need a password for something * Get an iPad stand * Get a small keyboard for your iPad if you're writing a lot * Notifications view (swipe from top) is exactly what you want after a couple of hours coding in do not disturb * iPad Air 1 is only just fast enough for this, but it's slow enough to have me thinking about an upgrade