I think the "killer app" is the Pencil. I had a mini that had a shattered screen and the cost of replacement wasn't worth it to me. I hemmed and hawed for a yea

I think the "killer app" is the Pencil. I had a mini that had a shattered screen and the cost of replacement wasn't worth it to me. I hemmed and hawed for a year about getting another iPad. It would have been nice to have, but I could not justify the expense. The Apple Pencil changed that. I have never used another stylus that comes within 100 yards of the Pencil. I got the iPad Pro 9.7" heading into my last year of grad school. What a difference reading and annotating with a Pencil than with my Mini just a year and a half earlier or even my laptop. I loathe reading anything that I need to annotate or really understand anywhere else besides my iPad (and that includes paper). The Pencil swung me from "meh, nice to have" to "I will replace this immediately if it dies." I am using a 2011 MacBook Pro that I cannot justify upgrading and will probably not replace if it dies. But the iPad with a Pencil is something I can't imagine not having now.