That may have been the original argument for tablets, and if you want to save money by skipping the keyboard, pointing device, and overpowered processor, you ca

That may have been the original argument for tablets, and if you want to save money by skipping the keyboard, pointing device, and overpowered processor, you can buy a new iPad for about $300. The iPad Pro is expensive, but “Pro” implies you want a device that can do things which are useful to professionals. As a developer, I am better served by an actual MBP for work and a cheap iPad for less-productive tasks, but not everyone is a developer.