I'm a prof (not in CS), and if I can use an iPad quite happily for 90% of my computing needs. Pre-pandemic, having the cellular version also means I can work an

I'm a prof (not in CS), and if I can use an iPad quite happily for 90% of my computing needs. Pre-pandemic, having the cellular version also means I can work anywhere, coffee shop, traveling, and not have to worry about wifi, or depleting my iPhone battery by tethering. The screen is gorgeous. The sound is impressive. The new keyboard thingy is very serviceable. _Overall_ I like using it more than using a laptop. It's my go-to machine when computing around the house, or when working away from my desk/office (e.g. coffee shop), or when traveling. The pain points currently (iPad Pro 12.9) are: - FaceTime camera on the "top" edge, which means, when used with Apple's own magic keyboard, the camera is actually on the side, giving a perfect view up my left nostril. There should be two cameras. This is so obvious. - File system stuff is still a pain point despite the recent advances in the Files app and in multitasking. The odd time when I want to have several apps open and move several files around it really is painful and I usually give up and move to my iMac. Honestly I don't know what the solution is. Perhaps it's a case of "iPad isn't supposed to be used for that sort of thing". Or perhaps it's a case of re-jigging my workflow. Which is up to me of course. I could just get a M1 MacBook Air and call it a day, that would be OK, but I still prefer the overall experience of using the iPad. - Coding, of course. If I am on a fast connection to a local machine I can use Remote Desktop, which is sort of cheating, it's just using a desktop Mac, sub-optimally. I can use an ssh client and access a remote machine using a text only interface, which works for some coding purposes, but not interactive graphics. My instinct is this is a problem not to be solved for the iPad as it's just not supposed to be used for that. I'm OK with that.