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I bought an iPad in 2020 fully thinking it’s gonna collect dust like all my other tablets over the years. Nowadays I use it more than my laptop. With the magic
by Swizec 4y ago
I bought an iPad in 2020 fully thinking it’s gonna collect dust like all my other tablets over the years.
Nowadays I use it more than my laptop. With the magic keyboard and pen, it really has become the perfect portable computing device. Great for writing, great for sketching diagrams, even good for light coding (like for code samples). And it is fantastic for creating talk slides and even presenting full day workshops. Love it
Was waiting for today’s announcement to upgrade. Running into memory issues lately :D
- dzhiurgis 4y agoIs this 11 or 13" one? I found smaller keyboard is too painful to use. Maybe you can get used to as a daily, but will be upgrading to larger one.
- Swizec 4y agoI have the 11". Probably couldn't use that keyboard all day, but for a few hours of writing at a time it's perfect.
- lukasb 4y agoWhat size iPad do you have? Thinking about getting the pen but I have the smaller Pro, not sure how good an experience it will be.
- Swizec 4y agoI have the 11" and like it specifically because it's small. Perfect for working on the couch
- lupire 4y agoIt seems like iPad's main feature is that Apple refuses to put a touchscreen or 180degree hinge on a laptop. Laptop has a bigger screen for drawing and coding.
- yamtaddle 4y ago> It seems like iPad's main feature is that Apple refuses to put a touchscreen or 180degree hinge on a laptop. And extra sensors. And two good cameras, front and rear, with depth & all the other stuff that iPad/iPhone cameras have that Macbook cameras don't. And make it far thinner and lighter. And better speakers. And iOS so there's a touch-focused OS on it. And a cellular connectivity option.
- Swizec 4y agoDunno. For real coding I need a big monitor, a real keyboard, and a proper mouse. My laptop lives in its dock and the only time the built-in screen/keyboard get used are when I'm traveling and can't work from the home office.
- spaceman_2020 4y agoBought my wife an iPad in 2020 as well with the same fear that it will largely go unused. She teaches at a university and would normally write copious notes on dozens of notebooks. She got a copy of Goodnotes for iPad and started using it for her notes. 2 years later, she hasn’t touched any of her physical notes. All her study material is on iPad. Very happy with the purchase.
- yardie 4y agoI bought my wife an iPad Pro and then a Macbook Air after she complained she couldn't do some things on the iPad. Well, eventually she figured out how to do it on the iPad and the MBA has been collecting dust. I adopted the MBA because my trusty old MBP is damn near geriatric (2015) and it's like a shot in the arm. I should have bought it sooner for myself.
- FearlessNebula 4y agoI have to ask, why did you buy an iPad expecting it to collect dust?
- Swizec 4y agoI wanted toys, could afford them, and I know myself. For example I have a Switch that was used a lot in its first month that now gets picked up maybe once a quarter for a few minutes.
- FearlessNebula 4y agoFair enough :)
- kaba0 4y agoWhat IDE do you use to code? I found nothing so far.
- superdug 4y agovscode in github, simply replace any github.com url with github.dev and you've got a full vscode environment with github plugins right in the browser.