I have the 2018 12.9" iPad Pro. Honestly it was mostly a media consumption device until I got the Magic Keyboard (the one that's a case w/ keyboard + trackpad)

I have the 2018 12.9" iPad Pro. Honestly it was mostly a media consumption device until I got the Magic Keyboard (the one that's a case w/ keyboard + trackpad). Now it's like a somewhat crippled 13" Macbook Air but I use it a lot more for "productivity". With that case it might be heavier and thicker than the M2 Air. It used to be good when I wanted better battery life than my MacBook, but my M1 MBP beats the iPad on battery now. I get some good focus due to the iPad almost forcing you into one application at a time. If I even tab away from the terminal to a browser window, there's a good chance I'll loose my session and have to reconnect + tmux attach. So I mostly multi-task by looking things up on my phone. For being productive, I use Blink as a terminal and do a lot of coding + sysadmin that way. I use Inspect Browser to get a lot of the browser dev tools you're missing on iPad Safari / Chrome. I use Trello for a lot of project management but bleh on the UI these days. I don't use it enough but Goodnotes is a good paper notebook replacement especially if you have a Pencil and get into using lots of page templates. I should draw more in Procreate but I don't. I keep a ton of notes in Apple Notes. I read a ton of books on the iPad and it's a great size for technical books. I do use it side-by-side with my MacBook Pro, usually in Universal Control where the Mac's kb/mouse can control the iPad UI or vice-versa, but sometimes in Sidecar where it acts as another external monitor for the Mac. But yeah a lot of the time it's a big video player, mostly Plex but some YouTube and Netflix.