I’ve always found myself of that difficult generation who “thinks” they want an iPad but always end up moving to laptop or phone. In principle I love the idea of being able to carry a powerful sub laptop that can also act as a great media content device. In practice though, I really find fitting into the tablet ecosystem difficult. If it’s for something quick a modern iPhone screen is big enough to complete most of the basic and not so basic tasks that I need. When it’s for proper work, then it’s always going to need a proper OS and keyboard.

To that end, I’ve got an 2nd generation iPad Pro 12.9, but it’s done very little in the way of work. Sure it’s loaded with all my text books, my media – but it’s used fleetingly at best, to the point that I’m repurposing it as the “house iPad” (on that topic – Apple please hurry up and implement multi user support!).

I’ve recently picked up a new 2022 iPad Air, and I’ve got to say, I struggle to see why anyone would want more. In a 10.9 inch footprint, with TouchID, ability to add a Smart Keyboard and Apple Pencil support, it’s already ticking a lot of boxes, but the addition of an M1 chip – and I mean, what more do you need? Impressed to say the least, it’s mind boggling to think of the power Apple devices are going to have down the pike. If I were Intel, I’d be worried – Arm all the way!

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