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Every iPad I've bought was going to be "the one where I find a use case that uses it" but every time it ends up being a YouTube machine.
Same but just entertainment device. I still don't understand where the iPad Pro makes sense.
It's also very handy for running VSTs (well, AUs really) and jamming with keyboards or guitars (with something like iRig)
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Every iPad I've bought was going to be "the one where I find a use case that uses it" but every time it ends up being a YouTube machine.
iOS doesn't even make for a very good YouTube machine, you need uBlock Origin for that.
I have a 2018 iPad Pro that is due for replacement but I cannot bring myself to spend the money on a new iPad. No matter how much I think I'll use it, it becomes a web browsing and YouTube machine on the couch. It's a shame because I think the hardware design is quite good, but the OS itself is so limiting, even with the "improvements" iPadOS 26 introduced.
Sounds like you don't have a tablet specific use case though, you just want to use it as a glorified laptop, so why not just use a laptop? A tablet specific use case would be as portable writing machine on the go, for illustration, for audio units, or something like that, all the way to flight maps for recreational flying.
For the haters here - Apple sells roughly 2x as many iPads as Macs (including MacBooks). Roughly as many iPad Pros as laptops. I've cycled through using an iPad Pro as my main device on and off over the years - particularly the cellular modem has been a draw. For coding, they're terrible, as they are for longer form writing. I've ultimately shrunk down to the small size and use it as a kindle/gaming replacement. I th…
Apple earnings on Mac and iPads are in the same ballpark and if iPads cost half of a Mac its indeed a 2x.
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/05/01/apple-2q-2025-earnings/
I have a 2018 iPad Pro that is due for replacement but I cannot bring myself to spend the money on a new iPad. No matter how much I think I'll use it, it becomes a web browsing and YouTube machine on the couch. It's a shame because I think the hardware design is quite good, but the OS itself is so limiting, even with the "improvements" iPadOS 26 introduced.
That being said, _some_ people I know consistently seem to get lots of work use out of their tablets, and I can't quite put my finger on where we differ.
I have a 2018 iPad Pro that is due for replacement but I cannot bring myself to spend the money on a new iPad. No matter how much I think I'll use it, it becomes a web browsing and YouTube machine on the couch. It's a shame because I think the hardware design is quite good, but the OS itself is so limiting, even with the "improvements" iPadOS 26 introduced.
I'm still on an older 12.9" Pro but will definitely upgrade at some point—and may not bother with another (personal—work-supplied is another matter) MacBook when my M1 starts to get long in the tooth in a couple years, now that Preview is available on iPads. It beats the hell out of either laptops or phones, for me, for these tasks: - Music. Excellent as a sheet music display; can record and edit midi quite well; pla…
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Every iPad I've bought was going to be "the one where I find a use case that uses it" but every time it ends up being a YouTube machine.
iOS doesn't even make for a very good YouTube machine, you need uBlock Origin for that.
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The ability to run Xcode? Maybe run Linux in a VM (no, emulation does not count). Maybe run nvim with python/node/rust/go/gcc toolchains on the iPad? How about Wireshark? I really liked using Nixdroid on my Pixel, why can't I have something similar on iOS/iPadOS? Android can run Android Studio. Why can't an iPad run Xcode?
Yeah those are things most people want on an iPad with 6GB RAM…
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Yeah those are things most people want on an iPad with 6GB RAM…
The pros come with 12 and 16 GB of memory. That is plenty.