Yeah. I will not be getting it. I honestly see it as more of a desktop dock replacement for an external keyboard and mouse/trackpad than a portable keyboard case that should go everywhere. This mostly due to the weight and thickness, which was already borderline, even on my 11“ ASKF. Now you are doubling the thickness and weight, and are solidly in MacBook territory. I already have both Office and WFH desktop setups with non-gimped external keyboards and trackpads for my 11” and for on the go, the ASKF is a nice keyboard.
iPad is still a touch first device for me even though I use it professionally for office productivity - the trackpad mostly gets used for spreadsheeting, making it invaluable and opening up lots of new/old possibilities like floating cursor support in Google Sheets in Safari, etc. but I find that I still use touch + keyboard for most of my OS navigation - multitasking gestures and workspace setup is still way more intuitive using touch, and stuff like app switching and tab navigation, etc is still more efficient using keyboard shortcuts.
Great device for those that don’t have desktop setups already, or those that want their iPad to always be a laptop first instead of a tablet first. It is going to really push those on the fence between laptop or iPad over to the iPad. It is beautifully designed with typical Apple panache, and is easily the most attractive and “futuristic“ iPad accessory made by Apple yet, but yeah... My iPad is an impossibly thin and portable touch tablet to me first, which is why it is so magical and fun.
iPad is still a touch first device for me even though I use it professionally for office productivity - the trackpad mostly gets used for spreadsheeting, making it invaluable and opening up lots of new/old possibilities like floating cursor support in Google Sheets in Safari, etc. but I find that I still use touch + keyboard for most of my OS navigation - multitasking gestures and workspace setup is still way more intuitive using touch, and stuff like app switching and tab navigation, etc is still more efficient using keyboard shortcuts.
Great device for those that don’t have desktop setups already, or those that want their iPad to always be a laptop first instead of a tablet first. It is going to really push those on the fence between laptop or iPad over to the iPad. It is beautifully designed with typical Apple panache, and is easily the most attractive and “futuristic“ iPad accessory made by Apple yet, but yeah... My iPad is an impossibly thin and portable touch tablet to me first, which is why it is so magical and fun.
