I am honestly torn on 12.9” versus 11” right now. I always had the standard iPad 9.7” sizes until the 10.5” iPad Pro. Then 2018 I decided on the 12.9” iPad Pro. I liked it, but didn’t love it. Previously I had used my iPads as tablets, not as productivity devices - that was reserved for my MacBook Pro and iMac combo. I fell a little out of love with the iPad throughout 2019 because I just didn’t enjoy using the 12.9” as a tablet. I prefer to use tablets in portrait and the 12.9” just feels awkward to me. Fast forward to 2020, instead of upgrading my 2018 12.9”, I got an 11” and loved it. I kept the 2018 12.9” and figured I would make my work flow…work with these two devices and supplement the MacBook Pro in as needed. I was wrong. The only thing having both the 11” and 12.9” iPads did for me was make me use them less.
So now, I want to go to one tablet. I don’t need both, I can’t justift having both when my usage has decreased significantly. So I bought the 12.9” and magic keyboard. LOVE the magic keyboard. I like the mini-LED screen. I don’t see blooming, I am not going to look for it. I can accomplish about 90% of my family work on the iPad 12.9” + magic keyboard. Friday was the first time since I got my 16” MacBook Pro that it wasn’t in my bag with me on my way to work. But - I can’t accomplish 100% of my workflow and feel I need to keep the MacBook Pro. This has me wondering if I should just return the 12.9” and get an 11”. I want my tablet to, first and foremost, be a tablet. The 12.9” just doesn’t do it for me. It’s a great device and I really am enjoying using it but I’m so torn. I feel like I will regret returning the 12.9” if I do. I have already extensively tried the 11” magic keyboard and absolutely hate it. I can not adjust to the size difference, and continuing to use the 16” MacBook Pro with it’s larger keyboard - I wouldn’t even bother. I feel like I’m damned if I do, damned if I don’t. Get the 11” and have a more comfortable tablet form factor that I love, but deep down be envious of the mini-LED screen which I find great OR keep the 12.9” and magic keyboard, enjoy that 90% of work I can accomplish on it and the added benefit of stellar HDR content, but again deep down keep telling myself it’s not a true “tablet” form factor.
My workflow works with a MacBook Pro only. A tablet is just a tablet for me. Something to browse on the couch or in bed, on a long road trip, reading. I feel like I’m trying to make the 12.9” work for me and in the end it just doesn’t. But I also feel I’m trying to make it work because I fear I may regret returning it. Ugh. Sorry for the long post, needed to get my thoughts out there to help myself organize them. And to use the magic keyboard again to type this to remind myself just how enjoyable I find it😂