I have a MBP and a 2nd generation iPad Pro 12.9”

[Bill Killer]

So I have a 2017 MBP with the Touch Bar, and a second generation iPad Pro 12.9 entry level.

I use a computer for light Excel use, to create rudementary graphs, and use the iPad for watching tv shows streaming at the gym while running.

I also have to create a photobook once a year using the Apple Photos service (I know I have to use a third party service in 2019).

If I sell my current iPad and MBP, is that that a good call? Or am I underutilizing my current second gen iPad 12.9”?

 

[Mr.Blacky]

So I have a 2017 MBP with the Touch Bar, and a second generation iPad Pro 12.9 entry level.

I use a computer for light Excel use, to create rudementary graphs, and use the iPad for watching tv shows streaming at the gym while running.

I also have to create a photobook once a year using the Apple Photos service (I know I have to use a third party service in 2019).

If I sell my current iPad and MBP, is that that a good call? Or am I underutilizing my current second gen iPad 12.9”?

You are using a MacBook Pro with Touchbar for light Excel use and a 12,9" iPad Pro for TV shows at the gym?! Isn't that extremely overkill in both ways?
Wouldn't be a MB Air and a standard iPad more than adequate? Or, for light Excel use, ditch the MB and just keep the iPad?

 

[marmiteturkey]

Speaking as someone who likes to use an iPad for most of their day to day work but has to have a MacBook for more complex documents, Excel is the task for which the iPad is least suited. You can do it; but compared to a MacBook with a mouse or trackpad, it’s a LOT less satisfactory and fiddly. If you have to Excel regularly, I would not ditch a laptop. Ditto photo books and complex layouts. Sounds to me like a new MacBook Air and regular iPad might be your best bet, I agree with posters above.