Isn't the iPad Really Just A Toy Still?

[revmacian]

I use Notability on my iPad Pro extensively for professional work. The handwriting to Text is great and the pencil replaces all of my paper notebooks. It's a complete game changer.

Yeah, it's not a PC (I have a personal MacBook Air and a Professional Dell Latitude), but it does a ton of important things I need and it has become a huge part of my work experience.

Thank you! That was the app I was looking for but couldn’t remember the name; Notability. So glad you replied!

Yep, my iPad is part of my workflow. I’m saving up for a MacBook Air, but I may change my mind because it might not get much use due to my iPad.

 

[AustinIllini]

Thank you! That was the app I was looking for but couldn’t remember the name; Notability. So glad you replied!

Yep, my iPad is part of my workflow. I’m saving up for a MacBook Air, but I may change my mind because it might not get much use due to my iPad.

I use Notability for note taking and LiquidText for PDF markup.
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Yep, my iPad is part of my workflow. I’m saving up for a MacBook Air, but I may change my mind because it might not get much use due to my iPad.

They are definitely two separate things for me. iPadOS doesn't do a lot of things I'm used to doing on my MacBook Air, but its high mobility and added stylus definitely work in this form factor.

 

[akash.nu]

I need - and will always have - a MBP as my central hub. It's my de facto hub for my music, photos, and iOS device backups. I hate the cloud and devices rogue syncing with each other and the same messages and crap showing up on multiple devices. I keep my devices as divorced from one another as possible with virtually everything turned off, and my MBP as my central hub, which then also backs itself up to a TC.

There's no substitute for a Mac, IMO.

Why forcefully make it a painful process when iCloud can do everything painlessly without needing any regular intervention? All of your requirements are bread and butter for the iCloud ecosystem. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[JD2015]

I do the same as you Akash.nu but not everyone wants things in the cloud. If you have a poor internet service, bandwidth allowance or live remotely then there are advantages also to having a central hub. Best practice is not to back up things in one place so ideally have one in the cloud, another one locally with one off site. With IOS you can use Synology to fulfil local backup of some photos, files which is what I intend to do eventually. IOS 13 drive support makes it so much easier to back up locally now from Ipad and other cloud services.

 

[akash.nu]

I do the same as you Akash.nu but not everyone wants things in the cloud. If you have a poor internet service, bandwidth allowance or live remotely then there are advantages also to having a central hub. Best practice is not to back up things in one place so ideally have one in the cloud, another one locally with one off site. With IOS you can use Synology to fulfil local backup of some photos, files which is what I intend to do eventually. IOS 13 drive support makes it so much easier to back up locally now from Ipad and other cloud services.

Completely agree with the multiple backup approach.

I use the following -

- iCloud - for everyday backup and sync across all devices.
- Google Photos - secondary backup from the iPhone only.
- iTunes backup - Not very often and possibly only before I’m doing a restore, in case needed.
- NAS backup - Once or twice in every couple of months from my MacBooks to ensure I can go back in time, if required.

 

[Nacho98]

Why forcefully make it a painful process when iCloud can do everything painlessly without needing any regular intervention? All of your requirements are bread and butter for the iCloud ecosystem. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I just don't need it. The only things I have in iCloud are contacts, keychain, and three excel sheets.

I don't do regular backups of my phone or iPad, the only time they get backed up is when they are plugged in to add new music or unload photos, which is every couple months at most. I also run my iPhone and iPad pretty bare and clean, so losing a device isn't really that big of an issue either.

 

[akash.nu]

I just don't need it. The only things I have in iCloud are contacts, keychain, and three excel sheets.

I don't do regular backups of my phone or iPad, the only time they get backed up is when they are plugged in to add new music or unload photos, which is every couple months at most. I also run my iPhone and iPad pretty bare and clean, so losing a device isn't really that big of an issue either.

I see. That makes sense.

 

[AttilaTheHun]

I don't necessarily disagree. For me I need a Mac, an iPad, and an iPhone. I do take exception to your insinuation that one has to be a computer and one doesn't have to be.

I have MBP 15" iPad Pro 12.9" iPhone 11 pro max PC desktop (built my self WIN 7 and WIN 10)
just ordered Lenovo P53 laptop I am covered

 

[AustinIllini]

I have MBP 15" iPad Pro 12.9" iPhone 11 pro max PC desktop (built my self WIN 7 and WIN 10)
just ordered Lenovo P53 laptop I am covered

I mean, it depends how much you trust Lenovo and whether or not you can tolerate Windows.

 

[AttilaTheHun]

I mean, it depends how much you trust Lenovo and whether or not you can tolerate Windows.

Don't misunderstand me I still an Apple user my laptop is 15" MBP 2014 but during the last year I had to deal with some forms of files that didn't work I had to use Windows before MBP all my laptops were Thinkpad by IBM I fell in love with MBP on 2010 bought the 17" because the truck pad and the screen too.
what I don't like in the new MBP is the luck of ports, and the price in my figuration it will cost $4K
the Thinkpad what I bought P53 with OLED screen 1TB SSD 32GB Ram Nvidea RTX 4000 video card for much much less

 

[muzzy996]

Don't misunderstand me I still an Apple user my laptop is 15" MBP 2014 but during the last year I had to deal with some forms of files that didn't work I had to use Windows before MBP all my laptops were Thinkpad by IBM I fell in love with MBP on 2010 bought the 17" because the truck pad and the screen too.
what I don't like in the new MBP is the luck of ports, and the price in my figuration it will cost $4K
the Thinkpad what I bought P53 with OLED screen 1TB SSD 32GB Ram Nvidea RTX 4000 video card for much much less

Yup, right tools for the right job. I’m the same. Love my windows workstation class laptop (HP Zbook) and have it loaded to the gills similar to the specs on your Lenovo. Have an Android phone, a 15” macbook pro (2012 model still going strong) for photo/video editing and a 12.9” 2nd Gen iPad Pro for most of my consumption/browsing needs as well as note taking and PDF annotation. I might pick up a Surface Pro 7 at some point to supplement my primary laptop for travel such that I can bring the Surface Pro and iPad Pro with me when I’m away from the office/home - some of the PDF’s that I have to review/annotate bring the iPad Pro down to its knees (my files are too graphically intensive according to one PDF editing software developer).