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iPad Pro Should I get an upcoming iPad Pro with keyboard and pencil or Apple Silicon Macbook Pro?
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This is true. For example. In the last two months, I have touched over 5,000 iPads and only DFU restored two of them.I think you are overestimating how common a DFU restore is.
I think you are overestimating how common a DFU restore is.
Sure, I just a DFU restore like an extreme example. 😋 There are many more simple tasks - physical backup of your iDevice, copying a book to a Kindle, working on files from external drives without corrupting them, etc. I use iPad most of the time myself, there are just certain tasks that it still cannot handle.
It depends on what kind of a book you are working on. For books that involve a lot of references (think academic texts), then my preference - based on my personal experience - would be for a laptop. For web-related work, depending on the nature of the work, the iPad may work. For other kinds of more passive work - like reading, annotating, making notes etc - the iPad is excellent. Note though, what I mention is most obviously coloured by my personal experience using a laptop and the iPad.
