My Macbook Air from 2012 is struggling since Mojave and Catalina works but it’s a bit too slow… The new Macbook 16″ is still not available and my very old iPad Mini is not usable sinca a while for serious stuff… so I decided to try to go iPad-only instead of buying a new Macbook Pro (definitely too expensive).
After some research (there are many good videos on YouTube on this topic) I opted for:
- iPad Pro 12.9″
- Brydge keyboard (the look and feeling is perfect!)
- Apple Pencil (for note taking and drawing)
- Hyperdrive 6in1 for iPad Pro (still waiting for the delivery)
- Apple USB-C – HDMI/USB/USB-C adapter
- A bunch of (somewhat expensive but very good) apps, basically “the usual suspects”:
- blink shell
- Soulver
- GoCoEdit (because I’m coming from Sublime Text 3)
- Notability
- Fantastical
- Pixelmator
- ScannerPro
and also a lot of free apps:
- Dash
- SketchBook
- Paper
- …and more for everyday use, not necessarily work
I just started so I’ll update this post with some impressions, right now it seems a very good solution, just about 130 grams more (iPad+keyboard) than a Macbook Pro 13″!