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- The short answer is, no. Though it makes a halfway decent laptop in a pinch, the new iPad Air still isn't as capable as the best Windows laptops or best MacBooks.
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May 18, 2024 · The iPad Pro 2024 features laptop-like performance and sports a MacBook-esque Magic Keyboard. But can it actually replace a laptop? We used the tablet as a notebook for a week to find out.
May 28, 2023 · If we’re being technical, which we love being at Laptop Mag, the iPad Pro can become a true laptop replacement with any operating system that works with applications in a desktop format.
- Rami Tabari
- Ditch Google
- Take A Different Approach to Peripherals
- The iPad Is A Great Laptop Replacement, with Some Work
Leaning on Google can cause problems for iPad owners. The Google Docs and Google Sheets apps are notoriously bad. You sorta-kinda fix Google’s lackluster apps by using Docs, Sheets, and other Google services in Safari, just as you would on a laptop. This can cause performance issues on less powerful iPads, however. It’s also not useful if you’re wo...
Every iPad has one port. Older models have the inconvenient Lightning connector and newer models have the more useful USB-C port. It’s a major limitation either way. An iPad can’t be used with multiple wired peripherals unless it’s paired with a dock. That might mean rethinking how you use peripherals with the iPad. It’s tempting to replicate your ...
My 2017-era iPad Pro has become my day-to-day laptop replacement. It’s the device I reach for first when I’m away from my desk. This took effort and, even today, I’ll find myself trying to open a file as I would on a Windows laptop. You might wonder: why bother learning the iPad when I’m already comfortable on my laptop? I don’t have an answer for ...
- Test web-based apps first for compatibility. TechRepublic’s Brandon Vigliarolo makes an important observation in 3 reasons I’ll never use my iPad as my main work device again, and one reason I would, in which he explores reasons why traveling with just an iPad mini didn’t work well for him.
- Consider existing displays. Before ordering a new iPad to replace a traditional computer, consider the existing external displays the intended recipient uses.
- Purchase the correct model and size iPad Pro. Pay particular attention to the work the recipient will perform using the new iPad. Don’t just assume a user will be thrilled receiving a 12.9-inch state-of-the-art iPad Pro.
- Select Wi-Fi sparingly. This fourth step runs counterintuitive to the commonplace desire to minimize costs, reduce monthly recurring expenses and generally identify and eliminate waste.
- Patrick Lucas Austin
- Get a real keyboard (and a mouse) Lack of mouse support was long the main hurdle preventing the iPad from operating as a PC replacement. But Apple’s latest iPadOS update gives the iPad external mouse and trackpad support, giving you a desktop- or laptop-like cursor for the first time.
- Find substitutes for your go-to apps. Some things are just easier to do on a PC—but that doesn’t mean they’re impossible to do on an iPad. Need to send specific files or open certain links in particular apps and web browsers?
- Learn how to manage your “windows” Understanding how to manage your app windows is perhaps the most frustrating part of using an iPad as a replacement for your PC.
- Get a stand, too. If you’re using your iPad as your primary machine these days, you’re probably suffering from some pretty poor posture—you’re more hunched over with your neck tilted downward, perhaps.
Apr 16, 2022 · With a few simple tricks, I turned my iPad Pro into a true laptop replacement, and it is all thanks to iPad OS 15 and the Apple Magic Keyboard.
Jul 21, 2021 · The iPad isn't a laptop, but it's creeping ever-closer. Apple's latest tablets work with keyboards and mice and have USB-C ports, and some even share the same system-on-chip as the latest MacBooks. In many use cases, an iPad can now replace a laptop entirely. Which iPad Is the Closest to a Laptop?
