Can your iPad do it all?
Tim Cook once said the iPad could be a ‘replacement for a notebook PC’. Weird flex for a guy who makes the world’s leading notebook PC, but OK, let’s see.
Like learning a foreign language, I reckon the way to do this is by total immersion, so I cast aside my MacBook Pro, having set iCloud to sync my stuff. That includes the Documents folder for my macOS user account, so I can access work that isn’t already on iCloud Drive or Dropbox; iCloud is also set up on my iPad. I’m using my iPad 10.2in (£449, 128GB of storage), which I’ve equipped with a Smart Keyboard (£159) and Pencil (£89). Obviously, if you’re an iPad Pro user, you can use the Smart Keyboard Folio (from £179) and Pencil 2 (£119).
Monday
Apple’s Smart Keyboard is immediately not my favourite thing. I struggle to get the trifold stand-up origami right. And the magnets fail to stop me detaching it while trying, so I then have to work out which way round it snaps back on. Once set up on my desk, it holds the iPad at a fixed angle pointing towards my chest, where, inconveniently, my eyes aren’t.
Still, the waterproof matt finish, full-size keys and MacBook-like short travel make it comfortable to type on. With Mail, Safari, Pages, Numbers and Keynote on the big touchscreen, I
