For years, I’ve wanted to be one of those people who can do all my work on an iPad. The idea sounds so appealing: Instead of using a clunky laptop, just carry around Apple’s lightweight tablet with a snap-on keyboard and trackpad. You’ll get snappy performance, excellent battery life, fun apps, and fewer distractions. The way some other tech writers have pulled this off has always made me a bit envious.
Yet whenever I try to spend serious time computing on an iPad, even with a keyboard attached, I always come or desktop. The iPad might be where I.)