iPad iPad at Work

[CSAppleFan]

I recently upgraded my iPad from the A16 to the iPad Air M3 11inch. Took advantage of the Target deal at $449. I got the Apple Pencil and Magic Keyboard case too.

I love using it as a work companion (I have a work issued PC laptop which I hate); teams, note taking, Outlook, or using Freeform to help write out longer notes with sticky notes or diagrams.

It is a huge step up from the A16 which i found to lag when trying to do anything more intensive than take notes.

It has also been nice to use the external display support as well.

Anyone else use their iPad at work?

 

[NastyMatt]

I have used mine at work (I have changed jobs now so do not) and it was especially useful when I travelled.

Undoubtedly, people will jump on this thread to complain at how there is no way an iPad can be used in work and you MUST use a laptop but in my example, I used to do a LOT of meetings - 55 a week was average for me, when I travelled usually more so my main use was email, taking notes, meetings and a couple of online financial apps. Then when on a plane or in a hotel room - films/tv, surfing, calling the family, music, gaming.

So versatile, perfect for my needs.

 

[ucfgrad93]

I just got an A16 iPad, and use it to display my sermon, notes on Sunday. Now I don’t have to flip physical pages as I preach.

 

[dmr727]

I have a company issued M1 iPad Air for work. Supposedly we'll be getting M3 versions here in the next couple of months. It's a requirement for my job.

 

[Abazigal]

Anyone else use their iPad at work?

All the time.

For work (as a teacher), for leisure, also for note taking when I away on a 4-month course at a local university.

I started out the same way as you too. 2010s windows touchscreen tablets were crap, all the more when they were locked down by admin policies. The iPad allowed me to work around a lot of the limitations of a laptop in an education setting at the time (eg: inability to annotate on pdfs at the time, short battery life, bulky and heavy form factor, very laggy experience all around, weak wifi, lack of support for wireless projection).

My school's infrastructure has improved significantly since then. Better network, laptops sport better specs all around (16gb ram, i7 processor is apparently the minimum spec you need to make the experience not lag), we have wireless Miracast dongles in every classroom, Windows now comes with more functionality out of the box (like the ability to write on documents in Edge), and usb-c makes docking way easier. But for some tasks, nothing beats the portability and the ease of use of an iPad.

 

[SnoFlo]

I use an iPad mini 6 in-hospital for work. I scribble things to remember, look up patient notes, do research, check guidelines, listen to music, play games when no one is watching etc. I wouldn’t want to be without it.

 

[satinsilverem2]

Im a commercial electrician and I use an iPad Pro everyday for work. As a foreman I carry it in a rugged case to view drawings and submittals on the sit and I use a pencil constantly to take notes on progress or to annotate drawings. I couldn't do my job without it.

 

[Zazoh]

All the time. 90% of my day is teams and email.

 

[dracobdn]

I cloud do most of my work on an iPad - the only stuff that does prevent it:
- Can‘t use a second company profile in Microsoft Edge (Needed for admin access to intune and other MS services)
- Running a Citrix Desktop AND having a call in Teams mostly crashes Teams since Citrix seems to get in the way of microphone access for Teams

 

[Isengardtom]

I use it quite a lot when working from home. I work in finance as a financial controller

Works especially well together with my iMac and Universal control as a second screen for multitasking. Nice that you can just use the trackpad and keyboard of the iMac to work on both systems at once.

I do wish they would bring Split View back for my standard iPad use (touch only), but the windowing is nice in these cases.