iPad M1 iPad Pro 5 years on

[mackard]

Yes, 12.9 inch. Running powerful on ipados 18.7.1, probably its forever version, snappy, smooth, assertive, 120fps, universal control working perfectly with the other macs. Does its special hdr for movies and has 4 speakers.

At this point the only thing that will kill this gem of a device is pressing the update button.

EDIT: Also i have a bit of an irony that my most powerful mac is an i9 intel macbook pro, so technically its more powerful than the machine its often a side display to. With the current ram / memory crisis will probably pick up a m4 mini or an m6 refresh when its launched, assuming it hasn't gone up.

 

[rm5]

I just bought one (12.9" M1) refurbished for around $500, which was a good deal, I thought. It's still shipping, so I haven't gotten to experience it yet. I currently have an iPad Air 4th generation (A14 chip), which runs great still, but I need the bigger display. I'm a pianist, and have recently been playing all sorts of classical pieces as a collaborative pianist (with singers, string players, etc.), and the small display on the iPad Air just doesn't work for me anymore. I had previously either printed scores out, or sucked it up with the small display, but neither of those things I feel are permanent solutions (TONS of paper consumption... hundreds of pages, which I'm unwilling to print).

I was, alas, unwilling to spend $1000+ on a brand new iPad Pro, and feel that the M1 is recent enough to get me by for at least a few years.

 

[ScanTheNavian]

So this thread made my try to appreciate mine more. I've felt that my 11" was heavy enough to warrant the purchase of a future iPad Mini, but I decided to try using it without the case(I'm very careful with my devices) and wow, it's actually very lightweight. I have no idea how my simple silicone case made it feel much heavier. It's now comfortable holding with one hand.

I also didn't know how easy it was to use yt-dlp in A-shell on it. Sometimes a simple change of thinking can be very beneficial.

 

[mackard]

Further, since buying this model, somethings fundamentally changed in (just??) their ipad line at least.. at some point in the last few years, apple isn't shy of making the lowest cost / value models actually have a poor experience out of the box. I've been to the apple store a number of times, picked up a value ipad, and had it feel like it was running a few years of obsolescence updates... in the store... no shame at all.

Apple 15-20 years ago would have never ever had a model like that.

So given id probably go for the ipad air for a replacement, knowing apple doesn't have any shame in selling brand new as a current device an already obsoleted experience... if im running flawless pro motion experience now... why would i give that up just to have something "new"?