iPad Pro Sold my 2012 Retina 15", not buying another laptop. iPad from now on.

[iBug2]

It was a big decision, I always had a laptop apart from my desktop, it was mostly on my work desk for the last 5 years, my mobile computer was my iPad, but whenever I needed to do some excel, type a big email, macbook pro was there. Eventually I decided to sell it to upgrade to 16", sold it last week. But then I started thinking, why would I spend any money to buy a laptop, even if it's a cheap one, when I'm using my iPad for almost everything I do?

Ok, doing excel is faster on a laptop, but I can still do it on an iPad with a keyboard. And if I need some advanced work done, I have my iMac at home. Yes, downloading things is possible on a laptop, mostly not possible on an iPad. But what have I downloaded to my laptop at work lately? I checked my downloads folder. Empty. For my work I mostly download pdfs, which iPads can do anyway. And those pdfs I have been downloading directly to my iPad for a while.

And then I thought, if I switch to iPad as a single mobile computer, I'd just sell my 11" and buy the next 12.9" which is even better for what I do the most on an iPad, write math with pencil (I'm a mathematician).

And finally I decided, f..k it. I'm not buying another laptop, ever again.

So Jobs turned out to be right, at least for me, 10 years after the introduction of this thing.

 

[T-Bob]

Just for me, having 3 expensive productivity-ish machines is too much. So if I had desktop, would have a laptop or an iPad Pro, but not both.

Had Mac mini 2018 for about a month before returning it due to issues, and the plan then was to sell the 13" and just use 12.9 pad for mobile. So yeah, agree with your thinking here, also not sure what can't be downloaded on the iPad?

 

[iBug2]

also not sure what can't be downloaded on the iPad?

I'm not sure anymore, torrents for once, but that I never have to do on the go anyway. If you purchase some high res audio from websites like hdtracks.com, they have their special downloaders which only work on macs. You can find many examples for sure but all are niche nowadays.

 

[maflynn]

I always had a laptop apart from my desktop

I always found that in a desktop/laptop arrangement, I almost always relied on a single computer, say the laptop. So removing a duplicate machine ln lieu of a tablet is a good idea, provided your mobile needs align with the iPad's abilities.

 

[The Game 161]

For my MacBook Air/ 11 inch pro and my iPhone is the best mix. MacBook for work and when I want to type with a trackpad and iPad for sofa usage.

I had 12.9 iPad Pro and I spent so much on keyboards I thought may as well just use my MacBook Air

 

[AutomaticApple]

Yes, downloading things is possible on a laptop, mostly not possible on an iPad.

It actually is possible.

 

[nicho]

I'm not sure anymore, torrents for once, but that I never have to do on the go anyway.

Even that can be done with a combination of icloud drive and setting transmission on the mac to watch the folder.

 

[26139]

Even that can be done with a combination of icloud drive and setting transmission on the mac to watch the folder.

I do this same thing with DropBox from my iPad to my Mini at home. Works fantastically.

 

[iBug2]

Even that can be done with a combination of icloud drive and setting transmission on the mac to watch the folder.

But you would be downloading to your Mac, not your iPad right?

 

[nicho]

But you would be downloading to your Mac, not your iPad right?

It’s roundabout but torrents can be downloaded to a folder in iCloud Drive too, so they get uploaded again from the Mac and accessible on all devices...

 

[26139]

But you would be downloading to your Mac, not your iPad right?

Oh, yes. The torrent software is running on my Mac mini. I can access the files from my iPad mini.

 

[rosyapple]

I find Safari on iPad is way too limited for my purpose. On iPad, you can't download files which can be downloaded on a laptop using redirect script, for example, I cannot download epub/pdf files attached to a post on a forum, because the forum uses a redirect script. Instead, iPad will download the script as a blank text file.

 

[Jessemtz25]

It was a big decision, I always had a laptop apart from my desktop, it was mostly on my work desk for the last 5 years, my mobile computer was my iPad, but whenever I needed to do some excel, type a big email, macbook pro was there. Eventually I decided to sell it to upgrade to 16", sold it last week. But then I started thinking, why would I spend any money to buy a laptop, even if it's a cheap one, when I'm using my iPad for almost everything I do?

Ok, doing excel is faster on a laptop, but I can still do it on an iPad with a keyboard. And if I need some advanced work done, I have my iMac at home. Yes, downloading things is possible on a laptop, mostly not possible on an iPad. But what have I downloaded to my laptop at work lately? I checked my downloads folder. Empty. For my work I mostly download pdfs, which iPads can do anyway. And those pdfs I have been downloading directly to my iPad for a while.

And then I thought, if I switch to iPad as a single mobile computer, I'd just sell my 11" and buy the next 12.9" which is even better for what I do the most on an iPad, write math with pencil (I'm a mathematician).

And finally I decided, f..k it. I'm not buying another laptop, ever again.

So Jobs turned out to be right, at least for me, 10 years after the introduction of this thing.

I'm in a similar boat, I have a '15 MBP that works fine but I want the new 16", but I don't even need it.