I’m not normally a huge iPad fan, but the M4 iPad Pro changed my mind

For the longest time, I had believed that purchasing a new iPad at full price never made any sort of sense. Ultimately, you’re paying more than an equivalently spec’d MacBook, for less capability. It always felt like iPadOS was the key limiting factor for the iPad, not the hardware. However, I’ve now owned an M4 iPad Pro for nearly 9 months, and I can confidently say it’s changed how I feel towards iPads. What makes M4 iPad Pro special Ultimately, the screen is a big difference maker. You simply cannot get an OLED screen on a MacBook. Sure, the M4 MacBook Pro gets closer with its 1000 nit miniLED display, but it still isn’t as good as the Tandem OLED display on the M4 iPad Pro. Despite iPadOS still remaining mostly unchanged over the past few years, something about the display makes the iPad far more fun to actually use day to day. The fact that it’s thinner and lighter also makes the M4 iPad Pro a lot easier to just pick up and use. Those upgrades sound insubstantial when you’re ... Read full article.