mindwaves

I don't understand why reviewers continue to harp on the price of the new iPads. Sure they are more expensive and this is their greatest flaw and should not be ignored.

But then reviewers add on the price of the Apple keyboard cover and the Apple pencil and and the upgraded iPad and say it is heavier than a MacBook Air now! This is ridiculous for several reasons, one of which is that no one is forcing you to buy any of these things.

I've owned maybe 6 plus iPads in my lifetime and have never had to purchase a keyboard cover and only purchased the Apple pencil once, which was a huge waste of money. I ended up buying a cheap $8 stylus from Amazon which serves my purpose much better with no charging and no pairing. In fact, I don't even use the stylus on my iPad at all; I use it for signatures only on my MacBook Pro 14".

I have never had a need for a keyboard cover. I use the iPad for what it is -- a tablet to consume media and that is all. I think most people use iPads for that purpose only. If you need a keyboard cover, buy any of the ones on Amazon for 1/2 the price of Apple's and save big. Complete nonsense if you add on the price for a keyboard and stylus when many people will not have the need for one.

The iPad when it first came out had none of these things and that is how it should be evaluated as such.

My main laptop now is a 14" MBP. I love it, but my previous laptops have been all MB Airs. Why did I change to a MBP? Well, I just wanted the larger screen. I use my laptop with no external display and every inch of screen real estate is valuable. I just use my laptop for Word and PDF editing along with YouTube and Netflix. My demands are more than met with a M1 MacBook Air, but I spent the extra cash just for the 1+" in screen size. I would love a 15" MB Air. It would be a dream laptop.

I am peeved that Apple equates larger laptops with faster chips. Apple use to have a 12 (or was it 13") and 14" iBook. Ever since then, all larger laptops meant faster and more expensive chips.

I have 5 iPad apps on my M1 Mac mini and love it, 4 of them not being on the Mac store and installed iMazing. 2 of them relate to finance as they are much better than the website versions and 2 of them being chess apps. They are better on my Mac than iPad because I block internet access to them, so I can play the game in peace and not be bothered by the constant inundation of flashing ads running along the bottom of the screen. I would totally pay for these apps, but there is no paid version. So I play both on my Mac and iPad, both ad free (iPad, have data disabled when playing).

I understand why Apple does it, but it is very disappointing.

Interested in the Mac mini. Want to mount it to my LG Ultrafine 23.7" display. Any suggestions for a mount or would a hefty amount of velcro do the job?