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I think the iPad did win.

But more importantly, if you have an iPhone and a MacBook, will you be using an iPad at all?

I used to only have an iPhone and iPad and yes, I used the iPad for all my studying and annotations and stuff (with an Apple Pencil), but since I’m using a MacBook Air I barely touch my iPad.

I guess if you have kids who want to play games an iPad is still useful?

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I have like a gazillion computers (desktops, laptops, tablets, phones). There’s the right time and place for everything. It’s just that tablets are perfect for consumption (reading books, comics, web pages, videos, …).

I was very skeptical in the past. Surely I wouldn’t need a “toy” like that. Then I got one from my employer (not even a good one) and it really blew me away, especially in comparison to the convertible laptop I had. Yes it’s “just a big phone” but that’s just the magical thing. It’s always on, it has a big screen and is rather lightweight. Battery lasts basically forever. What’s not to like? Laptops on the couch? In bed even? Small phone screens? No thanks.

I use my iPad as a second display for the laptop when portable, it's surprisingly useful.

It's also kind of nice for keeping a game of baseball or something going on while sharing audio output with the main laptop, there's almost no display lag.

Yup. This. I WFH like most of us these days and although I have a desk with separate monitor, I sometimes prefer to work at the desk in my bedroom or dining table. Just for a change of scenery

iPad separate display and Universal Control is magical https://www.cultofmac.com/765506/universal-control-is-magica...

iPad is also nice for sitting down and reviewing a PR, reading an arch doc etc

I have all three, and the iPad serves its own functions. In particular I use it for making music, and vastly prefer that workflow to making music on the MBP. There's an incredible music app ecosystem on the iPad.

Which apps do you use on the ipad?

Funnily enough, I posted a sort of list 40 days ago here [0]. There's way too many to actually list out in full though, and actually, depending on the kind of music you make, AUM should be added also.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29719019

I have all 3, an iPad fills a niche for me (mostly reading books and comics).

I don't have the most expensive one, though.

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