Apple iPad

“when you have to start typing up a dozen lengthy descriptions of jobs on a touch screen it gets frustrating in a hurry”

“this whole debate centers around this idea that the iPad is just this useless thing that can't be used as a general purpose tool”

“It effectively makes it useless for anyone where not showing the presenter’s screen content was critically important.”

“To not mention this at all, not even in fine print release notes…”

“Are we still going to be using that as a justification to a pro label on a $1000+ device with a desktop grade processor?”

“i enjoy reading on my ipad and i can read for 2-3 hours on it daily without feeling any strain on my eyes”

“why doesn't the iPad recognise the user by FaceID and give my five year old the appropriate experience and block my apps if this can?”

“On iOS 26 it was ridiculously slow. I feel that with recent iOS 26 updates the situation has improved and it became somewhat more usable.”

“The areas where the iPad beats the MacBook are still (imo) the same as the day it launched: web browsing, watching video, and reading.”

“the iPad I let them use has child safety enabled and it seems to do exactly what the comment above you is suggesting.”

“I have found writing even on my ipad with apple pencil to be wayy better than typing on my keyboard.”

“I think we are still far from it. Even with the barrel rolling and pressure sensitivity, an actual pen just writers so much more expressively.”

“all my iPads (including an original model) simply don't show any significant battery loss when left unused”

“All three of mine would easily hold a charge for more than 2 days even when turned on but unused”

“An iPad which we bought around 5 years ago, which was still on sale just over 2 years ago…”

“My grandmother - at 104, was still rocking her iPad! Sending / receiving emails, doing FaceTime, reading the news.”

“I love using an iPad for writing maths because of cut/paste and the ability to drag things around”

“Typing is subpar next to a Mac so by the time you put the case on it and are in similar size/weight class…”

“The iPad is fantastic for, as the author points out, “reading the news and watching YouTube and playing games”

“iPad is the best consumption device in existence. Reading, video, casual games, it handles all without breaking a sweat.”

“the platform itself creates friction compared to macOS that, even at the best of times, makes the user at least slightly less productive”

“I don't think Chromebooks, iPads and the like would have been beneficial to my elementary/middle/high school education at all.”

“The iPads saw less than half the usage hours as the Chromebooks, but had something like triple the incidence of cable replacement.”

“The iPad could have been that kind of joy and amazement machine for many…”

“really feel not just restrictive but the whole ecosystem constantly tries to push you towards subscriptions for everything”

“my mom has ended up with an idiotic keyboard stretched across the middle of her iPad's screen, with no way to fix or dismiss it”

“Being restricted to apps and what they allow you to do while asking for money at every corner is not my cup of tea.”

“later my feeling of having bought something amazing was that my daughter learnt to speak brilliant English with Peppa Pig”

“Part of what makes it worth the cost is that nothing important changes and it can last for a long time.”

“Making "just a big phone" when their phone platform has always been so locked down has done the iPad concept a major disservice.”

“Ideally Apple would finally do their Surface/2-1 with iPads, but Apple being Apple, rather sell an overpowered tablet”

“After the Liquid Glass update it became so sluggish that I had to turn off animations in the Accessibility settings.”

“It's reasonably cheap for what it offers, especially if you want a highly mobile media consumption device”

“Getting that iPad running was more painful and frustrating than any of the dozen Android devices I've set up over the years.”

“The iPad makes a great MIDI controller; it's an awful mixer or plugin host compared to a regular laptop running regular PC plugins.”

“What's toxic for childrens' development is the low bar of entertainment associated with something like an iPad connected to the Web”

“switching them over to an iPad is probably an overall improvement once you can get past the unwillingness”

“if the iPad is one of the connected devices, then it will claim priority once a minute or so, _even if it's playing no audio”

“The use case is rich iPhone users who want an easy experience to watch videos, read…”

“Apple deliberately promoting exploitative products because they're artificially segregated from healthy software competition.”