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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1829350" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>@Still-learning, welcome to the forum. For your main purpose, if it is writing, the MBAir is the better machine. The options for word processors are, to me, better on the MBA than on the iPad. For example, Microsoft Word on the MBA is closer to full-featured than the version for the iPad, mostly because it's built for keyboard and mouse inputs, whereas the iPad version is designed around an on-screen keyboard and touch controls. When I am composing, I don't want to take my hands off the keys to tap on the screen. It's just unnatural to do that, to me. So I have a 2015 MacBook Pro for my writing, although the MBA would have been fine, too. I just picked the MBP for the ports it has built into it. That MBA you have can take a variety of docks to give you the ports you might want for printers/external drives/monitors, etc.</p><p></p><p>I have an iPad mini I use for portable net surfing, reading, music, etc. Good small size, easily portable, does what I need. I don't need an iPad Pro and the size makes it somewhat less than useful to me. It's a personal thing. If I were still a road warrior (I'm retired from that now), I might find a way to get my work on an iPad Pro, but frankly, I'm used to keyboards so I'd probably still take the MBP with me.</p><p></p><p>So, my personal recommendation is to keep the MBA, forget about the iPad Pro and be happy with what you have.</p><p></p><p>And let me recommend the Apple.com website for documentation on how things work. If you go to the Support page you can type in just about anything and find the Apple documentation on how to do whatever it is. Too many people don't know about it, or don't use it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1829350, member: 396914"] @Still-learning, welcome to the forum. For your main purpose, if it is writing, the MBAir is the better machine. The options for word processors are, to me, better on the MBA than on the iPad. For example, Microsoft Word on the MBA is closer to full-featured than the version for the iPad, mostly because it's built for keyboard and mouse inputs, whereas the iPad version is designed around an on-screen keyboard and touch controls. When I am composing, I don't want to take my hands off the keys to tap on the screen. It's just unnatural to do that, to me. So I have a 2015 MacBook Pro for my writing, although the MBA would have been fine, too. I just picked the MBP for the ports it has built into it. That MBA you have can take a variety of docks to give you the ports you might want for printers/external drives/monitors, etc. I have an iPad mini I use for portable net surfing, reading, music, etc. Good small size, easily portable, does what I need. I don't need an iPad Pro and the size makes it somewhat less than useful to me. It's a personal thing. If I were still a road warrior (I'm retired from that now), I might find a way to get my work on an iPad Pro, but frankly, I'm used to keyboards so I'd probably still take the MBP with me. So, my personal recommendation is to keep the MBA, forget about the iPad Pro and be happy with what you have. And let me recommend the Apple.com website for documentation on how things work. If you go to the Support page you can type in just about anything and find the Apple documentation on how to do whatever it is. Too many people don't know about it, or don't use it. [/QUOTE]
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