@pimoore well i do like my iPad Pro for scribbling notes and such and want to do more drawing etc but I have a functional iPad Pro with original pencil, I really want a more powerful one but as it’s M1 I’m wondering if I will miss apps and such that I could instead have on a iMac set up at home - plus iPad would cost more than an iMac and that’s without even buying keyboard and stand - I probably don’t need either really. I just think M1 in iMac I can do more and limp on with old iPad… or I try and get more productive on iPad setup and continue to use work MBP for coding (with screens). I guess if I could write and run Vue.is on iPadOS that would be a game changer. My 16” MBP and it’s fans just feels old already 🤣 I feel like the M1 will be trapped in iPad but also M1 trapped at home on iMac…. 🤪🤣

@pimoore I went with 256GB, 12.9". I think 8GB of RAM is MORE than I need given I'm coming from the 2018 with 4GB of RAM. Really, the 2018 I have works very well. I upgraded now because I can get a good bit on trade-in and will need to replace current battery if I keep this one. Given the amazing performance on more limited memory I think 8GB of RAM will work for most people.

Regarding ergonomics, I tend to bounce between a desk set-up with a trackpad and connected screen for eye-level, larger display which helps with eye and neck strain. I do about 50% of my computing there then the other 50% with the iPad in my lap using the Smart Keyboard Portfolio. A lot of folks have jumped on the Magic Keyboard bandwagon but I really still like this 2018 keyboard. I've always liked the typing on it and it keeps the iPad close for fairly easy swiping on the glass. For me much of the joy is in using the iPad as a touch device (when it's in my lap atteched to the keyboard). Saves money too.

I'm lucky in that the work I do (graphic design, layout and coding html/css) all works really well from an iPad. The only thing I'm still waiting on is Affinity Publisher which looks to be coming in 2021. Until then I still use that on my Mac.

@pimoore this is very valid. I might wait until WWDC and a few other things slot into place. I was hanging on as last iPad Pro update was not really an update and I wasn’t in the market the big update before that. If I start back to commuting on a train a few days a week I am very tempted for that time to be iPad Pro work time or Nintendo switch playtime🤣