iPad Laptop Replacement

Was mainly thinking of ipad. I use that in a laptop like way.

Do normal people not use their laptops like an iPad with a slightly less painful word processor experience?

The iPad is a consumption device, not good for work. Even with a keyboard, most available applications are geared towards touchscreen and consumption. I much prefer laptops for this reason: they run a desktop OS.

I'm probably not a typical user, but over and over again I find that while browsing on the iPad that I want to comment at length on something I read, which I hate doing on the touch keyboard. I also tend to browse the web with a bunch of tabs open and switch around quickly and this also isn't so pleasant on the iPad. Something like the 11" MBA with Ableton Live, Adobe CS, XCode, Terminal, Chrome, and Transmit could be all the computer I need and would be no trouble to port around.At this poin

Figure out what you want to be doing and see if the ipad fits in it.Some creative things are more easily done on an iPad than a computer: I use the Adobe ideas app (which has the most fluid 'ink') and a heavy stylus for creating sketches. Penultimate is quite useful to organize UI sketches. Also PDF annotation on the iPad is easier to do than on my mac (with a stylus).With (and without) an external keyboard, I use plaintext to take notes and taskpaper to manage todos. Lighter and less obtr

What experience does an iPad deliver that I can't get from an iPhone, a netbook or a laptop?

From personal experience, iPad is a great consumption/reading device. When you have to create powerpoints/excel sheets or write code, you still end up needing a desktop computer.

I use my ipad pro as a laptop replacement. It works better than I expected except for a few quirks around keyboard support in apps like safari and aws workspaces which are irritating enough to make coding bear impossible.But in many ways its better than a laptop, especially around note taking and reading.

I use my iPad nearly every day. It's a better experience than my laptop (which I do use literally every day) in several areas:* reading in bed* reading long PDFs. This is my primary "work purpose". I read a lot of machine learning books and journal articles in PDF form.* quick checking of email, when you don't want to sit down for a while* looking up recipes while cooking* social media sharing: when friends are over, showing them a new video on youtube, etc

I am not a heavy iPad/tablet user. Scrolling through the list made me think the author might benefit from a laptop/tablet hybrid as a lot of apps are for automation/desktop environment that laptop OS already provides.