Should I get an iPad Air or a MacBook Air for university?
I’m gonna start college next month and I’m thorn between an iPad Air and a MacBook Air (the most recent models). I’m gonna study economics.
I wanted to go for an iPad because I feel like it’s more versatile and easier to manage; I also wanted to use it to draw on apps such as Procreate or Clip Studio so I’d also need an Apple Pencil. For the keyboard, I wasn’t thinking of buying Apple’s.
People around me are saying a MacBook has a bigger screen, runs faster and better (especially for AI) and I can pair it with a monitor at home.
I feel like I don’t need one because iPad also got a pretty good chip, runs almost as fast a MacBook and also has Apple Intelligence. Also laptops are heavier and I don’t want to carry all that weight around with me all day.
I don’t feel like I’m making a bad choice by going for an iPad but people keep pressuring me so I’d like to hear other takes on this.