2021 Apple 12.9-inch iPad Pro (Wi‑Fi, 256GB) - Space Gray

This is honestly my favorite way to use a computer. HDR 4K content is great, and it gets pretty loud so my wife and I can watch something together. I watch a lot of lecture/educational content often while taking notes. The large extremely high definition screen makes reading text in a video easy, or easy to share the screen with my note taking app.It’s not perfect though let me go over some things that could improve.The bezels are so small holding it can be awkward.The mini keyboard makes typing while holding easier, but I wish the mini keyboard had a bit more like a number row.The blooming can be annoying, but it’s basically only noticeable during load screens.The camera probably should be positioned for landscape video calls not portrait.I wish I could play nes and snes games on it. It has more than enough power to run emulators, but without jail breaking there is no side loading.This thing is expensive, but if you think you want to use a tablet. This is the one.Side note about me: I use a one plus 6 Android phone and my computer is Linux/windows so I’m not an apple fan boy. I do think the iPad is by far the best tablet computer. I did have a MacBook Pro and it broke and I learned why repairability is important. Don’t buy something you can’t afford to replace it. So get AppleCare+.

This is pretty much like having a 13" laptop. I am a pianist, and I was looking for something larger than the old 9" iPad I already had to download sheet music for piano. There are several free apps that allow you to transfer your hard-copy pages by tacking a photo and transferring them to the iPad.It is nice and bright and clear and almost as large as an 8.5" x 11" music sheet. I opted for the 512 GB size then I discovered transferring the sheet music requires very little file space. So now I take the iPad with me when I travel instead of a laptop. It is powerful enough to do what a laptop will do for my needs.And it sure beats carrying around a briefcase full of piano music. Actually, I can pretty much store everything I play here with plenty of room to spare so I have all my sheet music with me anywhere I go. If you play an instrument, you really should consider transferring the written copies to an iPad or other tablet.

I purchased one of the first iPads. I think Steve Jobs might have still been alive. I LOVED THAT IPAD. I was told I was dumb because the second version would come out soon with all the crap gone and I’d wish I could get that one. WRONG! I did get the second generation and gave my blue color husband my 1st generation. It was a great way for him to learn how to use it. He still loves his iPads. It’s been a great routine and we’ve done it every since. I purchased my 12.9 iPad Pro 2021. This was my 2nd 12.9 if I remember correctly. It’s a little soon to do it again but my last iPad is giving me problems I’ve never had. After I have used my iPad long enough to get the iPad warmed up the buttons start not responding for me. Like in Amazon if I push to see a video about a product it will not show that video. I can try to start that video for an hour with no response. If I open my older iPad or one of our two iPhones the video works immediately. This happens on a very regular basis now. The iPad itself almost feels slightly bent. The iPad is so thin that this worries me. In fact when we purchased it it really did worry me so we purchased really nice and firm holders.I am so frustrated, is anyone else having my same problem? I would like to keep the system we have going. It’s to soon to get a new one, especially now that we are retired and on very fixed incomes. I will always be a die hard ipad owner. But I need one to last me longer. Any suggestions. Can iPad give me some support or credit here? Anyone that can help this old lady would be appreciated. I still think this is hands down the best tablet on the market. It would probably beat any lap top and most desk tops in my mind. This is getting bad enough I’m afraid it’s going to quit working. It’s taken care of because only I or my husband or occasionally a family adult might use it, that is rare though. Everybody knows to leave my iPad alone. One last problem. Why do the charging cables not last very long.