We have a MacBook Air 2013 that is on its last legs and we need to replace it. My wife also wants an iPad so that she can read our Apple News+ subscription and watch movies in bed. I feel like the most cost effective solution is to get a keyboard case for the iPad and use it as the laptop replacement. The only thing we use the MacBook Air for is normal web browsing, ordering pictures prints via the web, some home office work using Google Docs, and I use it to remote to my PC when I don’t feel like going to my basement office.
I don’t see why a keyboard case wouldn’t suffice in this scenario. The Magic Keyboard trackpad entices me, especially potentially not having to rewire any muscle memory with normal web usage, using google docs, or when I remote to my PC. But is the web browsing experience nerfed enough by iPadOS that its not worth spending $300 on the Magic Keyboard? Is it better to get the cheaper Smart Keyboard Folio case and try to use the Apple Pencil for the same workflow instead?
Just curious what this community’s experience with these accessories are. Thanks in advance for the input.
If apple remade the keyboard folio i would recommend that, but it’s far too breakable, and it doesn’t protect the iPad very well. You may want to try the Logitech combo touch since it hav much the same layout, and protects the iPad better. You loose the extra usb c port though appposed to the Magic Keyboard, but you’re paying over 100 less. Apple really needs to change the material they make their keyboard cases from in my opinion
The only caveat with the Logitech Combo Touch is that it’s noticeably a lot more heavy in comparison to other cases. It offers good protection however. If I were buying another case, I’d be hesitant to get it again.