My wife is using her company's 2014 MBA and that machine is still so fine. The condition almost pristine. Last week she just updated to MacOS Catalina and too bad she can't SideCar with her iPad Pro.

but if you take care of those iDevices correctly, it can last you damn long.

Mostly on the cover issue where it has bubbles around the case and picking up lots of stains. Now most of them started to install some wrap on the MK.

One of the posters has an extreme case where the entire charging port came off from the case itself.

Apart from that, battery drain on their iPad Pro is kinda popular as well. Some of them found out that the backlight does not automatically turn off.

A few cases where at the edge of the keyboard came apart as if the glue is not strong enough.

Lastly, some of them received bend MK.

I’m using the ESR SP just FYI.

Unlike writing on a glass screen, the rougher surface of the screen protector makes it a lot realistic and enjoyable. The drawbacks are:

- Matte screen meaning, dimmed screen but there will not be any finger prints smudges on the screen, which is a plus for me
- Read that the Apple Pencil tip will be worn off quicker but thus far I’ve read that even heavy users of the Apple Pencil only replacing their tip once every year
- There will be “Apple Pencil” marks which aren’t at all visible from afar but for the compulsive ones, they might not be thrilled by this

Depending on your personal preference, I love to write things down work and I do occasionally doodle. If I don’t use the pencil too often, I wouldn’t have gone with it because of the darker screen, I read it’s the same for the original Paperlike and it cost a little more.

I can’t say for sure that I will buy the same thing again because the matte screen is a huge deal for me but would I enjoy writing on a smooth slippery glassy surface? Definitely not.

I weigh experience more than ostensible beauty perhaps, it’s not horrible, it’s just not perfect.

I believe this is the one you are referring to.

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Time to update your iDevices: Apple Watch, iPhones and iPad Pros.

For those coming from 2018 iPad Pro, any performance difference?

My demanding jobs reserve for MBP, basically the iPad Pro is just my entertainment consume device haha

Engraved, bro?

Addon:

Omg, black pencil !?

https://www.macrumors.com/2020/06/02/future...il-black-color/

Pencil 3 in black? Definitely gonna get that instead. Hopefully backwards compatible with this years iPad Pro tho haha

I use it to play Card games, easy to drag and drop 

A bit overkill for a RM500 stylus, no?

Just a bit, hahaha...

Didn’t get magic keyboard but this set up already good enough for typing. I prefer the compact yet larger keyboard (Logitech K380)

We might not need an iPad Pro but it’s really a laptop alternative. It does all my computing needs and then more. I prefer using apps than dealing with installation on windows. Windows 10 also doesn’t have any apps for casual users, so most of the time just using browser.

Most of us here do not need an iPad Pro. Most of us here do not even need a MacBook Pro. Most of us here were happy to pay a premium for the stability of Mac OSX and in this active thread, the iPad OS.

There are limitations of iPad OS as a laptop replacement but to those of us who find it sufficient:

- with the Magic Keyboard(optional), it only cost a little more than the base MacBook Pro if you are using the 12.9 inch(RM4399 + RM1549) compared to RM5599.00
- even with the Magic Keyboard, I find it a lot more portable than the larger but lighter MacBook Air
- it cannot be a full laptop replacement but a laptop can never be a tablet(don’t bring up the Surface Book, bringing up Windows is sacrilegious over here) 
- multitasking on an iPad is arguably more organised with split views and slide overs than the OSX and the OSX is inferior to Windows when it comes to managing multitasks
- Google docs on iPad Pro is crap, no way to spin it, I use Numbers alone so I’m good with it but OSX is slightly better and a lot more versatile in this case
- USE YOUR DOCK! It will make your iPad OS a lot better looking, also USE YOUR WIDGETS!
- volume control is a bit of a bummer here because even though it’s not difficult to just scroll the track pad to the top right hand corner, tap and pull down the control centre, my gripe is that with certain apps, the sound stops as soon as the control panel is out. I hope they change it
- print screen with the visible “circle”, not a big problem but it can be annoying

Also I’m not gonna lie, I do have the FOMO of using a proper desktop OSX, I guess it comes with me being an Apple product user since the mid 2000s. This iPad Pro gives me the option to widen my array of choices, perhaps an iMac in future

If you use iOS Shortcuts app, this can be done in 2 taps.

The app previously was called Workflow but after Apple bought the company over, they renamed it as Shortcuts. The app actually came pre-installed with your device.

This guy in the video below is actually the ex-employee of Workflow and produce lots Shortcuts automation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgub6c1u-AA&feature=youtu.be

FYI, I use this to
- calculate my TNB bill and store all the information in a CSV file.
- take photo via Siri and save it to my Photos
- automatically rename all my PDF bills and store to my iCloud

Here’s the Shortcuts where it will convert the webpage into PDF. What you need to do is click on the Share Sheet and select the shortcut.

just discovered a speck of . that looks like dust which I didn’t realise before
tried to wipe it off but can’t
it’s not an obvious defect but still can’t rub my mind off it.
will machines/apple entertain request to replace? is it worth replacing?

yup. top part. tried to take photo but quite hard to see cos too micro.

Depends on your usage and budget?

MK certainly is good but the price justification i really cannot accept

Combo of Logitech K380 and Logitech mouse such as M585/590 can be obtained less than RM150 from shopee
Then find a casing with fold up stand function and ta-da, u have one ipad pro working station at home already.

But outdoor wise, MK is more preferable as u no need bring extra gadget in the bag, one hand done.

Pros and cons i must say.
Online order is faster than physical store.

I am considering. But the "bottom line" for me, would be

a logitech k380, and i forgot what logitech bluetooth mouse, then a case that is proper and has stylus slots.

That's the bottom line, since it is cheaper, (except for case, where I have no idea), and doesn't disrupt the "working rhythm".

I use my surface pro 2 (2014) and learnt that i ended up using the touchpad more than the touchscreen whenever i'm on typing work, and for a good reason. Taking the hand off to reach for a stylus to tap on something to highlight, edit, etc, really puts a bad interruption to the rhythm.