i've been using iPad Pro M1 5G with keyboard since its first launch back in 2021 till today.

so far so good.

if you're work requires you to frequently mobile, MBA don't have 5G capability and you need to go sit at coffee shop with that questionable WiFi security.

For typical word, powerpoint, it's perfect plus you can draw or sign documents using the pencil.

for excel however, if your data is not that much (<500) and not have to using macros, etc, then it's still doable.

at the expense of killing the battery life of your iPhone?

no thanks.

get a 4G MiFi instead. This is my advice since i was using hotspot quite a lot via my old iPhone XS max last time.

the bugger got overheat most of the time & battery life reduced significantly.

so lesson learned, i got iPad Pro M1 5G instead.