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Re:Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake by mr_donk on Friday June 30, 2023 @01:27AM (#36530846)
For me, the killer app for me has been sidecar… I work from home, and like to work outside in the summer. I’ve been using my MacBook Pro and my iPad as a second display via sidecar.

One unadvertised feature of this is that you can use the pencil as a mouse on your Mac in this configuration, which is handy for virtual whiteboard type stuff on your Mac where you’d normally be stuck with a mouse.

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Re:Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake by DennisAleynikov on Friday June 30, 2023 @01:36AM (#36530907)
being stuck with a mouse on macos is more of an apple problem. things like the surface pro have been around for a decade at least
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Re:Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake by tga on Friday June 30, 2023 @01:42AM (#36530950)
That’s nice as a bonus, but an iPad is small and rather expensive to use primarily as a monitor — you can get a portable 15” touchscreen for €120.
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