Due to software limitations, plugging your iPad Air into a second monitor will simply allow for mirroring of your iPad’s display, rather than expanding your screen real estate and giving you more room to work with. You also won’t be able to use a second monitor with your iPad in any meaningful way. It works well enough, but it’s nowhere near as flexible as being able to position your windows wherever you want, in whatever size and shape you want. While split-view multitasking does help on the iPad, it's nowhere near as flexible as the window management systems on macOS or Windows.ĭespite making great leaps towards adding desktop-like multitasking to iPadOS, it’s still a limited platform compared to a more mature desktop operating system like macOS and Windows 11.įor starters, windowed multitasking on iPadOS is limited to two side-by-side apps, with the option of a third, floating app with the aspect ratio of a modern iPhone. That said, it still has the same drawbacks that plague every iPad. Thanks to its lower price and impressive specs, the M1 iPad Air is the closest you can get to an affordable two-in-one that can fully replace your laptop.
The power in bringing a laptop class chip to a tablet form factor is in the promise of providing the best of both worlds: a bright, vibrant tablet that's great for web browsing and gaming on the go, and a laptop-like device that has enough power to help you crunch through tasks without breaking a sweat.
The M1 MacBooks have just as much power, though, if not more with chips like the M1 Ultra and M1 Max. With all that power, and a starting price that's notably lower than the M1 iPad Pro, making an iPad Air your main machine seems like a promising endeavor that won't crush your wallet. But now, Apple's new iPad Air, which runs the same M1 chip inside the company's latest MacBook Air, changes that by bringing a laptop-class chip into a tablet form factor. Before Apple’s homegrown processors entered the tech-sphere, you usually had to drop the extra cash for an iPad Pro if you wanted something more versatile and portable than a regular laptop.
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