It is not a laptop replacement. And apple does not design it to be one.
It's a very nice device to have next to your Mac Studio / Mac Pro to do your work while not at your desk. The creative possibilities of the iPad are spectacular. The ease of maintaining one is 100x bigger than a notebook.
it's simply another type of device, not a replacement.
> It's a very nice device to have next to your Mac Studio / Mac Pro to do your work while not at your desk.
I'm kinda curious - what does it do that my laptop can't? Am I missing out on anything by bringing a full computer with me when I have to work?
I've got an iPad (an older one) and it's just about completely useless for me. It doesn't support my file syncing app, it insists on using it's own file formats, it doesn't trust me to install apps and doesn't have enough builtin IO to charge and use a mouse at the same time. Lugging around a second Mac seems like a much more seamless experience to me.
1. Personally, an iPad for me is just another nice gadget. I'm a developer and I want my MacBook
2. The iPad has a lot of things less technical people prefer over a notebook:
2.1 - easy of / lack of - maintenance. It just works, you click the home button and it works, things are simply there
2.2 - battery life. iPad wins hands down from all other alternatives
2.3 - pencil. both for creative work as for boring office work and signing contracts
2.4 - games for the kids/pets. Roadtrip? waiting for the doctors appointment? anything? give them the iPad and have them kill time with $random thing
2.5 - support. No matter what the problem is, walk into an Apple Store and have it fixed. (I know some parts of the world have different service, but at least here in .nl its perfect)
it's simply another type of device, not a replacement.