iPad (11-inch, 2024)

You seem like an iPad power-user. I'm not sure how you ended up deciding on the A16. I think I'd get an Air and a pencil, then a thrid-party keyboard folio case; Logitech makes some pretty good ones.

I work for a very large F500 manufacturer. We had been putting $1800 per unit Touch Windows devices into some of our plants for our line managers to use as their "mobile computer". They were just not durable enough to withstand the harsh conditions of the plants. Endless breakage. We're about to sta

I got iPad A16 last month and I’m loving it so far. Yes, the slide over is really nice for all the things you mentioned and then some. I’m guessing if enough people complain about slide over being removed, they might put it back or create a toggle atleast. I’m planning on not updating to iPadOS 26 w

Love this. Will do the job and has decent base storage at affordable price compared to other iPads. Hopefully one day the A chips will get stage manager because it’s very helpful for studying but I’ll tell you right now it isn’t worth paying extra hundreds. I would’ve got the a16 if it was out when

No, you can take notes perfectly well on an A16 iPad. I did for many years. Now I have the Air and realistically it's about the same. I never noticed the non-laminated screen unless I was specifically looking for the air gap. I did once. OK, it's there, no big deal. Same OS, same apps. Not worth the

You would be fine with the current A16 iPad, which you can find for around $300 if you shop around. It may be even less expensive after they announce the new iPads in October. This will get you through dental school. If you buy an older iPad it won’t make it 6 years. Battery life deteriorates over t

I swear it feels like the A16 just got released. Considering the huge gap in time between the 10th gen and A16 iPads, having a new iPad this fall seems really fast. Not that I'm complaining. I also hope there is a full-on magic keyboard (the stiff variety) for the new iPad, now that it has windowed

A lot of people say it’s bad but i think it’s pretty good. A16 is faster than a lot of quad core intel CPUs (at least the 10th gen ones, that are still widely used) and those CPUs are made to handle heavier OSes like Windows. iPadOS is fairly lightweight too, and the 6GB of ram will be more than suf

Get whatever base iPad you can get with 128 GB. The newer the better. There maybe old refurbished iPad Airs but unlikely at 128 GB. The OS and system data themselves take 30 odd GB so I think 128 is the minimum to be future proof. My honest suggestion? Get the new iPad A16. It maybe a bit over your

I use an A16 and running iPadOS 26 DB 6, no issues so far based on my usage. No battery drain as well.