iPad Air (5th Generation)

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iPad Air (5th Generation)

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Is the 5th Gen iPad Air (M1) still powerful enough today?

Those who get a 64 GB iPad shold be aware of this first: The 5th gen iPad Air will get Apple Intelligence. Which means that iPadOS + Apple Intelligence uses around 25 GB storage. on top of that you should reserve around 15 GB as the system area where iPadOS and the apps do their work. So you really

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Fabulinius in r/ipad

March 3, 2026 5:04 PM

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Devices you play on?

There’s certified refurbished iPads on the apple website. Any of them would honestly do you good but if it’s quality you want I’d look for anything above the M1. In my opinion the iPad Air 5th gen is the best and since it’s older it’s significantly cheaper. Just make sure you get enough storage. Lea

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Charming-Zombie-3285 in r/loveanddepression

March 30, 2026 4:12 PM

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Upgrading from iPad Air 5th Gen to M4

Honestly, the upgrade probably isn’t worth it for your use case. The iPad Air 5th Gen handles reading, streaming, and browsing perfectly fine and since your MacBook Pro M4 covers the heavy lifting, you won’t notice a meaningful difference day to day. As for 128 GB: given that you mainly stream (not

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MIGUELENNO in r/ipad

March 28, 2026 10:10 AM

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first time ipad buyer - used Ipad Air 4 256gb ok for 300€ (small scratch)?

Personally I would not buy an iPad with a scratched screen. The Air 4 is an older model, and has the same processor and RAM as the iPad 10th gen. Even the base model iPad A16 has a more powerful processor and more RAM, and can be found for similar money (albeit with 128gb storage, which should be fi

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colin_staples in r/ipad

February 7, 2026 2:41 PM

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Is the 5th Gen iPad Air (M1) still powerful enough today?

It's good iPad Air 5th generation but 64 GB it's not enough for actual iPadOS data necesities. I recommend you 128 GB or more...

enver555 in r/ipad

March 3, 2026 9:53 PM

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Weekly 'What should I buy?' Thread

Background: Next fall I am going to be a freshman in college studying Computer Science. I am hoping to get an iPad for notetaking throughout college and want to decide what the best option is. I want something that will last at least through 4 years of college and that can handle notetaking, watchin

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KrakenTheFirst in r/ipad

May 25, 2025 3:54 AM

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Any student-friendly budget tablet/ipad recommendations for digital art? Mainly for drawing editorial cartoons and sometimes making pubmat layouts

The iPad Air 5th generation (M1 chip) is still widely supported by all the major drawing apps and most 64GB models can be found on eBay for less than 300$/€ (Refurbished / Second Hand). Also, if you don´t mind losing the pressure sensitivity feature (pressing harder = thicker lines), you can skip on

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AC-RD in r/drawingtablet

October 14, 2025 7:06 AM

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