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What are the best iPads widely used by students right now?
Get the iPad Air, either current gen or previous gen. Most people do the standard smaller size, but you could consider doing the bigger one if you want. If you choose to go older to save money, just make sure whichever iPad Air you get is M1 or newer, then it’ll have plenty of power for notes.
MasterMinnesotan in r/GoodNotes
March 26, 2026 5:16 PM
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Wait or Hunt it
IPad Air is never getting oled screen, you have a choice between oled in pro or 60hz in iPad Air , the difference is in £€$ hard cash . M5 iPad Pro & m4 iPad Air both have 12GB it’s a simple choice to pay a lot more for premium oled screen or ipad Air IPad Air is mid price because it doesn’t have ol
...realmccoyredbus in r/ipad
March 22, 2026 4:58 PM
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Is the iPad Air (M3) that much better than the iPad A16?
iPad Air has M processor, 8GB RAM, Apple Pencil 2 support, laminated display with better colour support and anti-reflective coating, and the ability to use Apple Stage Manager on an external display. Even a refurbished M1 iPad Air (direct from Apple online store) is better than the recent base iPad.
parka in r/ipad
May 20, 2025 7:04 AM
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Air M1 upgrade to Air M4 isn't worth it.
OK I have the iPad Air M1 and for musicians - latency is a big thing. On my M1 Air, I can only run at 128 buffer settings. This is ok for basic playing but if you play fast or layer many sounds, it lags and if you run at a lower buffer, it just starts crackling and making distorted sounds. The 8G is
...808phone in r/ipad
April 14, 2026 5:00 AM
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IPAD OR TABLET
i've owned both android tablets and ipads for long term use. the xiaomi screen is gorgeous but ipados will feel way more consistent 3 years from now. gaming on ipad is smoother because devs optimize for apple silicon first - mlbb runs great. for studying, notability and goodnotes on ipad are miles a
...LetterheadClassic306 in r/ipad
May 21, 2026 6:47 PM
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Should I buy ipadA16?
Buy it. It's good especially on sale. New one even if it comes out this year will be at full msrp for a while which will be more expensive. If you were gonna buy the new one at full marp, you might as well go get an iPad Air M2 or M3 now which is usually around $400 and will still be better than the
...TransmissionAutomata in r/ipad
May 7, 2026 1:53 AM
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Ipad Pro 10.5 or Ipad 10th gen for gaming
I wouldnt go for the 2017 pro anymore. The chip does not feature any neural engine/AI (not even basic stuff from years ago like OCR in photos) and no iPadOS update support anymore iirc. I switched 1 1/2 years ago to an iPad Air. I would miss the better speakers more than 120Hz but there is always so
...Automatic_Emotion_35 in r/ipad
April 19, 2026 6:05 AM
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Checking in on my M1 iPad Pro User-Fam
I’m not too sure if it’s the identical chip but my sons iPad Air m1 is great, he’s not on iPad 26 yet tho, he uses it with a monitor and it runs smooth
Minimum_Airline3657 in r/iPadPro
April 19, 2026 10:54 PM
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need advice: iPad Air 5th gen vs A16 iPad
For digital art, the iPad Air line with the Apple Pencil 2nd Gen will be better than the USB-C Pencil, because it has pressure sensitivity. However, you said you could get an adapter for your current pencil… does that mean you have the 1st generation Lightning pencil with pressure sensitivity? If so
...fuguseci in r/ipad
June 16, 2025 2:41 AM
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Which older iPad Pro can you actually use without symptoms?
for me it's the ipad pro m1 only... it's the only iPad Pro with IPS display and with the M1 chip it's still very powerful... I tried newer iPad Pros because I wanted to use the Apple Pencil Pro but I got headaches maybe in the end I'll move to iPad Air
Sea-Temporary-6995 in r/PWM_Sensitive
April 20, 2026 4:08 PM
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