What do YOU think? iPad or Mac for college? 🤔

In my opinion if a student doesn't have a laptop, it's better to buy one instead of iPad. Every student needs a laptop/Macbook. IPad/tablets are just extra devices, most of the times are not a necessity.

I‘m studying medical engineering and I must admit, studying anything engineering related is just not possible without a laptop. However I use both the Mac and the iPad. I prefer the iPad for any sort of preparation for exams etc. or notes I make during lessons. The Mac however comes in handy, if you are working on project which include some form of programming, 3D Design, etc.. And especially in engineering, these things are essential. I have found my sweet spot, using both devices independently and also collaboratively together

This is the hardest answer, but get BOTH. save up for what you think you use the most first then get the other later.

iPad was my best friend during university years. However I also had Mac and used it for several important purposes. So I think having both is better anyway 😅

Med school student here, I personally think it all depends on how you navigate information into productivity. I have an iPad Pro paired with and Apple Pencil mainly for my classes that require me to edit images and draw molecules. I also like using the iPad for poster projects and customizing just about anything with my own personal touch. Also, if you have a WiFi/Cellular IPad it’s a game changer because if you forget your phone you’ll still have internet access. Now, I also have a MacBook. Initially I got one because some professors include extensions for labs and require a windows or Mac to launch within canvas. Also, if you have a class that requires you to use Labster it will most likely require you to have a Mac. Labster has an app which I have used on the IPad but it will crash and not all labs are supported. For reference I have a M2 IPad Pro and a MacBook Pro M1. Also the Mac is a productivity monster for just about any project, it will allow you to be fully creative. Paired with the IPad Pro? It’s a match made in heaven.

Personally I am fortunate enough to have both, using the ipad as a second monitor at school using sidecar is amazing, i can chose between one or the other, its such a hard choice to pick which one is better, both have their strong suits

I use a Mac mini for my setup and an iPad Pro as a laptop. Suits my needs very well

I used an iPad for the first couple years of college, going back in January and got the 2020 Air for my upcoming semester. I have a magic keyboard for my iPad but i found it a pain to set up and disassemble with everywhere I was going. I appreciate my macbook air so much already and i cant wait to use both; iPad for handwritten notes and diagram drawing, laptop for essays, video projects ect.

If you are a student you could have a 1.5lb iPad w a keyboard that has a 10 hour battery life and with the pencil you can do creative things w drawing and pictures and video. You can also read all your books on it. So you can eliminate carrying a bag that weighs a lot, so that’s a huge difference

When you use the iPad Pro using touch, there is something “magical” that you feel. It’s the best way to use iPad. It’s a full size keyboard, it’s a piano keyboard, guitar, book, magazine, camera, canvas,music studio. It’s anything and everything. I love just using iPad Pro flat on my desk and typing away or making more music with synths on GarageBand.

I find the perfect combo to be a MacBook and iPad mini

HR student here. Ive got an iPad Air 5 for my school a couple of months ago and couldn't get used to it. It was my first iPad and didn't like the integration of word and other programs that Ive got to use. Now I have a MacBook Air 15in and it's the best laptop Ive ever own.. my first MacBook also and it's amazing how it's reliable and fast. Screen is gorgeous also and I find myself more productive with it with note taking.

I personally use both especially if I’m taking math related classes. I love both for their own reasons but together they’re amazing 👏🏾

When we ask “ can iPad replace a laptop “ the reason is the we need both iPad and laptop, we need more iPad for drawing but we also need to use it as a basic laptop, but we don’t want two devices and we don’t have that much money so we ask that question.

Im typing on my ipad pro and i gotta say its just perfect for a student

As some one getting my masters degree in audio engineering and music technology I use both my MacBook Pro and an iPad Pro interchangeable as both have their benefits for me as a student.

I do all of my work on my mac (I'm a UX Designer) and it works great. Does everything I need it to do. But I've been planning to get an iPad to play games, watch movies, browse and generally do more casual things in more relaxed positions like while lying on the bed, relaxing on the couch etc. Also, it'll help me a lot with my hand drawings, right now I draw on paper which is unbeatable but is not always very convenient and accessible.

Ipad is my only apple device I bought during my student years. I studied IT and ipad is not made for that. Got a crappy laptop from my school but did the job. The ipad was the laidback device, airplay on tv, read mangas, drawing etc. I'm questioning about buying a laptop but for now the ipad + dektop does the job. I don't wanna work elsewhere than on my desk. When you choose ipad it's for either creation, lay back or note taking.

Universities that have lots of essay writing included, have specific formats in terms of Word for example and I have found that the Office apps found on iPad are very limited compared to the ones on Mac and PC. Plus doing research on iPad is a bit of a pain unless you have a high tear m2 or m1 iPad that will allow safari to keep it's tabs open without having to refresh anytime you multitask. The file managing is quite bad and also the split screens are very limiting. Again unless you can have an m1 - m2 iPad Pro in which you can use center stage for a better multitasking experience.

My iPad, Apple Pencil, and Magic Keyboard were my go to during my bachelor degree program. I considered getting a Mac for dental school so that I can have no limitations but I haven’t made the purchase yet because I haven’t found the need to yet. This set up is THE BEST

I study medicine and surgery. Going to school daily with my laptop is a burden. I have to force myself to carry it to school every morning. My laptop is not a heavy one, it's an ultrbook. I just wish it was a lot lighter. Many times I've thought about swapping my laptop for it's lighter alternative, the X1 yoga. With the stylus, I can even annotate and whatnot. Then the apple event happened today and it got me thinking.. what if I swap my laptop for an iPad? I use an iphone already, everything should work seemlessly. And plus, it's lighter and I can annotate easily. Right...?

I am starting college next week and I will get an iPad Pro with magic keyboard and a Logitech Crayon and a MacBook Air M2 (thank god for the apple student discounts)

Nice Content, real helping and even more way understandable on choosing our battles.

bottomline, try your best to up your budget and get both than you dont have to think too much about it. there are some important apps that only works well on ipads and some important apps thats well optimized for macs only so try to get both (try to stick with M series on both ipads and macs you can get second hand)

i know im 6 months late to the party here but im going back to school may 6th to get my psychology degree, all i have is my 12.9” ipad pro m2 and a logitech keyboard case but im gonna try to start with just the ipad before i commit to buying a macbook in addition. im excited! the ipad pro really does feel like a perfect 2 in 1

Well I have a MacBook Air 2017 (now it kinda outdated as it doesn’t support apple silicon apps) and an iPad 9th gen I would recommend you guys to get A LAPTOP/MACBOOK as it is more important for most of the students for med students go for iPad

Instructions unclear; ended up buying both /s

I've just bought the MacBook Pro 14" M2Pro 1TB and it's the most incredible Mac that I've ever had the pleasure to use. That screen is beautiful, the 6 speaker Dolby Atmos speaker system is insane plus 20+ hours battery life for me. I'm using the iPhone 14 Pro 256GB and the two together are perfect. I use Apple Keynote for my 150+ people presentations and it's so professional and stable with 4K video. I use the iPhone 14 Pro as a keynote remote control via WiFi and it looks cool! The HDMI 2.1 output on the Mac is great for connecting for your presentations. We use a 150ft screen projector and it's perfect!!!

I use my iPad Pro for most of my school stuff because it works just perfect for writing things down with Notability for example but I also need my MacBook because I have to write a seminar paper and I need the desktop version of MS Word for the writing process and the iPad version of word just doesn’t have all the features. But all in all I love my iPad and they work perfectly together. :) Thank you again Nikias for the great video!

I love both iPad and MacBook !!! ❤️

i have the m2 macbook air, base model and the m2 ipad pro. Ever since i started using the ipad with a keyboard it has replaced my mac completely. the only grief is the files app but i can get along with it.

I personally don’t care about the pencil, don’t really have a need for it. I prefer typing up my notes anyways. I also worry that the iPad may not properly configure some of the websites that I’ll need to use. Plus another thing I was concerned about was sitting in the chair, how would the iPad hold up to me sitting in a chair trying to use the keyboard, then you brought up the thing about it not being very good in those circumstances, and I instantly knew I need a MacBook lol. But to answer your question, I am going to school to get my degree in nursing. Planning on being an RN to start, then move on to being an APRN.

The Mac should be a priority, if you have extra funds, the iPad mini is sufficient for note-taking. This is for standard read, write, analyse types of degrees (like psychology). More funds, get a bigger screen, but it becomes heavier to carry around. I love my Mac Air and iPad mini combo, where I can read my journal articles and take notes on them, use lecture slides and write personalised notes on them, and use my Mac for intense journal article research, data analysis (SPSS and R), and obviously write a thesis/dissertation. In other words, love the video! Explained exactly what I felt with my set now!

to my perspective, an notebook can replace an iPad with an apple pencil

My whole reason for trying to use an iPad for a laptop is the price difference. Trying to figure out if it’s going to work for me for writing papers. I’m working on my Master’s in Counseling, only taking one class at a time and it consists of writing papers and discussion posts. Just ordered an iPad to try and gonna see how my first paper goes!

i personally find a macbook to be a necessity and an ipad to be a perfect addition--in my opinion, if you can afford both, get both, but if you can only afford one, get a macbook. i have both a 13" ipad and a 15" macbook and i absolutely love the combination of them, whether it be using my ipad as a second screen for my macbook, using my ipad as a notetaking device while using the macbook as a pdf reader, and so much more, i think (for me at least) they're both definitely worth the purchase if you have the money and you enjoy using technology

No don't listen to him on the any single "iPad" I have experience in that for Organic Chemistry I was using a 2019 Generation 7 basic iPad and it got the job done but I wasn't able to use a paper screen protector because the screen was not powerful enough to read inputs through a paper screen protector and it was so annoying when I was taking notes and my hand would stick to the glass screen. But ever since I got a scholarship and I upgraded to the iPad Pro 12.9 inch generation 6th and it reads my apple pencil not only thought the apple screen protector but it registers the input before it even touches it WHICH WAS A LIFE SAVER it made taking notes SO MUCH EASIER and less stressful. So yea if you don't have access to money I recommend nothing older than the regular 10th generation iPad since they updated that one to be more aligned with the newer iPads

i have both but dont know what to use regularly

I initially got a macbook air m1 and love it. I use it for notetaking during lectures, writing papers and making powerpoint presentations. I am now in the second semester and also ordered an iPad pro for note taking after class and sketching things up if needed since ive done that on paper during the first semester. The best thing to do is really to just get both.

have a m1 iPad Pro bought a keyboard and mouse to go with it and it’s great for my use case

Uncomfortable truth: Microsoft office 2013 running on old windows 7 is more capable than running Microsoft office on m1 iPad Pro on 2023 🤡

woah, You really helped me in this. THANK YOU SO MUCH. In the beginning i was confused if i to get an ipad or a mac, but in the end the truth was that i was actually scared of getting an ipad, just like u said i was afraid it might not be enough?.. BUT, Now look whose getting an IPAD, Hmmmmmm..........ME. THANK YOU🤗

Whenever I get a laptop I break it. They’re too heavy and hard to open and very expensive. I just broke my 2nd macbook screen and I’m contemplating wether to fix it or buy an iPad with keyboard and pencil; both are the same price

Yeah I have a new 15” MBA, and I think that plus an iPad Mini is the sweet spot.

Get both...you already have student loans...so spend a little more on these instead of going to parties/vacations...

My 2017 MacBook had broken in the middle of the school year, I bought a Magic Keyboard for my iPad to just hold me over until I could buy a new MacBook. I did not know that I would not be able to use my iPad for proctored tests. Just a heads up. Now I have the MacBook M2 and I use my iPad for my the digital textbooks.

Great vid! My question would be, if I need to pick one (either an iPad or MacBook) for school to type my research papers...which one would be better with a typing experience? A MacBook or an iPad paired with a magic keyboard?

1. The nomadic build: MacBook Air + iPad Mini 2. The home base scout build: Mac Mini + iPad Air 3. The baller build: MacBook Pro + iPad Pro 4. The sidecar build: MacBook Air + iPad Air

Just buy both 🤷‍♂️

I just watched all kinds of your videos like for the past hour

Thank you for the help with this hard choose🤗

Med school this year i have a ipad so much more praticle than a mac for me i can make anotation on the teathcer pdf in books and for everything i can do it with my ipad

Can someone confirm software experience is same in Macbook and Ipads? like Excel, browsing, using productivity softwares?

Can you rest your hand on the iPad screen while writing with the pen though? Or will the screen tweak out?

will it be a righht decision for a student of english major to get an ipad only?

Which one is best for nursing student?

what would you guys recommend for me as an account student

Great video and I'm studying IT . Really thinking of getting a Mac but this video really helped me a looooot 👍🏾👍🏾

I prefer iPad. I still have my Mac at home that I do use, but the iPad is more portable + more functional for me

what would you guys suggest as someone who’s going to study for NCLEX?

I’m moving on from my aging mbp 2016 and getting a Mac mini and iPad

off topic but… how much do you like GUTS? 😍

Just buy an ipad 7th gen and an m1 air normally students use ipad for multimedia and browsing 7th gen does it fine

Do you have a video on how iPad and mac book can work together, especially in a desk top set up?

iPad Pro + Mac mini pro. PERFECT COMBO

I liked the video at the start as I know every video you upload is going to be quality❤

Both is the only answer

You are a big help to me and i do my work on my iPad and I enjoy it

I own both MacBook Pro and an iPad air. I use my iPad Air for about 95% of my stuff and the other 5% where I have to download software is my MacBook Pro. I do my tax work on my MacBook Pro and Excel account analysis on my MacBook Pro.

Hello nikias, I've been watching you for a while now. You're videos are very informative, I was wondering, how do you edit your videos. On what device, have you tried on iPad?

I have both and I almost never use the ipad. I think the main reason is batterylife. I have one of the late versions of ipad pro and its batteylife sucks comparing to macbook. Macbooks are king of the batterylife. I think only drawers and designers might need an ipad. For all other users I recommend macbook.

Amazing video!! 🤩

i think mac is more useful than ipad because macos as a software is also better than ipados. from the point of view that you can definitely do more things without being limited by anything. ipad is good for students but one question is "how long will you be a student?" maybe later you need something that will respond to more demanding tasks?)

I don't have an iphone but I have an ipad and a macbook pro because they are best in their category and best value for money products in the market right now.

Hey are there any Radiation Sciences majors looking to become medical techs? I'm contemplating of getting the magic keyboard for my iPad Pro 6th gen 12.9in, I'm already doing all my digital notes on my iPad it be easy to switch from the official Apple Folio case and the Magic Keyboard case since they both attach by magnets so it would be easy to switch from note mode to type mode and my iPad has been able to do EVERYTHING so far, but I keep hearing in Universities (I just got my associates) might have some programs that are not downloadable on the iPad and will require a full on laptop for. So anyone who's not an engineering major or computer major (we get it those get a laptop) but someone getting their bachelors in some kind of Medical Technician path have you found a necessity to get a laptop or you really could just do everything like I already have been with my iPad to get my Associates?

i use the ipad mini for most things! and yes i have an ipad pro and a macair m1 .

I’ve been looking at refurbished 16” pro, M1…16gb ram, 1 TB storage on a site for about 14-1500.00 ish… regularly new at 2600…..I am close to pulling the trigger… I love screen real estate and it has the ram and storage I need.. so

Does someone know if an iPad or a Mac is better for Chemistry studies?

Coding is not a creative degree. it’s also not a degree, software engineering and computer science is.

единственное почему я не хочу покупать и боюсь брать макбук это то что он сломается, так же меня печалит 8/256 в макбук эйр м1, но по цене он все же лучше будет нежели Айпад 10 + apple pencil, однако иногда задумываюсь взять винбук, но там столько надо делать, это очень неудобно

Is a ipad pro m2 12.9 wifi color gerey good for a 13 your old

Cool vidéo

When you was in school what you use to use for note taking?

Whats recommended for real estate students?

I got used to the iPad files app, using the MacBook Pro 14 files confuses me at 1st... still exploring...

I would recommend the iPad for college although I love my Macbook Pro for serious work. True fact, that safari is more reliable on the MAC.

This is the video I wanted, thank u

But the iPad does not support the Fall version of Microsoft word, etc. When I use Microsoft Office on my iPad, it stacks and types very slowly, so in my opinion, get the Mac better than the iPad

My question is that I want to buy a laptop I can consider both apple and windows the only problem is will it be a problem in an environment of windows laptop in college as most of them will be and I have seen that 3rd party apps can be installed through some jugad and all in macbook so I want a laptop which will be useful to me without thinking about budget if it lets me work for a long time without problem I am a CSE student AIML

Thanks Paul McCartney (that's a compliment, btw)

Amazing video

I'm studying behavioral science and psychology, which should I get? I really like to draw and all about using the pencil and touch screen, but I'm afraid that the ipad could not be enough for college

Which screen protector do you use for iPad?

I have a MacBook and an iPad Pro. The MacBook Air is lighter and less expensive. Both is nice but the Air is just better for education

You did help

what are good apps on the mac for school?

Awesome videos sorry I’m soo late

Just use both 🤷🏿‍♂️

Great video. What is your go-to iPad size? I ask you this because at the moment I am struggling to choose which iPad size suits me the best. IPad 10 - iPad Air or Ipad Pro 11inch are more compact than the 12.9 pro version, but on the other hand, the latter has more real estate for note taking.