Faster laptop-level power, rapid wifi and 5G, plus much-improved multitasking make the middle iPad highly capable beyond just watching TV

At $800, an iPad Air setup comes with less storage than any MacBook Neo, at 128GB. It also comes with a much smaller 11-inch screen, as well as iPadOS instead of macOS. Sure, you have an M4 chip instead of an A18 Pro, but for workflows you’ll be carrying out on the iPad, the M4 chip is incredibly overkill.

The Apple iPad lineup is always confusing. While Apple claims these iPads are the best replacement for laptops, they still don’t provide the full app compatibility to replace your laptops. So, a popular question remains unanswered: Is the iPad a ...

The new iPad Air with the M4 chip sits oddly between the base model and the Pro, but it's the perfect fit if you're a certain type of user.

Apple’s tablet lineup—its “good, better, best” of the iPad, iPad Air, and iPad Pro—feels all the more entrenched. That’s mostly because iPadOS 26 means that iPads are actually usable for more than one app at a time.

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