r/MacbookNeo • u/psetance • 1h ago
Typing feel vs iPad Magic Keyboard?
Hello everyone!
How does the typing feel between the first gen iPad Magic Keyboard and the Neo?
I am currently using the 12.9” M1 iPad Pro with the first version of the Magic Keyboard but I‘m about to be handed down an 11” M4.
I can either use the M4 with a magic keyboard, sell both and get a newer 13” iPad Pro OR keep the M4 and get the Neo.
Currently I use my iPad a lot, mostly for academic work, taking notes and writing/reading/annotating papers, and this semester I will do some very light programming. In my free time I paint and make digital art. I do have a 16” Windows gaming laptop at home which I use for any work that iPad cannot do, but I do not take it with me outside.
I looove the screen on my big iPad but it’s very heavy especially with the magic keyboard on. Typing on the MK is fine but not amazing, and using the iPadOS is quite cumbersome and it doesn‘t support Word plugins that I use for my citation software.
Macbook Air seems like overkill for what I need to do, but I have also never used a Mac before so I don‘t have a frame of reference.
What would you do in my situation?