{"id":6940,"date":"2017-07-26T15:22:31","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T15:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=6940"},"modified":"2017-07-10T15:25:57","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T15:25:57","slug":"linked-the-ipad-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/07\/26\/linked-the-ipad-mystery\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;The iPad Mystery&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:2778,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/mondaynote.com\\\/the-ipad-mystery-54efb0a7c224&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250708005901\\\/https:\\\/\\\/mondaynote.com\\\/the-ipad-mystery-54efb0a7c224&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 01:41:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-05 04:27:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 09:11:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 09:11:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mondaynote.com\/the-ipad-mystery-54efb0a7c224\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">via MondayNote<\/a>: (A Medium Blog)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u00a0A beefier iPad Pro won\u2019t enjoy a sizable cost advantage. (For what it\u2019s worth, today\u2019s entry-level MacBook with 8GB RAM and 256GB of disk storage is priced at $1,249. A 12.9\u201d iPad Pro with 256 GB of storage, a Smart Keyboard and a Pencil will cost\u2026 $1247. And they weigh just about the same: 2 lbs.)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The iPad largely isn\u2019t a more economical way to compute than a MacBook. If you get the cheapest iPad, it\u2019s too slow for multi-tasking and if you spend enough to get multi-tasking, why not just get a free keyboard and trackpad and use a MacBook?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via MondayNote: (A Medium Blog) \u00a0A beefier iPad Pro won\u2019t enjoy a sizable cost advantage. (For what it\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2017-07-26T15:22:37Z","apple_news_api_id":"3c4ecdb1-5e87-479d-9386-d124e786ae3b","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2017-07-26T15:22:39Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/APE7NsV6HR52ThtEk54auOw","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":["https:\/\/news-api.apple.com\/sections\/a6dbab72-c794-3987-8514-c419907b32a3"],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6940","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-linked","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1NW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8582,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2021\/09\/26\/technology-the-m1-ipad-pro-12-9-2021\/","url_meta":{"origin":6940,"position":0},"title":"Technology: The M1 iPad Pro 12.9&#8243; (2021)","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"September 26, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"I stand by the remarks made in my update on how life with the M1 MacBook Pro was going. 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