A Month With an iPad Pro

Can an iPad Pro substitute your PC as a Software Developer?

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I’m a software developer and a month ago I decided to buy an iPad Pro with the Magic Keyboard to see if it was possible to use it as my main device. Some of my daily activities include the following ones:

• Reading
• Watching videos
• Writing articles on medium
• Using chat apps such as Slack
• Having video conferences via Google Meet or Zoom
• Doing code reviews
• Coding, coding and more coding

Can you do all that with an iPad?

The short answer is yes. But that’s not the question we should be asking ourselves, the question is if you can be as productive as with a PC. You don’t want a device that slows you down right?

Can you be as productive as with a PC?

No.

Using an iPad Pro is a nice experience, it is an awesome device that lets you do a bunch of things a computer doesn’t it is even better in some aspects but much worse in others.

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