Apple iPad Air Is an Excellent, Do Everything Tablet

Apple’s iPad Air Fourth Generation leaves the past behind and embraces performance and productivity

The slim iPad Air 4th Gen weighs just 1 lb.

Can I do this every day? Is the combination of the new $599 iPad Air, $299 Magic Keyboard (with integrated trackpad) and Apple Pencil 2nd Gen ($129) the right combination for work, play, and creativity?

Short answer? Yes. Longer answer follows in my full review.

With the new Apple iPad Air, Apple has finally thrown out the by-now almost iconic iPad design (it lives on in the flagship product and mini) and shifted the Air model to the iPad Pro esthetic camp. At a glance, the iPad Air is a little brother to the iPad Pro 11 and 12.9. It has the same smooth edge running around the body, a completely flat metal back, large iPad screen (10.9 inches), no home button, and no 3.5 mm headphone jack.

The tablet is just 6.1 mm thick.

It’s still distinctive, with an iPad’s first ever Touch ID Power / Sleep button on the top edge, and remains worthy of the “Air” name. The iPad Air measures 9.74 inches by 7 inches by 6.1 mm thick and weighs 1 lb. making it slightly shorter, a tad wider, and…