Microsoft and Google still have skinned versions of their software and applications on the iPad, meaning it’s basically running on an iPhone.

When placed side by side for the same activities, the MacBook Air and iPad Pro are very close.Įxport a video in iMovie, run statistical software, open a heaviest presentation in PowerPoint or Keynote, work with spreadsheets full of formulas in Excel or browse busy websites all these activities have identical or very close processing on both gadgets, from time to time varying with a slight advantage for one or the other.Īlthough Apple has overhauled the iPad’s operating system, naming it iPadOS and making major changes to the way it works - bringing it computer status - some big companies still haven’t figured it out. In the case of the screen, both devices incorporate the Liquid Retina Display - in my case, the only difference is that the iPad is 11″ and the MacBook Air, 13″. The two machines have the M2 chip, option of 1TB of space, 16GB of memory and Wi-Fi 6. But at least we can have an idea of equivalence. The point is that the performance on the laptop and on the tablet can be different due to the way in which each one is processed. The technical specifications of the products are the same, although this does not necessarily serve as a comparison. Technical specificationsĪt this point, we have a tie between the two. With these experiences, I prepared this small review/comparative to help you in decision making. devices interchangeably and started to make some comparisons between the machines. I have the chance to work with both of them.

The two devices have similar characteristics, which leave us in doubt about which one to choose. Since the launch of the iPad Pro with Face ID in 2018, the possibility of data transmission via Thunderbolt, the arrival of the Magic Keyboard in 2020 (bringing a better experience with a trackpad for the tablet) and the use of the M family chip ( in 2021), reignited a debate about using the iPad as a MacBook replacement, especially for MacBook Air users. In January, we had the surprise of updating the MacBooks Pro with the M2 chip in its Pro and Max versions, but since last year we have had the MacBook Air and iPad Pro running on Apple’s most advanced chip (entry model).

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