An iPad is a great choice as your primary computer for college studies. Apple currently has a wide variety of models for sale, which adapt to different needs. Facing the university, it is necessary a powerful, versatile equipment, with good autonomy and screen size and quality. So today we tell you which is the best iPad indicated for this educational stage.
The iPad Air is the better option for several reasons
If we talk about a powerful and versatile device, but above all, balanced, the iPad Air is the best option we can find right now. We are talking about a device whose screen is retina, high resolution and 10.9 inches. And thanks to the “all screen” design, we have a workspace which will be very well used, since we will surely find ourselves on more than one occasion in which we need to have two (or more) applications open at the same time.
But to be able to perform all kinds of tasks, however basic they may be, simultaneously, it is important to have a powerful enough processor, so that it is up to the task. In this case, the iPad Air already mounts an Apple M1 processorwhich is the same as we have in computers such as the iMac, the 13-inch MacBook Pro, the MacBook Air or the Mac mini of 2020.
We have the power of a computer in an iPad, without having to resort to the Pro range, and pay the additional cost that this entails. In addition, the exterior hardware is equally important. We have a USB Type-C connection with transfer rate 3.1 Gen 2, which allows speeds of up to 10GB/s.
Accessory Compatibility Matters
An iPad is much better complemented by wireless keyboards, but also by the Apple Pencil. This team is compatible with the second generation Apple Pencilwhich has a much more careful design, is magnetically connected to the side of the device, and we do not have to use adapters, as is the case with the 10th generation iPad.
In this way we have a computer, which Apple does not call as such. But for practical purposes, it will perform with great ease in all kinds of tasks. Not only office automation, but also professional editing and retouching. And it is that, thanks to the Apple M1, this iPad is a very powerful team, not only in hardware, but also in software.
Final Cut is compatible with this iPad
After several years of waiting, Apple’s professional video editing software, Final Cut Pro, is compatible with this iPad. The apple company has established as a necessary requirement that an iPad have a Silicon processor for the program to work. So this iPad Air you will be able to start this software.
As with Final Cut Pro, there are many other more advanced applications that allow other uses. From design applications to applications for architects, including other video editors such as Luma Fusion or DaVinci Resolve. The size and quality of the screen, the processor and the Apple Pencil make this model the best we can buy to study at university, for a much cheaper price than the iPad Pro.
