@andrewchen: hmm finding that I can do like 97% of what I need to do by plugging my ipad pro into a monitor and pairing a mouse/keyb…

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Andrew Chen shares his experience using an iPad Pro with an external monitor, mouse, and keyboard for most daily tasks, finding it nearly sufficient but with some limitations in window management and mobile app functionality.

hmm finding that I can do like 97% of what I need to do by plugging my ipad pro into a monitor and pairing a mouse/keyboard - email/zoom/cal/etc for the usual stuff - termius/tailscale/etc to SSH into a linux dev box - screens to remote desktop into my mac I find the window management and keyboard shortcuts aren’t quite exactly to what I need. Mobile apps for, say, spreadsheets are still a bit stripped down. But still, really quite usable tbh
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hmm finding that I can do like 97% of what I need to do by plugging my ipad pro into a monitor and pairing a mouse/keyboard

  • email/zoom/cal/etc for the usual stuff
  • termius/tailscale/etc to SSH into a linux dev box
  • screens to remote desktop into my mac

I find the window management and keyboard shortcuts aren’t quite exactly to what I need. Mobile apps for, say, spreadsheets are still a bit stripped down. But still, really quite usable tbh

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