So overall, coming back to the macOS has been pretty great. I do miss the floating design, though, and the fact that you could just take the iPad off and use your computer as a tablet is pretty awesome too. You just have more room to work with on a traditional style laptop design, so the keyboard will automatically feel more natural and comfortable. But even then, I still find the MacBook Air more superior with the “non-touch bar” function row, much larger trackpad, and better spacing of keys (maybe even a little better key travel too). It would have probably been a better comparison to a MacBook Air, comparing the keyboard or lap comfort. I am sure I would have benefitted from having the 12.9” iPad Pro and its Magic Keyboard. Some of the keys on the 11-inch version were tiny, and, though having the Magic Keyboard with iPad on my lap worked, it is hard to beat a laptop design on the lap for long periods.
I loved the Magic Keyboard for the iPad Pro (and now for the iPad Air, too), but it is nice to have the new full sized Magic Keyboard on the MacBook Air for typing Medium posts. We will see how things change this year if iPadOS gets another round of enhancements and features - which seems to take place every two years or so.īeing on the Mac again is has been great. Other features helped, as the adoption of Control Center, square app icons, new dialog boxes, and other subtle but clearly iOS influence changes, were a big reason why moving to a Mac lacked any FOMO. MacBook Air with macOS on the left and iPad Pro with iPadOS on left. It all screams iOS to me, and is why I feel it was easy to transition from iPadOS to macOS and didn’t feel like I was missing out. Not only because of certain features but also the bright and colorful aesthetics throughout.Īpple released an abstract Big Sur wallpaper with very vibrant colors, added transparency in app panes and the menu bar, and replaced many black icons and text with white-colored versions.
It is funny that when I decided to go back to the Mac, macOS Big Sur was being released, which is very similar in its design to iOS and iPadOS. Initially concerned that not having Intel would create some issue with using it for my day job, it has actually become a perfect machine to use for work primarily because of the workaround I found in using Microsoft Remote Desktop instead of running Windows.īefore I explain why I find this MacBook so appealing, I want to touch on using macOS full time again after using iPadOS exclusively for many months. I have continued to praise the MacBook Air with the M1 processor in multiple posts since I got it in November last year.
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