A Bumpy iPad Upgrade Path

Lately I’ve struggled a little bit with upgrade-syndrome. Yet there’s some good sense in my situation. I paid $300 for my iPad A16 early this year, and now Apple will give me that same exact amount on trade-in toward a new device. And with tech prices all but guaranteed to rise in the coming months1, I’m thinking now is the best time to upgrade. But not so fast. My current iPad meets my needs and should last a few more years...maybe? I’m reluctant to splash a lot of cash on an upgrade despite the nice trade-in value. And I sometimes waffle about using either the iPad, the Mac, or both. I try to be grateful, minimal, and frugal. But, well, I’m only human. Settle the set up So I’ve got my magical-sheet-of-glass iPad. A Mac would be great too, and the MacBook Neo in the Apple refurb store is an affordable $600 now. But I mostly think that I should stick to either the iPad or the Mac — not both. The one I should stick with should probably be my current preferred platform, the iPad. And…

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