I was paying around with sidecar on my 12.9 iPad and realized just how much better the screen is than my M1 MBP and got to thinking what the draw backs would be of just using it in sidecar mode all the time. I can’t unsee the difference now and it’s really bothering me. I’ll probably just end up buying a 14” Max.
Yes, I’ve long maintained that 13.3" laptops are too small on the vertical front. The iPad 12.9 is a step up, better still with the Magic Keyboard that floats it higher.
If you want some photos comparing screen height of the 12.9" iPad Pro with 14.2" MacBook Pro, see this post.
I’m not unhappy, but I think on the lightweight non-pro laptop front we had a choice of 13.3” or 13.3” or 13.3” since the little 12” MacBook was retired. I personally have been preferring the iPad over that for many reasons, including the vertical screen height. Windows users have 15” and 16” lightweight laptops to choose from.
It sounds like Apple is finally going to decouple larger screen size from pro performance if the rumors of a 15” MacBook Air are to be believed. I’ll be order #1 when that happens. Meanwhile, I’m not unhappy - these aren’t things to be unhappy about!