Yep, this, this, this!
Love the detail in your accounting of the experiment1
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I actually think it’s OK if Shortcuts makes it simple to do simple things. I’ve never made time to learn AppleScript, but maybe I should …
How has battery life been for you? Can you get through the whole day without charging?
Very nice and thorough review. I believe it is very conclusive. It shows that everyone’s needs are different. Some people could use one device or the other. Some need both to compliment each other. That’s why there are so many flavors of ice cream. Not everyone wants the exact same flavor. Well done.
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I start work at around 6 am. I work with the iPad plugged in until 7:30am then work exclusively on battery until 4:00. Later in the evening, I may work an additional hour on battery. Based on that schedule, I’m able to get through the day on battery.
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Thank you. Most people would consider that to be excellent battery performance.
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Keep in mind that this is a brand new iPad so the battery is at full capacity. And, I’m not rendering video. 
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Great review and some tips I didn’t know about (e.g. the text size option in control center) Thanks for the comprehensive notes.
I share your frustrations on Scrivener on iOS. I’m making it work but often use Jump Desktop to remote into my Mac when I want to use Scrivener features that are not on the iPad. I think I will use the PWA version of Dabble for writing my next novel, at least for the first draft.
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PWA version of Dabble
What is that, I’ve not heard of it.
It’s a writing tool geared mainly to fiction. I wrote a first draft of a novel on it earlier this year using a mixture of their mac desktop app and the progressive web app version of the web version on iPad (by using ‘Add to Homescreen’ from the Safari share sheet)
It’s great at just getting out of your way and letting you write, but also has some useful features such as a ‘plot grid’.
I’m afraid it would break the subscription rule however. Unless a (stupidly expensive) lifetime purchase is a loophole? 
I’ll certainly check it out. Thanks for sharing the information.
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Most people don’t render video :), but YouTube reviewers seem to think that most people render videos every day. That could say something about the quality of most reviews for the majority of users.
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Just received my iPad M4, having tried a few weeks using an old iPad Pro as my main device and I have to sat that I love it.
Like you, I have a Mac Mini too but will be using the iPad as my main device. It has been fantastic and has somehow made me enjoy my work so much more.
Good luck to you - and thanks for such an in depth thread!
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Thanks. Love your alias by the way, I too enjoy good jazz! 
What app do you use for reading and annotating pdf documents?
I use PDF Expert.
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Yep. Just as most people don’t need to record a podcast but most Apple podcasters seem to think people do that every day.
The view of the iPad from the perspective of a subset of content creators is very skewed.
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I don’t think it’s skewed. They can only really share their perspectives. If you’re in those fields, you know what kind of performance is good in those areas. If you need something closer to your own perspective in a review, you can search for that. I was delighted when The Verge started getting different creative pros’ thoughts on the Mac Pro. Made it easier for me.
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I think that’s a good point. Also, some of the things that podcasters complain about w/r/t audio handling affect us all. If audio handling were better on iOS/iPadOS, for instance, we may not have the audio hijacking that happens with certain apps/websites.
They can only talk about their experiences, but those irritations translate to us, as well.
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I’m aware that I’m a broken record on this subject but I suppose the larger point is that the tech media has shifted in recent years from a more mature, larger context journalism of the late 90’s early 2000s when products were reviewed with an understanding that the reviewer’s individual needs were not the center of the universe. The job of the reviewer was to consider a more general audience and use cases. The result was a more thoughtful, considered understanding of what a computer offered depending on the needs of different users.
I know, different times. I should just accept it and move on.
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