iPad or MacBook for uni?

What device would be best for the dispensing optician course at Bradford college?
iPad or MacBook?

Reply 1

Adz2042

Something to have a think about. IPad's are very close to becoming laptops. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AphNalSmvlk - worth watching MKBHD's latest video on the newest IPad, and whether it's worth it for you.
Does it have to be Apple?
There's better Windows based laptops out there, which may fit your budget better.

Reply 2

TNGFR

Original post

by xellsss

What device would be best for the dispensing optician course at Bradford college?
iPad or MacBook?

You can get the baseline iPad and a solid Windows notebook than the price of the cheapest MacBook and get the best of both worlds- a lightweight & portable tablet for taking to lectures and taking handwritten notes, and a laptop with larger screen and full sized keyboard for dissertations and other more structured work. Your course has fairly basic needs so having the utility of an an affordable device in both categories will be more useful than a single more powerful device from either category on its own.

This is what I'd go for, costing you less than the cheapest current gen MacBook with over £300 to spare too. The base iPad is great for someone looking for basic note taking, with almost none of the advantages of the step-up Air being relevant for almost double the price, and this is a really well spec'd Windows laptop.

https://www.very.co.uk/apple-ipad-a16-2025nbsp11-inch-wi-fi/1601138535.prd
https://www.currys.co.uk/products/asus-vivobook-15-x1504va-15.6-laptop-intel-core-5-512-gb-ssd-silver-10290287.html

If you were determined to get a MacBook, you could grab a slightly earlier Airgen model that's still insanely quick alongside the base iPad above for under the £1000 cost of the current gen Air.

https://www.currys.co.uk/products/apple-macbook-air-13.6-2022-m2-256-gb-ssd-midnight-10273693.html