iPad Pro for College

[Rhyn]

Are there any college students here who have an iPad Pro? I've been thinking about grabbing one so all my notes are in one place and I can still write them out rather than type them, I've found writing things out I learn better.  I don't know if it is necessary, in fact I know it isn't, but it seems nice.  For the record I'm going to be in online class for the rest of the year through December so portability really isn't a concern in the short term.  So for those who have one and use it for college would you say it is worth it? Was also super tempted by this guy: 

 

[Slottr]

There's going to be more things to do than just notes. Lab reports, papers, etc.

 

Look at a 2 in 1 like an HP Spectre x360

[ARikozuM]

iPad Pro is a good thing to consider especially if you're in your upper level courses where you're meant to handle things on your own time with semester long papers. It's especially helpful for voice notes and sketching with [Evernote]. Colleges also have plenty of charging spaces for devices to charge from which is great since you don't have to carry a charger around for the most part. 

[Rhyn]

3 minutes ago, Slottr said:

There's going to be more things to do than just notes. Lab reports, papers, etc.

 

Look at a 2 in 1 like an HP Spectre x360

Alright thank you very much

[zeusthemoose]

If you do decide to get an iPad, wait until the Apple back to school student sale. The iPad pros are 200 off I think and you get beats or I think you can get credit to the Apple store which you can use on a keyboard case.

[Rhyn]

1 minute ago, ARikozuM said:

iPad Pro is a good thing to consider especially if you're in your upper level courses where you're meant to handle things on your own time with semester long papers. It's especially helpful for voice notes and sketching with OneNote. Colleges also have plenty of charging spaces for devices to charge from which is great since you don't have to carry a charger around for the most part. 

That's what I was thinking but I don't know if it is especially better than a laptop.  I am about to enter my senior year and need to write my thesis then it is off to grad school to study economics. 

[Rhyn]

1 minute ago, zeusthemoose said:

If you do decide to get an iPad, wait until the Apple back to school student sale. The iPad pros are 200 off I think and you get beats or I think you can get credit to the Apple store which you can use on a keyboard case.

That is a really fantastic idea actually haha.  My sister is about to graduate high school and go to college and I've been telling her to wait to upgrade her mac, she is using my old 2010 MacBook pro, until the education sale.  I didn't even think iPads fell into that.

[zeusthemoose]

2 minutes ago, Rhyn said:

That is a really fantastic idea actually haha.  My sister is about to graduate high school and go to college and I've been telling her to wait to upgrade her mac, she is using my old 2010 MacBook pro, until the education sale.  I didn't even think iPads fell into that.

I just looked at last years sale again and I was wrong. The 12 inch is 100 off all year round while the 11 is 50. The summer sale let’s you get free lower end beats or 200 credit toward a higher end pair. Maybe they will let you use the 200 for a case instead of the headphones though.

[Rhyn]

6 minutes ago, zeusthemoose said:

I just looked at last years sale again and I was wrong. The 12 inch is 100 off all year round while the 11 is 50. The summer sale let’s you get free lower end beats or 200 credit toward a higher end pair. Maybe they will let you use the 200 for a case instead of the headphones though.

Ah alright.  Thank you for checking.  The beats are lower end so I think I would ask if I could put that money toward the keyboard case instead but if I can't and they give me $200 beats I could always flip them on offer up or just have some wireless headphones.

[Darkseth]

21 hours ago, Rhyn said:

Are there any college students here who have an iPad Pro? I've been thinking about grabbing one so all my notes are in one place and I can still write them out rather than type them, I've found writing things out I learn better.  I don't know if it is necessary, in fact I know it isn't, but it seems nice.  For the record I'm going to be in online class for the rest of the year through December so portability really isn't a concern in the short term.  So for those who have one and use it for college would you say it is worth it? Was also super tempted by this guy: 

 

 

What do you want to do exactly, and how?
Mainly "Digital Note Taking", or "going paperless"?

Go for it. I used an iPad for over a year for something similar, it was a bliss. Never Paper again, and i wish the iPad (pro) existed 10 years earlier.

 

It depends on you probably, but i personally couldn't handle paper well. It was all so much, looked like shit, organisation was bad, and god forbid you had to search something from 3 months earlier on your 2-3 folders/binders/whatever.

 

I like and enjoy technology. So it was way more "fun" to create the Notes itself, which helped me memorize things better, and even focus more on the subject.

But that's just me, and my personal experience/preference.

 

But once you need some Desktop Applications (idk, CAD, Matlab?), or even just Office that is more than just "typing a few sentences". Stuff like a Bechelor thesis, or any scientific Documents. Forget that on the iPad. MS Office 365 has less features on their Mobile version, and you can only open up 1 Document.

 

On a Macbook (or Windows machine), you can open multiple Documents, and even extend the Display with an external Monitor.

 

13 hours ago, Lord Vile said:

Why not get a MacBook? They’re a lot better for general work due to the OS and in a lot of cases you’re better off taking paper notes and typing them up, writing on paper is a lot faster than on an iPad and retyping stuff helps it sink in. 

I have to disagree.

Not TYPING makes stuff sink in faster, but writing it with your Hands (especially if you connect different things together, make your own Diagrams etc)

Which is just what Rhyn experienced too.

 

Paper is also not faster than an iPad from my experience. Speed is kinda the same, but iPad gives you more options and possibilities:

- deleting mistakes

- selecting and moving stuff to a different place

- MUCH MUCH MUCH more possibilities to make your notes look good and structured (while on Paper, you kinda have to re-do everything at home much more).

- simple file System with much better Organisation

- Size. After a few weeks maximum, paper will be so much, it will weight more than an iPad.

- Search function

 

Of course, that is just personal preference how everyone wants to do it.

Some would really prefer paper. Others get it done with just typing some notes on their Notebook and get their A+. But for most, handwriting > typing.

But in my Opinion: ipad for digital note taking > Paper, the advantages are incredible.

That's why in my Opinion, a neatly handwritten Summary of any Topic beats out everything that has been typed in a Document. These are just 2 different Worlds.

 

A Macbook couldn't even dream about replacing this. It would need to have a Pen support for that, and be a convertible. And even then, an iPad would probably be better to handle because it's lighter, and you don't need a Keyboard for Note Taking.

 

 

However: I think, there are still some things, a Macbook can do well, but an iPad doesn't.

I think, an iPad for digital note Taking, and a Macbook as a "full Desktop Computer" (thanks to the Desktop OS) complement each other extremely well.

 

Besides, anything Math/engeneering related... formulas on a keyboard, that's not fun.