iPad Air 11-inch (M4)

If by brand new you mean the latest, then just get the Air, because the Pro is over $1k, way over your budget. An iPad Air is still a great experience to write with. That iPad should last you 4 to 7 years because of the overkill laptop level M-chip. Anything M2 and above should last you 5 years or m

Honestly for your use case, I’d probably go with the iPad Air M4 and spend the saved money on storage/accessories instead. For architectural drawing and large files, the M4 Air is already extremely powerful, and the extra RAM on the higher storage configs will help more long-term than chasing the “P

Hey there. Procreate has a tendercy to use a lot of storage. And apple has plague ipad with 128gb or lower storage with loads of system memory. A lot of us would suggest you get a storage of 256gb and above, and if you really want to use the ipad for longer, i would suggest go for 512gb instead As f

iPad Air m4 (256gb) Wait till the student deals come out to get a free Apple Pencil Pro.

The Apple refurb store currently has two 5th Gen M1 iPad Air models, 10.9”, 256GB, WiFi + Cellular for $489 if you don’t mind pink or purple. BUT - that refurb price is terribly close to a new M4 iPad Air, 11”, WiFi only, 128 GB for $549 if you make an EDU purchase as a student.

Hi all, I currently have an iPad Air M1 that I purchased about three years ago (in the UK). Mainly used for reading, browsing and streaming video whilst also used for some gaming, a bit of doodling with an Apple Pencil and occasional Office documents, etc. Used to be for university work (Open Univer