Working on the iPad vs. the Mac
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2018 9:09 am
I do almost all of my writing on a MacBook Air using Mellel and Bookends in combination with research tools such as DevonThink. The MacBook Air is light and compact enough to be reasonably convenient bringing it to libraries and elsewhere. The battery life is also good enough to be able to get through an entire day without a recharge, meaning that there is no need to bring along bulky power adapters. It's a setup that is working pretty well for me, but it struck me that there may also be a case to be made for using an iPad for situations like writing in libraries.
The iPad is obviously lighter than a MacBook Air and now has pretty full-featured versions of all the major pieces of software I use available for it, including Mellel. I wonder if any other users of Mellel are using the iPad version to get serious writing done? Is so, what does your setup look like? Does it make much of a difference whether you have an iPad Pro? Are any of the combined keyboard and cases good enough for extensive writing, or do you bring along a regular Bluetooth keyboard?
The iPad is obviously lighter than a MacBook Air and now has pretty full-featured versions of all the major pieces of software I use available for it, including Mellel. I wonder if any other users of Mellel are using the iPad version to get serious writing done? Is so, what does your setup look like? Does it make much of a difference whether you have an iPad Pro? Are any of the combined keyboard and cases good enough for extensive writing, or do you bring along a regular Bluetooth keyboard?