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The iPad mini is a very different thing then the iPad Pro with keyboard and Pencil. There are a ton of great music making apps, photo editing apps (some of the best available on ANY device), and other creative devices. I use my iPad Pro as laptop replacement and very little do I miss or need a macbook pro.

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Do you write software using your iPad Pro? I've thought about using one with an AWS instance for modeling/prototyping, but it doesn't seem like we're there yet.

I have for a class - external keyboard is a must, but as long as you're comfortable in vim, it's not a bad way to go.

Perfect, not a problem. How about viewing graphs?

I do, on a regular basis. Blink (http://blink.sh) has brought the iPad completely on par with the Macbook for me as far as the command line goes.

Ooh, thanks for the link! How to you think Blink compares to Prompt (which I'm currently using)?

mosh support in Blink completely changes the game. Switching networks is trivial and not worrying about the three minute connection timeout just because I'm reading docs in Safari is freeing.

I bought it last night and it's as great as you say. Thanks for the recommendation!

Even using SSH I find it to be much snappier than the competition. Killer feature for me: key repeat and remapping caps-lock to escape on the Apple Keyboard. I'm actually amazed how Blink manages to go beyond what I thought were fundamental limitations of iOS. It even has full support for an external monitor as independent second screen at full resolution! (not that I use that much, but it kinda blew my mind)

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