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what's going on guys my name is nikia so
i'm sorry to always be the one to break
the news to you
i do this every single year but school
is coming back colleges are starting to
open again and you have to start going
back to class and a lot of people hate
going back to class so for those people
let's have five seconds of silence
in this video we're gonna be comparing
the macbook versus the ipad specifically
for students i make this video every
single year because technology evolves
the ipad evolves the mac evolves and my
opinion also kind of shifts depending on
where technology is actually moving stay
till the end of the video because i'm
going to be telling you which one i
personally prefer so in 2021 it's
actually a closed battle because the
ipad pro now has the m1 and the macbook
pro and the macbook air both have the m1
chip so the macbook now kind of behaves
like the ipad and the m1 chip on both
devices i know i always hate to talk
about specs because students truly don't
care about specs but you gotta care
about the m1 chip because of three
things one efficiency and battery it's
great students need battery life which
is awesome they both do great second of
all how insanely fast both of the
devices actually are and third of all
these devices will last you a long time
because the m1 chip is so efficient it's
so fast that whenever you buy an m1 ipad
pro or whenever you buy an m1 macbook
air macbook pro it will last you a long
time because of how fast how efficient
they actually are so i think the most
important questions that students
usually have whenever comparing both of
these devices is is the ipad pro is the
ipad enough for students because they
want to get an ipad it's a more fun
experience i always say this the macbook
can't do this but the ipad and
specifically the ipad pro can do this
and can do this a mac is a more serious
device but an ipad has a laptop when you
need it and an ipad when you need it
it's got the best of both worlds not
saying that the mac is the it's the
wrong way to go but it's just a more
serious device so depending on what way
you want to go do you want to have fun
while you work or do you just want to be
serious and just
be a macbook type of guy there's two
types of people in this world there's
ipad people and there's macbook people i
want to know what you are let me know in
the comments down below i think both
devices have their own limitations the
limitation on an ipad is its software
even though it's getting better and i
think the limitation of a mac is its
hardware so what i'm going to do in this
video is i'm gonna tell you what each
device does better than the other if
we're talking about accessories the ipad
takes the win here because the ipad has
two main accessories that you know
everybody desperately needs when they're
students one is apple pencil don't ever
think about the apple pencil like a
stylus i mean steve jobs hated styluses
steve jobs said this
who wants a stylist
you have to get them and put them away
and you lose them yuck
nobody wants a stylus the apple pencil
is truly a pencil and the ipad is the
notebook note-taking as a student with
the ipad pro is unbelievably useful with
your apple pencil you're going to feel
like you're using a notebook and the
best thing about your ipad is that you
can actually digitalize all of your
notes i mean if you're a student you
probably have this in your house you
probably have this in your backpack and
books are heavy and binders are heavy so
it's great to have a device that is
literally a sheet of glass that has all
of your notes now can you do that on
your mac
sure you can of course you can but it's
not as intuitive it doesn't feel as
student focused as an ipad the ipad
right now has phenomenal keyboards out
there in the market keyboards that have
trackpads so yes the ipad has smell
support as i was saying in the beginning
the ipad has that tablet feel and once
you get that keyboard on your ipad
you're going to be able to do
practically the exact same things on
your ipad then on your mac if we're
talking about students we're gonna be
talking about degrees which degree
specifically do i recommend what
at the end of the video but
in general ask for students note-taking
for accessories specifically ipad takes
the w now another reason that the ipad
is superior and that is with the camera
now the mac does have a camera does have
a facetime camera which is great for
online classes specifically you know in
an era that we're doing online classes
every single day and the ipad can do
that as well plus it's actually got
center stage and center stage allows the
camera to actually follow you around
your room so if you want to show a
homework to somebody if you're showing
some document the camera will actually
follow you around which is very fun and
actually pretty useful but i'm not
talking about the facetime camera i'm
talking about the camera right here
because the ipad allows you to scan
documents take photos of homework and
digitalize all of your notes all into
one device and that's what i think one
of the things that's most powerful about
the ipad now can you take a photo with
your phone and airdrop it to your mac
yes obviously you can do that and that's
why i'm saying that both devices are
extremely powerful
but in my opinion the ipad is more
useful if we're talking about that the
last thing that the ipad is superior
than the mac and that's with the app
store now the app store on the mac is
great there's a bunch of apps but
there's so many awesome apps on the ipad
for students like i don't know what my
life would have been without the ipad
when i was a student i i use so many
apps notability is a great there's so
many good apps for students on the ipad
which by the way i actually made a video
last year about best student ipad pro
apps if you guys want to know what the
best ipad pro apps are for students hit
the link down in the description but
wait after the video don't leave i still
want you here because at the end i'm
going to be telling you which device i
actually prefer here's a sneak peek
i'm not telling you yet i'm not gonna
tell you yet all right let's talk about
the mac let's talk about how it's
superior let's talk about how it's
better than the ipad and the first thing
that comes to mind is with programs now
as a student okay there's a bunch of
programs that you'll need to do in order
to do your classes right if you're
studying graphic design you're going to
need photoshop it's photoshop on the
ipad yes but it's not the same and let
me tell you why and it's not only
graphic design and it's not only the
creative apps which is mostly but maybe
if you're studying business maybe you're
going to need a specific app that is
probably not available on the ipad this
is something that happened to me all
right can the ipad graphic design yes of
course there's photoshop and there's
affinity designer which is literally a
desktop class app it's a desktop like
program um that you can fully graphic
design you can video edit on the ipad
yes it's final cut pro here and no but
you can edit with lumafusion which is
like a full desktop experience here's
what happened to me when i was a student
wow that sounded like i'm really old i
literally just graduated two years ago
okay calm your butt you're too old for
this quit youtube go away i'm not old
you're old at least i'm not tuckly oh my
gosh i got an ipad for college and i was
super excited about it i had my mac as
well but i was super excited to to do
everything on my ipad and sadly that's
not what happened because for example i
took video editing classes and of course
your teacher is not going to teach you
with uh lumafusion sadly i mean i wish
they would teach us how to edit on the
ipad because it's such a portable device
but that's not where the industry is
going they taught me how to graphic
design on adobe photoshop of course on
desktop they you know they taught us how
to use it on windows and mac of course
so
i wasn't able to graphic design on
college once again this video is for
students
um so that's a problem that i see in
general with the industry that and it's
a real thing of course they're not going
to teach you on the ipad but i think
right now the ipad is fully capable of
graphic design so it'd be pretty cool if
colleges and universities started
teaching you know actual classes on
on programs for the eye so the
conclusion about this is just make sure
that whenever you're about to make the
decision on a mac or an ipad is check
out your degree check out if you're
studying business check out if there's
any programs that you just need to have
on your mac or maybe if it's available
on the ipad or you know same with
graphic design and same with video
editing and saying you know whatever
degree you have just make sure that
you're going to be able to use it on
your device another reason i prefer the
mac is the viewing angle at least with
the magic keyboard from apple the
viewing angles suck the mac has
unlimited viewing angles the logitech
combo touch which is a keyboard that i
absolutely love has those viewing angles
but the keyboard from apple does not
actually do that the mac also has the
touch bar and i gotta say it's actually
quite useful it's not the most
revolutionary feature in the world but
for example predictive typing whenever
you're writing huh it will write hello
whenever you're writing b it will write
beautiful for you so you can just tap
it's great for emojis it's great for
safari um it's useful for every single
person in a very different way so i
personally found it useful and i love
the touch bar um sometimes i like it
sometimes i don't one last thing that i
find a problem with the ipad is online
homework teachers are gonna give you
online homework and sometimes safari on
the ipad has gotten a lot better over
the years but it's still not the same as
the mac so i'd say the mac is a more
reliable um for online homework the ipad
will sometimes suffer depending on which
website so i'd say overall that the mac
is just a more reliable device than the
ipad if we're talking only about online
homework one thing that kind of sucks
about both devices is the lack of ports
they both have usb-c but i kind of miss
i kind of miss having an hdmi port a usb
port an ethernet port
a micro sd card slot and sd card slots
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okay so which device do i prefer for
students ipad or mac in 2021 um i gotta
say this it all depends on what you
study um if you can get an ipad do it
because in my opinion that's my answer
the ipad is just my favorite student
device that you can bring always with
you it's the ultimate note-taking device
but maybe your degree maybe your major
if you're in high school get an ipad
because you'll love it but if you're in
college and you need certain programs to
you know to do your classes
you're gonna have to stick with the mac
which is also an incredible device it's
just a mac it's just a more serious
device and maybe that's your vibe maybe
you just want a more serious device the
ipad once again is also dangerous
because since it's a tablet when you
need it you can also watch a lot of
netflix on this thing but overall the
ipad specifically ipad air or ipad pro
is the one that i would definitely go
with
so yeah that's my answer let me know in
the comments down below what you think
be happy because life is good and i'll
see your next one peace
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