The iPad Air 11 with M3 is fine for certain tasks, but it can’t be your cheaper MacBook with a touchscreen. It’s better than last year’s model, but good enough may not be enough to justify the upgrade for lingering M1 iPad Air users.

This category is really straightforward. The iPad Air M3 is significantly cheaper than the iPad Pro M4.

I have pushed every iPad Pro since Apple put a desktop-class M1 chip inside its tablet. Today, I would gladly pick the M3 iPad Air without thinking twice.