I want to apologize in advance, as I will try to keep this short but it may drag a bit. I am a grad student exploring upgrading some tech and getting rid of a device, but am uncertain what will be best. I had some extra money after/during undergrad from working constantly, and wasted on money on things I didn't necessarily need.
My current situation tech wise is as so:
Thanks for taking the time to read this mess, and I appreciate any feedback!
My current situation tech wise is as so:
- Custom PC (32gb ddr4 ram, i9-9900k, 2070 super)
- some gaming use, stream setup from ps5, and multi-tasking/occasional school projects
- PS5
- 99% of my gaming use as it runs most modern games better than my PC does lol (especially AAA titles)
- 2017 MacBook Pro (2.9ghz Quad-Core Intel i7, Radeon 560 graphics, 512gb)
- Most of my assignments are done here, as well as multi-tasking both on the go and with my TS3 dock with the monitors that are connected to my PC
- also where i use all of my microsoft office apps as i feel like they run a little better on the mac vs ipad
- 2018 iPad Pro 12.9” (64gb storage which is almost maxed out from just notes, WiFi only)
- gets all of my note taking, as well as a large amount of media consumption
- Upgrade PC (probably just going to have to build a whole other system if I really want a performance increase), sell my MacBook Pro and try to make the transition to all of my on-the-go tasks being completed on my iPad Pro. Realistically, I could keep the current PC, but games just don't run at the same resolution and fps that my PS5 can push.
- Sell the PC, buy a new MacBook (or even a Mac mini/studio?) while keeping my iPad Pro. Gives me portability, keeps the ecosystem benefits and my main aspect of note taking and school tasks in the iPad. I'm used to multitasking on MacBooks and with my thunderbolt dock I can take advantage of the monitors and accessories I already have.
- Sell the PC, keep current MacBook Pro, while upgrading my iPad Pro. This would lead me to using the iPad Pro for basically all of my everyday tasks, while still having the macbook for streaming gameplay from PS5, and multi-tasking for tasks that need a little more real estate or just function better on MacOS vs iPadOS. But the computing power of the iPad will probably be more than my mac at that point lol. This also solves my current memory issue on my iPad Pro, with only about 6 GBs of storage left.
- Don't buy anything and either sell my pc or macbook. Simplest option and I can always upgrade down the road if I feel like my remaining items are lacking for what I do.
Thanks for taking the time to read this mess, and I appreciate any feedback!