The iPad Pro could be improved regarding problems of UI delays and slowness.
I don’t use Stage Manager in the internal display.
The best iPad setup is to have Stage Manager disabled in the internal display and use it on an external display.
Disadvantages of using Stage Manager is that…
I feel like the Magic Trackpad connected using a USB cable is actually lagging compared to the internal trackpad.
iPadOS can’t turn off the external display. It’s just switches to a black screen, so in theory the display still consumes the same amount power as in use.
It should be the perfect blogging machine.
It doesn’t have MarsEdit, which is one of my most useful apps on the Mac to edit posts on a blog.
I can start a link post from Reeder or Safari and share it with people.
There is a native WordPress app on iPadOS, which lets me manage my posts, but I still like MarsEdit more, because it uses HTML directly.
I can switch to HTML in the WordPress app, but I need to do it manually every time.
Keyboard shortcuts on the iPad Pro are lagging compared to macOS.
Using MacOS from the keyboard feels intuitive and fast, because it has years of experience being an OS controlled via keyboard and mouse.
Some iPad apps are have great keyboard integration, like Safari, Things, Craft and iVim. In other apps (like Mail) the keyboard feels like some form of remote device.
The iPad Pro’s screen is too small to do heavy work.
There is a limit of what a mobile device can do on its 11-inch screen.
The iPad Pro has bigger UI targets than macOS, so it fits smaller amount of content on its display.
We can set the iPad Pro UI scaling smaller, but then it is too small compared to a standard MacBook screen.
Setting the iPad Pro UI scaling smaller, we end up with a UI scaling that is similar to iPad mini and iPhone.