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.

For the first time, iPad Pro users were able to benefit from a more powerful Magic Keyboard, while iPad Air users were left with the original 2020 versions. Apple released a “new” version for the 13-inch M2 iPad Air, but it was essentially just a repackaging and relabelling of the 12.9-inch version, with the same part number.