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For engineering, it is possible for a certain definition of possible, to use Matlab on an iPad. https://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab-mobile.html I had this setup and was using it via in-flight wifi in the past. It’s janky at best. Beggars can’t be choosers experience. But it worked-ish.

@Nelson Au Discussion on efforts to use iPad professionally https://www.macstories.net/stories/not-an-ipad-pro-review/

I fly a lot and have learned I can’t rely on in-flight power. For long haul flights, I need over the ear noise canceling. Earbuds are in sufficient. And two hour battery much too little for flying cross country. VP will be perfect in a generation or two when it has an 8 hour battery and is...

With two hour battery life and no over-ear headphones and missing key app(s), I don’t believe that. :) https://help.netflix.com/en/node/134000

My perception, and experience, is that the iPad is great if you’re doing art, adequate for email and web and office-y stuff, and poor to useless for science and engineering. It is unparalleled for watching shows on airplanes. :)

For hardcore perspectives on trying ot use an iPad professionally as a complete laptop replacement, you can dig into and catch up on the past few years of essays by Federico Viticci: https://www.macstories.net/ I believe he gave up on the pursuit of using an iPad exclusively as his one...

The OneDrive app integrates into the iPad and iPhone Files app to provide access. OneDrive works on macOS, of course. I've been using it for home stuff for years, since that feature was added.