Get an Ipad, seriously.
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if you are new here i am Einstein Pong ,
an Engineering Student studying in Malaysia.
When I decided to pause my education and committed to two years of gap years,
I worked hard and became a Barista.
I felt extremely happy those times,
as I was not only learning some new skills aside from school,
I was getting paid to learn as well.
It felt like  going to tuition classes without needing to pay the fees,
but instead you earn incentive by attending tuition classes!
So, one of the things I bought with this hard earned money
was my 2018 9.7inches Ipad sixth generation and the apple pencil.
This purchase without a doubt, will go down to be one of my best financial decisions ever in life,
and let me tell you why,
YOU as a student should really get an Ipad.
So what defines a good purchase, or investment of money?
In my philosophy, good investment is where the returning result from what you spent,
where it can be money, time or effort,
is and will continuously enhance your primary objective.
My primary objective is to decrease mental resistance towards the pursuit of knowledge,
or maybe for you it is simply to enhance or improve your grades.
With my philosophy, if the money I spend on Ipad will reduce my mental resistance towards studying,
but increase my efficiency and happiness to learn,
SO BE IT! it becomes a worthy investment.
This 2018 6th generation Ipad is still very capable in 2020.
Alongside with it’s affordable price tag, on the hardware side you are getting
Apple A10 Fusion processor, Quad-core 2.34 GHz CPU and six core graphics GPU,
with a 1536 x 2048  pixels  with 264 ppi density.
In case you are not a big fan of the meaning of the  technical information I just mentioned,
just know that it is powerful and still fast enough to accomplish a lot of your student daily needs.
With the newest IOS that enables desktop class browsing,
say goodbye to the ancient crappy mobile version apps.
As a student I appreciate 3 features the most :
the 1st generation apple pencil support,
the long battery life and the multitasking ability.
I can take notes with the pencil, splitting my screen to
E-question paper on one side with my note taking app on another to answer the questions,
and not worrying that my Ipad will easily die on me.
I believe apple mastered the art of naming,
as Apple released a successor of my iPad,
and named it IPad.
NICE JOB NAMING PRODUCTS APPLE.
The 7th generation iPad has a 10.2 inch Retina display, with slightly improved features.
For example, you get one more gigabyte of ram and provide the smart connector option is provided where you can attach a Smart Keyboard with.
During my high school days, where smart technologies are basically all banned,
I was never an organised person. I was all over the place,
I spend too much money on notebooks that I never finished using,
spending too much time looking for the notes I took and constantly lost my sense of time
as my schedule was messy and disorganized.
The snowball effect of these events made me doubt myself a lot.
And I mean,
A LOT.
All these were solved by integration of my lifestyle with the ipad. I will list down the reasons why it is so good.
First of all, weight. Weighing at four hundred sixty nine  grams,
and roughly round it up to 500 grams with the cover and pencil included
in one package, it absolutely replaced
my heavyass textbooks and notebooks. This paperless experience makes me
WANT to carry it out more often, and the convenience is just OOOFT.
So good. Having heavy textbooks in my backpacks
back in the day made me go
UGH and hope to just skip school because of it. True story.
Money i spent on new backpacks dramatically lowered, as the weight
of my ipad doesn't hurt my backpack as my old textbooks.
The 9.7 inch screen is just in my opinion, the golden ratio of weight to screen size.
Not being too heavy or too little screen size, just perfectly right.
Besides, note taking ability of my ipad. My go to note taking app is
Microsoft OneNote, and i will make another detailed video about it soon
so stay tuned. Together with the apple pencil,
maximum potential of the device is unleashed, as it undoubtedly became my no 1 option
when it comes to writing, taking notes, drawing and more.
Even my brand logo was entirely designed and drew by myself with this ipad.
The stylus experience is phenomenal , it truly is a marvel of engineering,
as the writing experience literally has no difference with the traditional pen and paper,
and arguably sometimes it feels even better than paper and pen.
Which do you prefer? Do comment down below!!
You can write, sketch, draw and all done with just one pen?
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY.
I have gone so paperless that often the ipad and apple pencil is all I bring to class,
cafes to study, or to work and more.
My third point will be lifestyle management.
As a productivity machine, the only entertainment I have with my ipad is probably Netflix.
I will introduce a few apps that juiced up my productivity.
Firstly, the ever underrated built in Calendar app. Minimalistic, powerful
and low key changed my life. As i mentioned,
i had trouble organising my time, but now i can plan my days and weeks precisely.
Differentiate my subjects with 7 amazing colours, the notification reminder system,
and the auto sync from your ipad to your iphone?
You have no idea how much you need it until you lose it.
Second app I will talk about is Taskful. I mentioned this app in my previous pomodoro video,
click the card above to check it out. What I learnt during my gap years
working with professionals is that the secret to productivity is to
list down all the things you need to do for the day. Give yourself an expiring time,
and finish it one by one, just like how you finish objectives and clear the level while gaming.
I will spend around 10 to 15 minutes a day writing down everything that requires my attention  for the day
with my morning coffee, and start achieving all of them one by one.
Maybe you don't see the effect in one or two days, but under ripple effect this habit will bring you positive effects- getting so many things done, in one day
Another app i want to talk about is POCKET.
Pocket is my personal playlist of all meaningful articles, whether i have read or added in to read later,
it is my go to app when i feel like procrastinating but at the same time want to be productive.
Productively procrastinating i would say (lmao)
so I feel a little bit less guilty as my procrastination
at least it brings value to my overall life in the long run.
i know you are guilty of that too. ADMIT IT
I enjoy good articles while having some rest, and more than often going through them during my pomodoro breaks too.
I used to spend a lot of my free time on social media with my phone,
this scene changed when i started reading with my Ipad.
I am not only entertained, but learning some new words, ideas or perspectives at the same time.
Accessing this app with my ipad is an absolute joy, it made my college experience so much more convenient , so much easier.
Not only that, bringing my ipad everywhere for almost 24/7 ensures me
to capture down spontaneous ideas effortlessly, or create creative content out of it.
I admit I am at a point of life where I can't live without my Ipad anymore.
Ok this is my subjective opinion on “should you buy the ipad”.
Maybe some college students will face problems with the price of ipad. Piece of advice, just log in to
Apple Education Store with your student ID to purchase at a discounted price.
The next issue everyone has been debating over the years is, can your ipad replace your laptop?
For newer Ipad pro models equipped with smart keyboard and mouse support, yes it can.
But if you have a tighter budget, then maybe no. Personally i still roll with a PC laptop slash  Ipad setup,
as i use my laptop for video editing, programming and some gaming.
So should you buy an Ipad? If you have the budget ,
it is an absolute no brainer. On the flip side
if budget is the problem for you, maybe get a laptop,still.
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I am Einstein Pong,
Fleming out
