The Air vs. iPad debate: What do you want to know? How to upgrade your Apple Pencil or iPad to the Air?

Ultimately, I think I can answer the Air vs. iPad debate in two questions. Do you want a big screen? Do you use the crap out of your Apple Pencil? If so, buy the Air. Apple has two options for getting access to the Pencil Pro, either the 13-inch model or the 11-inch model.

The iPad Pro offer a more impressive jump than the other one. Apple has found a way to make it even thinner and lighter, for starters, while including a new M4 chip that features dedicated computing headroom for the advanced AI features iPadOS may receive at WWDC next month. It also touts a brilliant OLED display and exclusive compatibility with the new $129 Apple Pencil Pro, which offers haptic feedback, new gestures, and a gyroscope sensor for added control and precision.

Otherwise, buy the plain ol’ iPad, which is an already terrific tablet at a newly terrific price. There’s even a better way to upgrade: I’d urge you to spend $150 upgrading the base iPad to the cellular model rather than $250 upgrading to the Air. Having an iPad that is just always connected, without having to think about it, is a game-changer for tablet life.

The Air feels like a lesser model compared to this year’s Pro. The Pro has a much better OLED screen, that ultra-powerful M4 chip, full Thunderbolt support on the USB-C connector, more speakers, more storage in every price tier, and is lighter and smaller at both screen sizes. Those upgrade are actually real improvements, you pay handsomely for them.