I've Been Going Back and Forth for 2 Weeks on Whether to Buy This iPad

If it’s for note-taking, just buy it. If you don’t, you’ll just keep agonizing over it lol

If you think you're just going to watch YouTube, you're better off not buying it. I bought one like that too and ended up only watching YouTube in bed.

Any source? There's so much talk about 'you'll regret buying it' that I'm actually holding out and not buying it.

Isn't that outdated? These days, Galaxy Tabs are great for note-taking too, so I don't see why you'd insist on an iPad. If it's because of the ecosystem, then there's no way around it.

Same. I also bought mine for note-taking, paid for a note-taking app, used it for two days, and now I just watch YouTube on it.

Honestly, people who say, "If I buy it, I'll probably just end up watching YouTube," are right about 90% of the time. But the problem is that if you don't buy it, you keep feeling regret over that 10% chance. In the end, buying it is better for your mental health lol.

I've been using it for 3 years now, and it's genuinely the best for taking notes in lectures and annotating PDFs. That said, if you install games, it's game over. If you don't install games, you can still somehow watch YouTube lol.

Well, that's a bit... It's not like you use everything just because it's for note-taking, and these days laptops support styluses too, so wouldn't it be better to get one of those? In the end, if you buy an iPad, you install five note-taking apps and only use one.

The safest bet is to buy a used one, try it for a month, see whether you actually stick with it, and then go for a new one. That’s what I did, and luckily it’s been great for note-taking.

Bottom line: only people who actually write will use it. If you already have a note-taking habit, buying one means you'll write even more; if you don't, you won't use it even after buying the device. First, take a cold, hard look at whether you actually have a note-taking habit. That's the answer.