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# My Modest Request for a 20+ Inch iPad
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/modest-request-for-a-20-inch-ipad/
- Published: 2016-01-16T15:50:38.000Z
- Updated: 2016-01-16T15:50:38.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: ipad, #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

I am doing more work from my iPad than ever before in 2016, and I think my workflows are actually better after having move them to iOS. Hell. I'm writing an [entire series](https://birchtree.me/blog/ipad-pro-writing/) on the workflows I'm switched over and how they're working for me.

But I still find myself sitting down at my Mac everyday to do things that I could just as easily do from my iPad. The simple reason for this is that I have a Mac mini running on a 23 inch monitor, and that screen space is just more pleasant to use than my 10 inch iPad Air 2\. So even though I prefer to do most things in iOS, I sit in front of a Mac exclusively because of the size of the screen.

It's a weird feeling, but I think it's a natural extension of my feeling towards phones and TVs as well. Basically, if I'm going to use a be doing something on a screen, I want to use the biggest screen available to me. And I don't think I'm alone, many of the reviews of the iPad Pro from last year said, "yes, it's mostly just a bigger iPad, but that's awesome!"

I'm eyeing the iPad Pro right now as a potential 2016 purchase for myself, and if all I get is a bigger screen, it will be an excellent upgrade for me. And if I'm being totally honest, if Apple started selling a 20+ inch iPad, I'd be seriously looking at that as a potential next desktop computer[1](#fn-1136-1) for myself.

HP has actually beaten Apple to the punch with their HP Slate 21, which is a 21 inch Android tablet, and it sucked, but that's really just because Android on a tablet sucks. It also didn't help that actual press shots like this make it look fucking ridiculous:

![](http://d.pr/i/1dyT1+) 

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1. Although Apple would almost certainly have to make some significant design changes to the launcher and how side-by-side apps work for it to make any sense on a 20+ inch screen. [↩](#fnref-1136-1)