Macbook Air vs iPad Air: Choosing the right work machine

Apple has two Airs in its family, the iPad Air and the MacBook Air. But with the latest iPad Air packing a 13-inch display and an M2 chip, they’re closer in spirit than ever before, and not just by sharing the name.

On the face of it, they’re different products: one’s a tablet and the other a more conventional thin and light laptop. But if you add a Magic Keyboard ( ₹ 33,900) to the base 13-inch iPad Air ( ₹ 79,900), you get a versatile personal computing device that makes a strong touchscreen laptop replacement case for many, at roughly similar price points. The new M2 iPad Air-Keyboard combo versus a similarly specced M2 MacBook Air. Both great options, but which one’s for you? Let’s break it down.