Laptop for university / leisure, which should I take?

I did not intend to invest more than 1600.
I can't decide between the following devices:
the new Ipad Pro (with pen and keyboard)
the new Macbook Air, the Surface Laptop 2, or the Surface Pro 6.
Many of my fellow students use the Ipad Pro with the pen, but I do not know if that's worth it and how the compatibility is.
I have dealt with other companies and devices but no other companies have as good support as Apple or Microsoft. So if you have any suggestions, keep that in mind.
The laptop will not be just for the university. So I do not just need Word, so programs like Photoshop are important and should run smoothly. And well the usual. Netflix and such.
So a used 100 euro laptop does not work

Well, do you need any special programs except the usual stuff to create documents, presentations etc? Then I would pay attention to whether the laptop meets the requirements for these programs.

Such an iPad is nice, because you can write there with the pen. I know many people who also use it, I personally only type with a keyboard and they are very lacking in an iPad, which is why it would be out of the range for me.

I would especially pay attention to how big and heavy the part is. I find everything about 13 "and 2kg permanently annoying to drag along every day.

What do you study?

If it's something mathematical, engineering, or scientific, then you should not have a tablet as the only mobile device. Quite simply for the reason that you often only get a much stripped-down version of the Office package for tablets. For example, many important statistics functions can't be used with Excel, but they should be learned in a statistics course.

For the other subjects, I do not know what's going on there. But I can imagine that statistics also plays a role in many social science subjects.

If you want to write on it, only the Surface Pro 6 and the iPad Pro remain, if you do not want to write on it do not get a convertible or tablet!

The iPad Pro is great, but it's not a PC. You have no support for mouse or touchpad to text, copy & paste is a real cramp on it and you have neither a reasonable file system / file browser nor can you use x86 programs. This is a very, very limited field of application. It is wonderful for writing and surfing though.

The Surface Pro 6 is damn expensive with Pen & Keyboard, if you want to use it as a desktop replacement at home you also need the dock, with a popligen miniDP and USB A you will not get far. It can do it relatively well, relatively, it is okay as a laptop but top-heavy and uncomfortable as a real laptop, but the i5 version is silent and with 4 cores / 8 threads & 15W along with a PCIe SSD pretty fast. The n-trig pin is okay, but can't quite keep up with Apple (I believe Wacom AES & 120Hz display).

What you wrote about the iPad is broadly true, but do you think the new iPad Pro is so minimalist? It is already announced Photoshop. And Poerpoint, excel and Word are already represented. In addition, I also go from an iPad with Apple Keyboard.

Law

It stays that way, mobile versions of MS Office and Adobe CS have been around for a while. The keyboard also has no touchpad (iOS does not support any other input method). There are files with a rudimentary file browser but comparable to Explorer or Finder is not.

If you really want a machine to work on, iOS is not a system for it. Most of it can be done somehow, but it is not convenient.

And if you had to choose between the new MacBook Air and the Surface Laptop 2? Both with 8gb Ram and 265gb storage.

I'm on technology, the Air uses a 8200y processor, which Intel calls i5 but this is a 5W dual-core, so in principle a core m. I think the thing is stylish, but has lost nothing in this price range…

Hmm, no idea how big demands you have on the office package.

By the Way: I can't imagine that such a tablet-additional keyboard improves the flow of writing, if ne ne elaboration o.ä. Has to surrender. Again, I do not know how often something is required in law school.

A tablet as an additional device to have the scripts ready in the lecture and to quickly look for a background information is a great thing. You do not need to grind the notebook right away. To work, however, I have a notebook with the right keyboard (Num-Block is a great thing), right screen (from 15 ") and metal housing (for durability) much more pleasant. Where my device with mouse, charging cable (battery is weak) and Presenter stick just filled half the backpack and charged with> 3kg. And even more pleasant to work is the classic desktop PC with two screens, but that is just stationary.

Ah… And all three devices together cost me less than 1,600.