I got it to hold music scores, and to this day, it has the scores and tons of reading material.
Apps sure are unavailable, even older ones (they used to say "you can download an older version of this app" ) so back things up.
And sometimes it's refreshing to think of all that one or two apps can do (I used ForScore and GoodReader, still do).
But Apple sure obsoletes stuff at an exponentially increasing rate. Basically one giant upgrade a year as new products roll out.
The big PITA is that software developers can't keep testing for all the versions and devices with this pace of change, so it's the apps that fall by the wayside, and unless you're a developer, you're stuck with what's out there.
Newer macs are going Linux, as should ALL computers. I looked at a Dell Linux-pre-installed laptop and for a lot more than a mac running Linux (Linus Torvalds uses one) it's older and slower technology.
I have been printing music scores so I can get BIG pages, but some scans are not so sharp (almost all of classical music is public domain nowadays) and MIGHT get a used iPad Pro for the size and brightness.
The smaller iPads are basically good for half a printed page of music at a time, hence, twice the scrolling.
Despite my tech-heavy background, my uses are pretty simple these days.
If you are so inclined, I *do* recommend writing web-based apps, or just installing open source ones (I love Moodle courseware. I was an early adopter) and there are so many others. A web-based app runs on anything, and since a lot are still written in the php language, you can actually read the code and modify it. You can run on a tiny RaspberryPi computer.
Don't laugh. I used to tinker with "newfangled" IMSAI computers, built them from kits, and from what I learned playing with the hardware and software (CP/M at the time) that set me up for a cool career in computing. You could say the same for RaspberryPi computers now, except that the 50 pound chassis is replaced by something the size of your wallet and a zillion times faster.
Anyone interested (in learning or sharing their knowledge) just pipe up here.
Oh, and when you use open source apps, you don't have to contact the damn LICENSE MANAGER at Apple or Microsoft, else your app won't start. Computer Power to the People. I believed that from day one:
Computer Lib, Dream Machines by Ted Nelson. (1974)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Lib/Dream_Machines
Free download: WOO HOO!
https://archive.org/details/computer-lib-dream-machines
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