Which iPad should you buy?

IPad models for students and note-taking.

Axis: the basic iPad with Pencil … the iPad Pro

Answers by date: 3 records in 3 sources, newest first; the answers above are the current ones. The advice was refined (2018), never reversed, in these records.

date	who	answer	source
2018-06-09	Ali	For the vast majority of students, who are not trying to make money online with illustration and graphics, Ali highly recommends the 2018 iPad over the iPad Pro.	iPad Pro vs iPad (2018) comparison for college / university students 00:09:25
2018-06-02	Ali	For taking notes at school or university, Ali would probably recommend the 2018 iPad rather than the 2017 iPad Pro; most YouTube videos he has seen say its larger pencil-to-screen gap is noticeable only to digital artists.	How I take notes on my iPad Pro in medical school - Cambridge University medical student 00:03:50
2018-05-07	Ali	For anyone getting an iPad, Ali recommends the new 2018 iPad rather than the iPad Pro: it is a lot cheaper and does basically the same thing.	Live Q&A + Hangout - Bank Holiday vibes - Ali Abdaal, Cambridge medical student 00:07:10