And after seeing I wasn't blocked it has become my go-to in the last few weeks; I've ended up using it about 10 times in the last month.
You and I would change our search engine but most iPhone users need an apple-maps-level mess up to go switch from the defaults (and even then that’s stabilized to a majority apple share now). Bing+apple could have been an existential threat to them in the mobile era; without android they would’ve had to pay whatever apple wanted.
I used Forscore and have a bunch of fakebooks and custom charts on it. Even with a regular stylus it's been very useful (though I occasionally wish my 1st gen pencil had not died).
If I had to replace it I don't think I'd bother with a super new one, as this is plenty of horsepower / memory for the things I use it for. So probably way less than $1k, I'd think.
You are right on the horsepower, might also be worth getting a refurbished one instead. But I've ended up using my iPad for way more than just reading music so I'd get the new one if I was shopping atm.
I’m sure it was an afternoon project for someone, but seriously, if they’re going for tongue in cheek and not amateur, they need to execute better than this.
Pinterest is a scourge on the modern web, worse than any other.
The Gvido sheet music reader is discontinued (and was super expensive). Other eink displays are also super expensive, and non-eink tablets tend to be too small, maxing out at around 10". The Yoga Book 9i with dual 13" oled displays could be tempting but is again overkill to get a $2000 device just to read sheet music...
I'll probably end up upgrading soon just so reading sheet music is more comfortable. And it is much cheaper than $2000 (It reaches almost $2k with the 1TB + Apple Pencil, but starts at like $1.1k). No dual displays though.
I'm not sure if it qualifies as lightweight, but if you are referring to actual weight, it seems to weigh around half as the Yoga Book 9i and a bit more than double the Gvido sheet music reader...
The Air weighs 1 lb and it feels fine when holding it up during a performance, the 13" Pro weighs 1.5 lb.
And it's justified, because it's really not that important in money making in grand scheme of things.