Not sure what you use the laptop for, but for me I moved all my “stuff” from a Microsoft environment to IOS several years ago and except for one app to do my taxes, do everything I need to do on an older but still supported iPad Pro with a combo cover/keyboard, and an iPhone XR. All the stuff I use everyday is stored up on iCloud, use iCloud mail. Everything I do can be seen and updated on both iOS devices as well as on my now old Microsoft Surface (if needed). I bought an Apple Pencil to use as at the time a mouse was not supported but have found very few times I’ve needed it.
I no longer need the power of Excel, but used to be really good at it, write an occasional snail mail letter, so I’ve moved all spread sheets and letters over to Numbers and Pages. If I needed it both Excel and Word are available for IOS. One thing that irritated me was years ago I could get MS products for free on my previous iPad Mini. But once I switched to a Pro they wanted money. Things may have changed but too late!
As you may know IOS and IOS apps can have issues, but the updates to IOS are few and far between when compared to the amount, size, and frequency of Windows. Another “beef” I have is with apps that don’t support IPads in landscape mode. This is not an IOS issue more the individual app maker having their head up the old wazzoo.
So I’ve been very happy leaving the Microsoft environment. There is a learning curve but well worth it.
