There are a host of versions of the story in myth, history, and fantasy literature. The hero of the story makes the point to his followers that there’s no turning back by burning the boats they arrived in. Two weekends ago, I did something similar.

I erased all my settings on my M2 iPad Pro and restored it for my child’s use.

I'm now all in on the iPad Mini A17 Pro.

Well, at least as all in as someone with an iPhone can claim to be all in any device.

I'm not doing this as some kind of stunt, and there are absolutely limitations I am placing on myself — although most are inconveniences rather than true limitations. The biggest limitation is, unsurprisingly, driven by the reduced screen real estate — the very reduction that makes the Mini the Mini.

But as I've written before, there is something about the Mini’s form factor that appeals enough to make me choose it over more "powerful" devices. And if writing with an Apple Pencil slows me down a little, my writing feels better for the enforced deliberation — which feels like a feature rather than a bug when having to respond to some emails.

This isn't to say I've abandoned all keyboards. I have access to ones at work and home, and I still have the first-generation Keys-To-Go in my bag. So if I need the additional speed a keyboard provides, I can access it — or tap a virtual button and begin dictating.

But when possible, I am reaching for the Apple Pencil Pro.

The last word in that sentence, incidentally, is at the center of a post I intend to write soon. You see, despite what has been written and talked about, I have the sneaking suspicion that Apple isn't holding back an iPad Mini Pro.

I think that, despite pundits pronouncements to the contrary, this may be an iPad Mini Pro.