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Everything Announced at Today's Apple Event
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Sad, isn't it. There's even a FREE version of pCalc for those who would be forced into bankruptcy spending that $10.
More likely: Getting pCalc or some other calculator would remove the wee bit of joy some have from constantly being upset about Apple. And not acceding to their calculator demands. BAD APPLE!
That’s because they refuse to completely rewrite and redesign their archaic software. Their hardware is great. It’s the OS that runs on top that’s so mediocre and limiting. IpadOS is still designed for their intended audience of kindergarteners.
Nice hardware upgrades with excellent new hardware, but it is still just an iPad using iPadOS for the cost (at the upper end) of a 15" MBA which has better specs and a much more usable OS. I have the M1 Pro 11" and 12.9" and cannot see any reason to upgrade. They certainly do not replace my laptops and for me I suspect my existing iPads will last until either I expire or they do. As I have said for the iPhone, iPads are fast enough (with the current apps and OS) but they need to be thinner (they are getting there), lighter (they are missing this target) and have a battery that lasts for ever (or at least a week, which they are nowhere near getting).
Iterative hardware but with a use case that is not justified for the price of the new Pro devices, is marginal for the Air and reasonable for the original iPad. Now let's see what the M4 can do in a decent system with an OS we can use.
Iterative hardware but with a use case that is not justified for the price of the new Pro devices, is marginal for the Air and reasonable for the original iPad. Now let's see what the M4 can do in a decent system with an OS we can use.
Thats how it is for me. Right now, I have my 4th gen iPad Pro with magic keyboard that I got for $600 total 2 years ago being used for youtube...and that's it. I've tried to use it as a laptop and it just doesn't work.
The only reason I want a newer one is because of a minor crack on this one.
Horrifying? Really? It was the most creative thing of the whole event. LOL!
And I have to say, some of you guys are miserable.
GoFetch is a hardware flaw that isn't patch-able, however it only impacts the performance cores. Apple could shift cryptographic work to run solely on the efficiency cores in an OS update and bypass the flaw.
Yup. Apple isn’t Steve Jobs’ company any more. No bold risky moves. They killed the Apple Car because Tim Cook couldn’t stop their in-fighting. Terrible management, honestly.
I think the only new intro since we lost Steve has been the vision glasses, and they are in need of many generations of updates.
What are you even talking about? How was he dressed like a 14 year old headed for the skate park?
I hope that they return to the Steve Jobs Theater soon to hold these events like they used to pre-covid. This event was abysmal and boring.
I use an iPad Pro as a laptop replacement. I didn't really plan it like that but the more and more I used my M1 iPad Pro, the more I realized I really didn't need to lug my laptop around. Hence not upgrading my 2016 MacBook Pro (with no plans to do so)
But if I were in the market. Even as someone who uses an iPad Pro as my main portable computer these days (Even for light video/photo editing), I cannot imagine paying $3,000 for it over a Mac. The OS still has too many shortcomings. For example; it would absolutely work perfectly fine for all of my photo and video editing; it's got more horsepower than my MacBook Pro. But the file system makes it too much of a pain to work with for the bulk of that work.
I'm sure someone will buy it (probably someone who has pockets deep enough not to have to choose between the two, and can have both). Certainly the lower spec ones are a great value. But wow, $3k fully loaded!
The lack of mmWave 5G is a bit frustrating. Apple always seems to be a bit behind on implementing cellular features. I also use my iPad on cellular data a lot; it's virtually always faster to use its built in cellular modem over hotel Wi-Fi or similar. And more speed is never a bad thing. Of course the number of places that have mmWave are limited but; I tend to own my iPads for a while so I would be frustrated to spend a bunch and not be 'future proofed'.
Did he accidentally watch a video of Mark Zuckerberg and get confused?
He's dressed like my grandpa. An untucked polo, neutral jeans, and a cardigan is hardly the peak of skater fashion...
But if I were in the market. Even as someone who uses an iPad Pro as my main portable computer these days (Even for light video/photo editing), I cannot imagine paying $3,000 for it over a Mac. The OS still has too many shortcomings. For example; it would absolutely work perfectly fine for all of my photo and video editing; it's got more horsepower than my MacBook Pro. But the file system makes it too much of a pain to work with for the bulk of that work.
I'm sure someone will buy it (probably someone who has pockets deep enough not to have to choose between the two, and can have both). Certainly the lower spec ones are a great value. But wow, $3k fully loaded!
The lack of mmWave 5G is a bit frustrating. Apple always seems to be a bit behind on implementing cellular features. I also use my iPad on cellular data a lot; it's virtually always faster to use its built in cellular modem over hotel Wi-Fi or similar. And more speed is never a bad thing. Of course the number of places that have mmWave are limited but; I tend to own my iPads for a while so I would be frustrated to spend a bunch and not be 'future proofed'.
Did he accidentally watch a video of Mark Zuckerberg and get confused?
He's dressed like my grandpa. An untucked polo, neutral jeans, and a cardigan is hardly the peak of skater fashion...
My guess is they want to, but the holdover mask/covid Nazis are nixing the idea. Jut a guess.
Sometimes it's all about getting your own hands on th8ings and get a step back to have a look at the bigger picture.
I have had a similar situation with roon - why would anyone use roon instead of music from Apple.
Both seem to do the same but one is free and fully integrated in the eco-system and the other one seems cumbersome and most of all costs a fortune.
Only until I changed my perspective and had look at the bigger picture i recognized that the basically quite similar functions differ a lot and roon delivers a much better output, experience and a similar ecosystem with a few different tweaks that bring a lot of value - sso much value that I bought the lifetime license and I love it - best music software ever and far more suitable to listening to music than Apple Music - which is in comparison like walking instead of flying
The iPad works for me in areas the LapTops cannot address and I am willing to pay more for less weight too and last but not least Sunday morning in a cafe or at a hotel in the morning this is the only device I am taking with me - plus it's extremely convenient in a plane - in general for traveling this is a must have class of devices.
In case you don't travel a lot it also makes a lot of sense at home e.g. in combination with roon to administrate music and videos.
Last but not least at work - much less obtrusive than an open laptop in a meeting and harder to read the display from far away.
I find more reasons for a tablet than any other electronic device in my life.
Why? It's pretty clear that Apple wants consumers to purchase multiple devices. It's a real shame because MacOS on these would be pretty incredible. Apple certainly isn't adverse to having a bazillion different products, so why not just make an iPad Pro Extreme edition with MacOS, charge an extra $700 for it and have done with it?
It seems that their past reluctance to hinder Macbook sales might not necessarily matter much anymore with how expensive iPads have become, I'm curious to what the actual sales figures would show and exactly how many consumers buy an expensive $2k+ iPad AND an expensive Macbook.
Do you have a link to that ad? I missed it, but am also interested in overreacting.
This isn't an problem which is that difficult to solve, at least with Apple's almost limitless resources. I use Win 10/11 on a daily basis in a touch based paradigm and have zero issues, and I specifically choose NOT to use Windows tablet mode. I never really understood the need for simplifying things to where they became more complicated, but then again I don't use my tablet one handed while standing on the subway and can see why that crowd likes the choice of either a big red button or a big green button UI/UX. Much of the issue is that MacOS is kind of not great from a UI/UX standpoint even with a mouse/keyboard/trackpad, but that may just be the decades of Windows use in me, I've just never found it particularly appealing or functional.
But if Apple is going to stick with iPadOS they should at least push the functionality more than they have. I think a prime example of this is user accounts, and of course, the file system.
PS I loved Windows 8, but they did go too far into the touch paradigm with it. What they are doing now is really great, making things still optimized for desktop but subtly improved for touch, works really well IMO.
Thinner than the 5.1/5.3 mm of the IPP? I can totally understand weight, but I don't see what being so thin helps with. I'd rather see it thicker with some more battery life, although that certainly would mean more weight. Or maybe thicker with a kickstand, which would only add a tiny bit of weight and a couple of mm, but increase functionality significantly (still baffled how you all use a case-less, magic keyboard-less iPad without a kickstand).
Totally agree on not needing this AND a macbook unless you really need/want a touchscreen, then you run into the limitations of iPadOS. I have a feeling that more and more users who want a macbook AND an iPad are going to begin to be priced out, hopefully pushing Apple to consider a MacOS iPad in the future.
Compare it with the famous 1984 ad
Yes, the Watch is great. Bluetooth version of earbuds and Yet Another Netflix aren't revolutions by a long shot.
No, but it's still something that needs solving and good design work. It also needs support from third party developers which isn't so easy.
Well, yeah, that's the issue. I don't see the point of a tablet that you can't use one-handed when you need it, nor do I see the point of a laptop that doesn't run a full-blown desktop OS.
I have had a couple iterations of iPad over the years, and I agree. iPads are too limited to replace a computer, and too big to be portable instead of a phone. I have found iPhone and MBP to be the best combo year after year, especially as iPhones have gotten bigger.
Even with this recent refresh, Apple seems to focus iPad marketing on artists who want a digitized canvas, and not much else.