If a user only has around $600 though, they’re still short of an mba. Even if the screen on an iPad is no match, having a screen one can afford is still roughly 100% better than having no screen at all.
I must admit I didn’t check what the exact discussion was hahaha
even if you're poor you'll need an ipad , if an artist you are
One of the nails to "why I won't buy an iPad Pro again" coffin was that I have no guarantee my Apple Pencil of x generation will work with any future iPad. I have a 2017 iPad Pro and a 1st gen Apple Pencil.
The numbers you listed are:
The first problem is that this adds more e-waste for nothing. You're replacing a perfectly good device that only has a faulty battery. Apple could have designed it to make the battery replaceable, but they won't because they want to force you to upgrade.
I agree concerning writing on a vertical screen. It's better to use a separate pen tablet with a laptop or desktop computer like a Wacom tablet.
That's some expensive MBA... it's over $13k and $16k. Prices are wrong.
Actually this is better. By forcing folks to return the non-functional pencil to Apple, it will be dealt with in the most responsible way. Making something with replaceable batteries mean the masses (which aren’t particularly environmentally conscious) would be buying and throwing away, not recycling, millions of batteries. Until it’s assured that the majority are recycling, giving them less to throw away is ideal.
And you know this… how? If I brought a vintage ADB mouse to the Apple store, they’re not going to replace it with a new wireless mouse! If they don’t have a pencil 1 available, they’re not going to give folks a pencil 2.
The iPad will likely be obsolete before the pencil (and that’s already true in the case of the iPad Pro).I know, they must be wrong because they don’t make the point the OP’s trying to make.
It’s likely they’ll just take the iPad hardware and install macOS on it. No messy dual booting or mode changing, they take advantage of what they already have a successful form factor for, and they can even use the same Magic Keyboard for it.
Steve Jobs said something a little like this. He said, “he’d get busy on the next great thing.”
Because I'd wager that most laptop users don't need that functionality, and don't want to pay for that functionality and never use it. My laptop screen is fine where it is, attached to the rest of the computer. My keyboard is fine the way it is, without a feature that turns it off.
I tried using SideCar for this and it didn't work. Maybe I was doing it wrong, but I was able to mirror my mac's screen on my ipad. What I really want is a pencil that can be used as a mouse replacement device, no tablet necessary.
Or…. Bring the pencil to an Apple Store or Apple authorized service provider.
Indeed. Based on battery health longevity expectations (including Apple Watch’s up to 1000 charge cycles up to 80% health) and an estimate of charging on average once per day, the battery should be viable for 5 - 10 years.
I’ve had an HP Envy x360, which was not at all what I would describe as comfortable in tablet mode. And while it probably isn’t the thinnest and/or lightest 2-in-1 portable/laptop, it’s difficult to imagine any such device being an overall better touch-focused gadget than an iPad (or other conventional tablet).
The pencil is an absolute (not relative) position device so without a tablet (or screen) there is no reference as to where the pen cursor should be located.
There are times when the increased precision of a pencil tip work better than a finger.