Apple Unveils the iPad Pro • Hacker News Board

Re: Apple Unveils the iPad Pro

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Post by matthewmacleod » Wed, Sep 09, 2015, 5:47 PM UTC

gorena wrote: post #11

"Who wants a stylus? You have to get 'em, put 'em away, you lose 'em. Yuck! Nobody wants a stylus. So let's not use a stylus." -Steve Jobs

Great. I love it when a company re-evaluates and introduces technology they previously said was a bad idea, but have reconsidered. More of this sort of thing!

Re: Apple Unveils the iPad Pro

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Post by makeitsuckless » Wed, Sep 09, 2015, 5:47 PM UTC

gorena wrote: post #11

"Who wants a stylus? You have to get 'em, put 'em away, you lose 'em. Yuck! Nobody wants a stylus. So let's not use a stylus." -Steve Jobs

Hence, it's not a stylus, but an actual active pencil-like device for drawing.

But yeah, lets not let the facts get in the way.

Re: Apple Unveils the iPad Pro

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Sep 09, 2015, 5:48 PM UTC

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Re: Apple Unveils the iPad Pro

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Post by gress » Wed, Sep 09, 2015, 5:48 PM UTC

zxcvcxz wrote: post #17

gshakir wrote: post #7

It is in direct competition to the 'Surface Pro'.

Except it runs iOS and not a full desktop operating system. Why would a "pro" user choose this over a surface pro/MBP/ubuntu certified system?

Because those systems have no good touch enabled software.

Re: Apple Unveils the iPad Pro

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Post by revscat » Wed, Sep 09, 2015, 5:48 PM UTC

wnevets wrote: post #35

dimgl wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While I do agree Jobs was saying that no one wants to use a stylus to use their devices, you have to admit this stylus is a pretty good idea. With the additional sensors you can actually do things you can't do with traditional styluses and you're not forced to use it with your device, it's just an add-on.

> While I do agree Jobs was saying that no one wants to use a stylus to use their devices, you have to admit this stylus is a pretty good idea. The apple distortion field is running at maximum.

No. No one wants to be required to use a stylus to successfully use a device. This is true, and remains so. What has become apparent is that there is a need -- especially for artists -- for a tool more fine-grained than a finger if you want to do more complicated tasks.

Re: Apple Unveils the iPad Pro

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Post by Grazester » Wed, Sep 09, 2015, 5:48 PM UTC

They are saying all this and not saying how much Ram it has.

Re: Apple Unveils the iPad Pro

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Post by oblio » Wed, Sep 09, 2015, 5:48 PM UTC

rimantas wrote: post #30

mariusmg wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Later edit. It's iOS for fuck sake. It's ridiculous to compare iOS with full Windows. A keyboard is not that useful in a TOUCH based OS.

Care to explain, why do you have multitasking in quotes? You think iOS is some version of DOS?

Can I open a game on iOS and let it play? Say I want to idle in Clicker Heroes while I browse the net.

Can it do that? Without jail-breaking it?

Re: Apple Unveils the iPad Pro

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Post by revscat » Wed, Sep 09, 2015, 5:49 PM UTC

ebbv wrote: post #39

Predicting now price of $1k or higher. Also the press is absolutely going to hammer Apple for copying the Surface Pro (even down to the name.) EDIT: Ended up a bit high for the base price, $800. But add on any additional storage/LTE capability and you're at $1k. So I was damn close.

$799 for 32GB model.

Re: Apple Unveils the iPad Pro

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Post by seiji » Wed, Sep 09, 2015, 5:49 PM UTC

cryptoz wrote: post #32

"We can have both Word and Excel on the screen at the same time!" - Apple, 2015. These Apple keynotes can be pretty funny.

You compare current features against previous features, not globally available features.

Many software platforms still aren't as good as Hypercard or even a damn Amiga from the 80s, but we pretend to have continual "advancements" anyway.

Re: Apple Unveils the iPad Pro

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Post by fname » Wed, Sep 09, 2015, 5:51 PM UTC

revscat wrote: post #58

ebbv wrote: post #39

Predicting now price of $1k or higher. Also the press is absolutely going to hammer Apple for copying the Surface Pro (even down to the name.) EDIT: Ended up a bit high for the base price, $800. But add on any additional storage/LTE capability and you're at $1k. So I was damn close.

$799 for 32GB model.

+ the pencil @ $99 and the smart keyboard at $169. > $1k for the entry level model to be comparable with the Surface Pro 3 at ~$930 (which starts at 64GB, btw).