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Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by estsauver »

awjr wrote: post #7

I'd almost hoped they would have released a refreshed Macbook Pro range. I realise they are unlikely to recognise the joy and immense pleasure working on a MBP has brought me over the years, with the previous MBP being the pinnacle. Sadly I see the current MBP as something I will not be buying and will more than likely move back to a high end windows laptop.

Can I recommend the Lenovo P50?

I switched, and it's incredible. I have 64GB of ram and a xenon processor. It's incredible. It's not as sleep as the mac, but I spend so much less time waiting.

I never have to think about "should I close down this VM/android emulator" etc. I have more RAM then I had hard drive space on my laptop in 2010.

Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by [deleted] »

zelos wrote: post #35

Can anyone see what changed with the iPhone SE? They seem to have updated it as the store now says "place your order starting 3/24", but all the specs look identical to me.

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Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by berberous »

From a Reddit comment, in addition to the bump from a A8x to A9 chip:

- It's as thick as the iPad Air 1 (and thus thicker than the Air 2/9.7" Pro).

- No laminated display (and no AR coating, True Tone, or wide color).

- Air 2 quality camera.

- The iPad mini 4 is now only available in 128GB, at $399.

- The chamfers look matte, like the iPhone SE.

Also, no Pencil support or smart connector.

Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by rimliu »

g051051 wrote: post #20
constantlm wrote: post #11

Hmmm. Most people I know who own iPads have had them end up as rather expensive children's toys.

Mine's not a children's toy, but it's almost useless now. Once they stop updating iOS for a device, it's pretty much game over. Many apps have stopped working due to the developers making mistakes and publishing incompatible updates. Just about the only app I can still use is NetFlix.

But it takes about five years to stop releasing iOS updates for particular device.

Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by pjmlp »

sqldba wrote: post #15
nkkollaw wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You should give the new MBP a try (the version without the touchbar, of course). It's the best laptop I've ever used by a long shot.

Most complaints about the newest one are that it's slower, palms keep activating the larger track pad while typing, and of course the lack of memory. Most people who enjoy the touch bar are video designers rather than devs etc who use a lot of function keys.

I am a dev, already tried it out in a few stores and enjoyed using it.

If I would be on the market for a new laptop, that wouldn't be the reason for me to avoid buying it.

Rather the lack of CPU/GPU features versus something like a Lenovo W541.

Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by icantdrive55 »

simonh wrote: post #36
constantlm wrote: post #11

Hmmm. Most people I know who own iPads have had them end up as rather expensive children's toys.

I use mine every day. It's turned my 2 hour train commute each day into wonderfully valuable time. I've written many thousands of words on it and thousands of lines of code. When I was job hunting last year I did several coding exercises on it in Pythonista. It's one of the most productive computers I've ever owned. Although Sid Meier's Starships is sucking away a bit of my time lately.

What apps do you use to program? I'm too lasy to look it up. Sad--I know.

I wouldn't mind front-end programing on my iPad 2, but found it tedious years ago. I remember thinking this will not work--for real work.

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