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Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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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.

Using an iPad (with external keyboard) to even type a simple document is an exercise in masochism. Fair play if you enjoyed it, but something like a Surface makes far more sense for these types of uses.

Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

#54

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.

> Also, no Pencil support or smart connector.

the website shows pencil support:

http://www.apple.com/ipad/compare/

Edit: My apologies, I thought we were discussing the 9.7 Pro.

Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

#55

if they want everyone to use ipads they should make an ide for it.

Why wait for Apple? There are dozens of development environments and coding tools already available, several of which can be used to build App Store Apps right on your phone or iPad, although you'll need to export them to XCode to build the app package. Check out Codea, Pythonista and the Kodiak Javascript and PHP apps for starters.

But yes, official support for development on the device would be very welcome and given the examples above is completely doable.

Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

#56

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.

When you compare the new iPad and the Pro 9.7 on the Apple site it says Pencil is supported on both (but Smart Connector is only on the Pro).

Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

#57
post #8

Throw in old leftover components from a generation ago and call in NEW!! Apple, do better than this. This is not how you answer critics, and the market, who are starting to question your products relevance.

The only really new thing is the MSRP [1]. Apple clearly believes they've left a price umbrella under the current iPads that is hurting them.

[1] Although older iPad models have been available for this price or lower from places like Apple Refurb or Groupon for years now.

Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

#59
post #25

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.

What kind of work do you do? I'm tempted to jump on the 13" but I'd be coming from a 15" and am worried I'll be missing the extra screen space.

Not OP but I went from a 15" to a 13" a few years ago. 90% of the time it doesn't bother me at all. I do think I'll switch back to 15" next time I upgrade. The main reason I switched was size/weight but by the time I'm due an upgrade again in a couple of years I have a feeling the 15" will be comparable to my current 13" in size/weight.
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