iPad 9.7‑inch

Post by seanmcdirmid » Tue, Mar 21, 2017, 1:22 PM UTC

davb wrote: post #56

berberous wrote: post #45

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).

Post by geerlingguy » Tue, Mar 21, 2017, 1:22 PM UTC

saurik wrote: post #39

slackoverflower wrote: post #31

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The 2016 MBP is absolutely amazing. Just give it a shot. You won't regret it! Just takes a little getting used since there are many new design changes.

I have been using the 12" MacBook now as my primary computer for about five months, and the build quality of the keyboard is so poor I am completely shocked . What I wanted was an 11" Air with a retina screen, but they just had to make the thing so #!%@&=+ thin that it is now just a piece of $%#@. Is the MacBook Pro's also-stupidly-thin keyboard much better? They claimed the MacBook's keyboard was somehow a step up f…

Post by snowwrestler » Tue, Mar 21, 2017, 1:23 PM UTC

sqldba wrote: post #15

nkkollaw wrote: post #10

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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.

Post by panzerboy » Tue, Mar 21, 2017, 1:23 PM UTC

davb wrote: post #56

berberous wrote: post #45

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).

Post by geerlingguy » Tue, Mar 21, 2017, 1:24 PM UTC

dsacco wrote: post #38

agmcleod wrote: post #28

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I'm a dev and I enjoy it. Though it kinda sucks when I can't connect to an external monitor at home, have yet to buy any dongles for that. I'm kinda curious who finds themselves needing more memory, and for what purpose. No doubt more can be helpful, but having 16 hasn't really ever felt slow to me. Even when running multiple virtual machines.

You run multiple virtual machines simultaneously and 16GB of RAM doesn't feel slow to you? They must have seriously optimized the hardware to the point that the RAM goes farther. Running multiple VMs on my 2015 MBP with 16GB RAM is a nonstarter. How much memory are you devoting to each VM, and how much do you allocate for overhead on the host system? I'm spoiled though - these days I spend most of my time on a machin…