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Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by herrkanin »

dagw wrote: post #83
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.

Also, no Pencil support Does anyone know is there is a hardware reason that the normal iPad can't use the Pencil or is purely a software thing to make people buy the more expensive iPad Pro.

There is a lot of hardware going into the pencil working as well as it does. For one thing, they increase the update frequency of the display while using the pencil to make the drawing appear more responsive.

Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by josteink »

gtirloni wrote: post #84

How can they justify the extra $130 for a cellular chip and antenna?

$100 is the standard "extra" you have to pay across the line from most vendors for having built in 3G/4G.

Apple only charging $130 extra seems almost too cheap.

Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by berberous »

dagw wrote: post #83
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.

Also, no Pencil support Does anyone know is there is a hardware reason that the normal iPad can't use the Pencil or is purely a software thing to make people buy the more expensive iPad Pro.

It requires hardware built into the display. I'm guessing that it's not very expensive though and the reason they don't incorporate it across the whole line-up is to retain their high margins on the Pro.

Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by RBerenguel »

mark_l_watson wrote: post #58
jlebrech wrote: post #19

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

There are: Raskell Haskell IDE, Pythonista Python IDE, and the Swift playgrounds IDE. I own Raskell and Pythonista and they are quite good.

Lisping by the creator of Raskell is also pretty good

Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by jps359 »

constantlm wrote: post #11

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

If I had a dollar for every time I've seen a kid at a restaurant playing on their IPad while the family eats...

Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by lotsofpulp »

constantlm wrote: post #11

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

I would say almost my entire family bought numerous iPad Minis just for the Facetime ability. We have non English speaking 90 year olds who loved how easy it is to Facetime great grandkids and it really is worth it (used to be only $300). It really did make it super easy to keep in touch over 4 different continents around the world.

Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by simonh »

anjc wrote: post #52
simonh wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Trying to use a Surface keyboard on my lap on a train sounds awkward, the trains I use don't have tables. I even find laptops ungainly and sometimes I don't get a seat, but I can still do pretty much anything on an iPad.

I think my error rate is a bit higher than when using a real keyboard, but the alternative would be not being productive during that time at all. I'm an old duffer though, I remember using CPM machines, 5.25" floppy drives, line editors and dot matrix printers. An iPad is fresh air and clear blue skies compared to stuff I've had to work with back in the day.

Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by derrickdirge »

baldfat wrote: post #37
sqldba wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Who does serious video editing on a laptop? The difference between editing on a laptop and a high end desktop is night and day and can't even imagine working more then a few hours on a laptop for editing.

Louis CK edits his show on a MacBook. I don't know if you consider that serious, but it's a pretty good show.

Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by paulcole »

coldtea wrote: post #76
constantlm wrote: post #11

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

Depends on the line of work and the hobbies of most people one knows. Given my line of work and hobbies, the iPads are very appreciated tools. For the average soccer mom or Joe Sixpack, not so much. At best they'd surf the web and social media on them.

>At best they'd surf the web and social media on them.

This is a major part of many people's lives. I'm sure even the proletariat you sneer at appreciate their iPads.

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