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Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by [deleted] »

r0fl wrote: post #206
Larrikin wrote: post #187

I've gotten a lot of use out of my iPad 3 and, up until it stopped getting updates and the touch screen started breaking down in the past few months, found no reason to upgrade or replace it. I use it nearly daily but mostly for reading textbooks and novels, reviewing language cards, and occasionally watching YouTube videos. It's been extremely useful for taking to the gym and allowing me to study while on the ellipt…

I also have an old iPad 3. It certainly shows it's age and is significantly slower than my iPhone 7 Plus. However, the iPad 3 has worked well for FIVE years! I can count on one hand the number of times it has crashed, it has never been affected by malware, spyware, or some buggy crap software which wasted hours of my time. It has not disappointed me once in those 5 years. Why would I stray away from a product that ha…

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Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by lvh »

giarc wrote: post #125
apricot wrote: post #98

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"Could not find what's new. Any hints ?" This sums up Apple's problems better than anything I've seen.

It's because their naming conventions have gone out the window. When it was iPhone 4, 4S, 5, 5S you knew where on the product timeline your phone was. Now it's iPad Air, Air 2, 9.7 Pro, 9.7, 12.9 Pro, mini 4. It's all over the place.

The phone is a little unique in that sense. iPads or Macs not disclosing their specific version number is not new. When you got an iPad 3, it just said "iPad".

Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by onion2k »

Dylan16807 wrote: post #256
onion2k wrote: post #193

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Apple describe the screen size in inches and the thickness in millimetres. Those are both lengths. It's understandable, because inches don't really work for small sizes, but it's quite a good illustration of why metric is preferable.

> it's quite a good illustration of why metric is preferable How so? You'd use cm for one and mm for the other, and there's no actual reason to convert between screen size and thickness so it doesn't matter if the conversion factor is 10 or 25.4

it doesn't matter if the conversion factor is 10 or 25.4

Most people can't easily multiply by 25.4 in their head. A lot of people can't even estimate to that level (which is a shame, because it's a useful skill, but still). Converting from centimetres to millimetres is much easier.

Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by noir_lord »

constantlm wrote: post #11

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

I bought an ipad Mini 2 for testing (insert sweary rant about mobile safari here) and expected to not get on with it.

It's become a small but important part of my digital life, My ISP rolled out city wide WiFi so I can use it comfortably at the coffee stall in the market, it's great for research, reading, PDF's, screen is large enough to be useable and the battery life is great.

It's the only Apple product I've ever owned.

Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by tptacek »

JohnnyConatus wrote: post #89

There is a legendary story about how Steve Jobs, upon his return to Apple, drastically cut-down the number of models that they offer. How on earth have they forgotten that lesson? Trying to figure out the differences between the 9.7" iPad and iPad pro is not easy, and regardless, it makes it harder to buy.

iPad Pro: Take the 9.7" iPad and add:

* Apple Pencil

* Faster CPU, more memory, more display

* UHD color gamut display (and automatic white balance adjustment)

* Better cameras

I think there are other differences, but those are the big ticket ones.

Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by GuiA »

slantyyz wrote: post #258
nkkollaw wrote: post #177

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Sure, but he cut stuff like printers, cameras, and other crazy crap they used to make. Even when he was still alive they had different-sized iPods, iPads, and more. Computers have always come in different sizes: 13", 15", and 17". What is the difference between a 13" and a 15"? Does it make it harder to buy? Perhaps, but you wouldn't kill the 15" just so people don't get confused.

>> Sure, but he cut stuff like printers, cameras, and other crazy crap they used to make. Dunno if there are other fogeys like me who remember the days going back to the Imagewriters, Stylewriters and Laserwriters -- those were fantastic printers in the pre-USB era where third party printer pickings were quite slim for Apple users. In the late 80s, you could even get a third party scanner in the shape ink cartridge c…

> In the late 80s, you could even get a third party scanner in the shape ink cartridge called a Thunderscan for the Imagewriter.

That was indeed very cool. The much lower complexity of the technology involved is what made these kind of feats possible tho- there's no way you could pull off something like that in this age of hyper miniaturized, specialized hardware components- that's why something like Project Ara was doomed from the start.

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Post by yoodenvranx »

doodyhead wrote: post #129
criddell wrote: post #111

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The pencil is what will probably push me into buying my first iPad. I've only played with it in the store, but Apple has done something pretty amazing with respect to palm rejection. I haven't really looked yet, but if there's an art class app that guides you through drawing exercises, I think I would take the leap.

Not an app but I found this awesome: http://drawabox.com/

Thanks for the link, this is exactly was I was looking for!

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Post by arihant »

tptacek wrote: post #236
arihant wrote: post #205

I'm extremely put off by Apple line up getting frustratingly confusing. The devil is in the details here. There was a time, where you could simply trust that an Apple product is built like a tank, that a technology once introduced (like, say, glass screens, or force touch) will always at least be default in the upcoming models. But it is frustrating that Apple started removing fundamental features in a random fashion…

Wait, what? What's "Staingate"? My screen isn't glass? I'm confused. I took a (1 generation older) rMBP to the Apple Store a few months back to get a keyboard replaced. I had a stuck pixel or two (I'd dropped it about 30-40 times) and the guy at the store told me there was a screen coating issue (he pointed to the black side of the screen) and said I could get a free screen replacement if I wanted it. Is that "Staing…

If you have a 2015 rMBP, we have the same model. There is no additional glass on top of the LCD, which every unibody model always had. One can argue LCD itself is made of glass substrate, but that's about it and that's not what Apple meant by glass screen on unibody macs.

Poke your screen lightly and poke screen of any other macbook. You'll see by distortion on the screen that you directly poked the LCD.

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Post by scott_karana »

FroshKiller wrote: post #233
ceejayoz wrote: post #189

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> And it's used with great success in more countries than just the U.S. Myanmar and Liberia? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_system#/media/File:Metr...

Our friends in Canada and the UK aren't discussing display sizes in centimeters.

Not really out of choice, mind you.

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Post by mixmastamyk »

Larrikin wrote: post #187

I've gotten a lot of use out of my iPad 3 and, up until it stopped getting updates and the touch screen started breaking down in the past few months, found no reason to upgrade or replace it. I use it nearly daily but mostly for reading textbooks and novels, reviewing language cards, and occasionally watching YouTube videos. It's been extremely useful for taking to the gym and allowing me to study while on the ellipt…

Still have an iPad 2, which works fine except for Safari on a heavy site, runs out of memory I think. Very happy from that angle.

But, I've moved to a Nexus 10 for movie watching, for the screen and because it is so much easier to copy a freaking file to it! I need to copy movies ripped from DVD often, or the occasional download. Apple goes out of their way to prevent that, and why I can't really recommend purchasing another. A shame really, talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

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