iPad 9.7‑inch • Hacker News Board

Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by egypturnash » Thu, Mar 23, 2017, 1:57 PM UTC

jrockway wrote: post #575

egypturnash wrote: post #413

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I had a Surface Pro for a couple months last year and I don't recall it really having a Name. It was just "the stylus" or "the pen" or "this goddamn NTrig piece of shit that doesn't talk to Illustrator properly".

I also have a Surface Pro and never had any trouble with the pen. I "upgraded" to a Cintiq Pro, and have to say that it's a downgrade in many ways. The screen resolution is worse, the parallax is worse. The pen is better, but honestly neither of them feel that great.

There are software issues with Illustrator losing the first half second of stylus strokes on the SP4. Very frustrating if that's the program you do most of your work in.

Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by mixmastamyk » Fri, Mar 24, 2017, 5:04 PM UTC

ascagnel_ wrote: post #558

mixmastamyk wrote: post #270

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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…

Technically speaking, in the US, ripping a DVD is still considered illegal under the DMCA, so don't expect Apple to do you any favors there. Personally, I use Plex running on a headless Linux box instead.

There are many other use cases to copying files.

For example a few days ago I wanted to copy a pdf of my resume to my phone and had to install an app to do it. Not acceptable.

Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by talldan » Sat, Mar 25, 2017, 11:18 AM UTC

squeaky-clean wrote: post #454

talldan wrote: post #212

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There's also the 3G, 3GS, 4S, 5S, 5C, 6S, 6 Plus, 6S Plus Looking back, there were always non-descriptive names, and inconsistencies. I'd argue that not knowing what 'Android' is actually demonstrates the technology has reached its goal of being universal. It's implicit instead of explicit. People buy it without needing to know what it is. Why would most consumers care about the name of an operating system? It's unim…

I've actually been saying this since the 3G came out, so we sort of agree. I thought that was the start of the stupidest naming convention, and we're all just watching it get worse throughout the years. At least until the 6 they weren't releasing multiple phones at the same time. I'm just waiting for "iPhone 10, iPhone 10 Plus, iPhone 10 Air, iPhone 10 Air Plus, iPhone 10 Pro, iPhone 10 Pro Plus, iPhone SE 3, iPhone…

I do know the basic make, model and year (it's on the number plate in the UK). However, there are lots of extra letters and numbers that identify the exact model. It's all documented, so no need to actually remember it.

Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by kbutler » Sat, Mar 25, 2017, 2:17 PM UTC

mulletbum wrote: post #335

alasdair_ wrote: post #317

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I have a pixel. Before that, I had a nexus 6. Both say "Google" on them and both were purchased because they were the canonical versions of Android without any of the crapware other vendors add.

Which has a better proc and camera? I'll guess Nexus 6 because 6 comes after what must be the Pixel 1. Naming schemes are terrible.

Yeah, just look at the deal I scored on an Xbox 360! They wanted more money for an Xbox 1! And don't even ask about that Tandy 1000!

Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by fastball » Fri, Mar 31, 2017, 3:06 PM UTC

grrowl wrote: post #522

alasdair_ wrote: post #317

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I have a pixel. Before that, I had a nexus 6. Both say "Google" on them and both were purchased because they were the canonical versions of Android without any of the crapware other vendors add.

Only nerds can keep up with which is the "canonical" Android. All my non-tech friends have Samsung, LG, HTC, or Sony phones. The nerds have Nexus or Google phones.

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