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Re: New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support

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The Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro will be available for purchase in May for $299 (US) for the 11-inch iPad Pro and $349 (US) for the 12.9-inch iPad Pro Wow. This must be one hell of a keyboard..

That's more than even high end mechanical keyboards cost.

Mechanical keyboards can get terrifyingly expensive--but you're right. That's about the cost of a Topre RealForce.

Re: New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support

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post #9

The Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro will be available for purchase in May for $299 (US) for the 11-inch iPad Pro and $349 (US) for the 12.9-inch iPad Pro Wow. This must be one hell of a keyboard..

Nah Apple takes advantage of their walled off system. They know they have users and changing to an alternative is too difficult.

You can use any Bluetooth keyboard with it.

Re: New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support

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Anyone here use these for webdev (or development work more generally) as a replacement for a laptop? How well does that work? I'm very curious.

I use an iPad Air for light webdev work. Built my personal website with it, using a few handy apps. Working Copy is an excellent Git client and pretty good text editor, Shellfish is great for FTP/SFTP. Other good editors include Buffer and Textastic. Terminus is a great terminal client (though the pro edition is pricey). Pythonista is a surprisingly powerful Python environment – with a bit of work I got Django workin…

Have you written about these workflows anywhere? If so, I’d be interested in the links. This sounds like by far the most sophisticated iPad development workflow I’ve ever heard of anyone using.

Re: New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support

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post #18

The new MacBook Air looks really nice as well. Here's hoping we see a new 13/14" MacBook Pro in the next day or two as well. I want to upgrade from my 15" but I don't want this form factor anymore. 14" in a slightly bigger 13" form factor would be ideal.

I loved the form factor of the 2015 MacBooks. It was perfect for college and I took it everywhere. It only lasted ~2 years before the mobo failed and it longer booted up. I think there was a known heating issue with these laptops.

Re: New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support

#127
post #9

The Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro will be available for purchase in May for $299 (US) for the 11-inch iPad Pro and $349 (US) for the 12.9-inch iPad Pro Wow. This must be one hell of a keyboard..

Take a notice: it doesn't seem to be any contact pads on the new ipad. If there is indeed no contact pads, then it's likely they had to develop some custom rf connection just to support the type-c without contact pads (usb 3.0 needs a ton of bandwidth,) and that ain't cheap.

They’re on the back.

Re: New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support

#128
post #9

The Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro will be available for purchase in May for $299 (US) for the 11-inch iPad Pro and $349 (US) for the 12.9-inch iPad Pro Wow. This must be one hell of a keyboard..

What does Apple have against the Escape key? That's a deal-breaker right there.

Re: New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support

#129
post #9

The Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro will be available for purchase in May for $299 (US) for the 11-inch iPad Pro and $349 (US) for the 12.9-inch iPad Pro Wow. This must be one hell of a keyboard..

A keyboard, a trackpad, and a display stand. These are not three different devices!
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