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Re: iPad Air

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Post by nknighthb »

fivethree wrote: post #28
radicalbyte wrote: post #15

Lighter. Faster. More magical. Sigh. Disappointing. What happened to doing something revolutionary? Where is the the text input? Apple are driving by creatives. When can I write my book on my Apple tablet? And what's with the 16gb model. As they said, it has been almost 4 years now. And the 16gb model persists.

It's 2013 and most people's data is in the cloud rather than on local devices? Just because something is capable of doing something doesn't mean it should. A Truck is capable of street racing, but you'd be better off in an actual racing car. Make devices for specific use cases, not for everything. That's how you end up with Windows 8.

Games can easily kill 16GB of storage, no matter what other media you might have on the device, and apps in general are bigger than they used to be with Retina resources. And "the cloud" really does me no good on a plane or a road trip or anywhere else fast wifi may not be available.

16GB is small enough to require active storage management, even for fairly casual users. It's becoming a real issue.

Re: iPad Air

#52

Post by ultimoo »

untog wrote: post #25

Okay. Looks good. Recently, Apple seems big on iteration and small on innovation. Miniaturising an existing product is definitely a good iteration, but when I see Microsoft experimenting with touch covers and the like, I do wish Apple would try one or two new things again.

I think TouchID and the new Mac Pro are quite innovative in their functionality and design.

Re: iPad Air

#53

Post by ScottWhigham »

robflynn wrote: post #19
yeukhon wrote: post #9

> Apple says is 8 times faster and has 72 times better graphics performance than the old processor. I am always amused by this.

That was with respect to the original iPad compared to the iPad Air . I may have misheard. I had the video minimized while working on other things.

There was a graphic they had up too that showed this - I think it was 8x over the iPad 2 but I could be wrong.

Re: iPad Air

#54

Post by fumar »

jmduke wrote: post #7

One of the more interesting aspects of this is that they're keeping the iPad 2 at $399 (compared to the Air's $499). I can't imagine the value proposition for a new iPad 2 is at all attractive at that price point (I bought mine used for ~$250 last summer.)

I see it as an anchoring point, to move users upstream. For $100, you can have the newest technology. Perhaps we will see an iPad C next time around.

Re: iPad Air

#55

Post by grinich »

javindo wrote: post #50

With all due respect, I really hope HN doesn't end up turning into an Apple fanatic site as was the case on certain tech blogs a few years ago. Also 2mm thinner warrants the "Air" title? I seriously think Apple are parodying themselves sometimes... Disclaimer: I am not any sort of "fanboy", I own an iPad and an android phone because they seem to be most suitable for me in those areas, I just feel as though HN is gett…

They needed to change the name, and have been trying to get away from the numbering scheme. Remember how they tried to call the iPad 3 the "New iPad" but it failed to catch on?

Re: iPad Air

#56

Post by devindotcom »

radicalbyte wrote: post #15

Lighter. Faster. More magical. Sigh. Disappointing. What happened to doing something revolutionary? Where is the the text input? Apple are driving by creatives. When can I write my book on my Apple tablet? And what's with the 16gb model. As they said, it has been almost 4 years now. And the 16gb model persists.

My, how entitled we are! Your priorities may differ from the tens of millions who have bought these, the most popular tablets in the world. Apple is making safe, welcome changes to their products, which is something you can do in times of plenty. Personally, I will be happy to have an iPad that lasts longer, doesn't take ages to turn a page in a high-rez PDF, and is half a pound lighter.

What happened to doing something revolutionary? Lord! Do it yourself! Who says you can't write a book? And why do you have to do it on an iPad? Why not a Surface or whatnot, if that's your priority? Why not a MacBook Air or ultrabook? Your complaints infuriate me!

Re: iPad Air

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Post by nknighthb »

javindo wrote: post #50

With all due respect, I really hope HN doesn't end up turning into an Apple fanatic site as was the case on certain tech blogs a few years ago. Also 2mm thinner warrants the "Air" title? I seriously think Apple are parodying themselves sometimes... Disclaimer: I am not any sort of "fanboy", I own an iPad and an android phone because they seem to be most suitable for me in those areas, I just feel as though HN is gett…

> I really hope HN doesn't end up turning into an Apple fanatic site

You obviously haven't been around HN very long. Major apple announcements get significant coverage on HN. Always have, always will.

> 2mm thinner

Did you miss the ~30% weight reduction?

Re: iPad Air

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Post by hbharadwaj »

tenpoundhammer wrote: post #49

Revolution and innovation don't happy everyday, that's what makes them special and amazing. Expecting one company to be revolutionary and innovative once a year is expecting too much, once every ten years is probably expecting too much. Good incremental steps is not only expected, it's probably all that's possible. Most people go through their entire life without thinking up something innovative, much less making it.

True. Nonetheless, I find myself a bit disappointed. At this point, the only thing iPad has is a first mover's advantage aka the App Store. There are very compelling alternatives available in both 7 inch and 10 inch range with interesting experimentation - Surface Blades for example. Nexus 7, Lumia 2520, Surface can match the build quality.

Re: iPad Air

#59

Post by dhruvmittal »

avenger123 wrote: post #22

Where is the mac mini update? This is really what I want to see. An updated mac mini with Haswell would be really nice. I hope they just update it even if it didn't make it to the main announcements.

I could see that happening. The Mac Mini is a beloved machine, albeit not a very exciting one.

Re: iPad Air

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Post by eric_cc »

javindo wrote: post #50

With all due respect, I really hope HN doesn't end up turning into an Apple fanatic site as was the case on certain tech blogs a few years ago. Also 2mm thinner warrants the "Air" title? I seriously think Apple are parodying themselves sometimes... Disclaimer: I am not any sort of "fanboy", I own an iPad and an android phone because they seem to be most suitable for me in those areas, I just feel as though HN is gett…

You are worried that this is becoming an Apple fanatic site because we are discussing new Apple products the same day they were announced?
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