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Re: New iPad Air and iPad Mini

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Post by bitwize »

beat wrote: post #282
bitwize wrote: post #217

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How much RAM is in that thing? 4 GiB? I hope you turned swap on...

2gb, I think. Might be 4. It runs fine, though. A text editor, even with lots of features, is less load than a browser session for a complex website. Likewise, local node.js servers aren't very expensive.

Visual Studio Code is a browser session for a complex website. I've had the OOM killer kick in on moderate C compilation loads -- well below what I subject my Linux daily driver to. I've even seen OOM when running Emacs for a long enough time on Termux on my cellphone.

In general, any long-running environment that can generate a lot of garbage presents a risk of triggering the OOM killer, especially when you have to share your development environment with effectively a whole 'nother OS. Enabling swap helps mitigate that risk.

Re: New iPad Air and iPad Mini

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Post by kingosticks »

cm2187 wrote: post #97
jackfrodo wrote: post #3

I'm 24 years old, work in software. Neither I nor any of my friends uses a tablet for work or pleasure. I guess I know a couple of people who have Surface Pro's, but that's about it. I'm wondering if the appeal of these begins when you get older? Seems like a lot of the market for these is people who are 50+, but I'd like to know if any people under 25 are interested in them.

Ain't under 25, but I was skeptical about tablets until I found two critical use cases. 1) browsing the web from my bathtub 2) watching movies in long trips.

Honest question: are they waterproof these days? I used to have a waterproof "case" (a glorified plastic bag) for my kindle for the tub but that only worked because it had buttons. How can you use a touchscreen it with wet hands? And what if you drop it, that's $400 down the plug hole.

Re: New iPad Air and iPad Mini

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Post by gglitch »

oarsinsync wrote: post #148
jackfrodo wrote: post #3

I'm 24 years old, work in software. Neither I nor any of my friends uses a tablet for work or pleasure. I guess I know a couple of people who have Surface Pro's, but that's about it. I'm wondering if the appeal of these begins when you get older? Seems like a lot of the market for these is people who are 50+, but I'd like to know if any people under 25 are interested in them.

I got a bonus roughly twice the cost of the iPad 2 64GB when it first came out, so I used half of it to buy it on a whim, no use case in mind at the time. It's now my primary personal computing device. My day job has me in front of a desktop with keyboard all day. I have little to no desire to do things resembling work when I leave the office. My iPhone SE is too small to use for extended periods (but I won't get a b…

What do you use to budget?

Re: New iPad Air and iPad Mini

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Post by alekq »

jackfrodo wrote: post #3

I'm 24 years old, work in software. Neither I nor any of my friends uses a tablet for work or pleasure. I guess I know a couple of people who have Surface Pro's, but that's about it. I'm wondering if the appeal of these begins when you get older? Seems like a lot of the market for these is people who are 50+, but I'd like to know if any people under 25 are interested in them.

It is probably more connected to career choice and technical background of the person, then the age.

I am pretty sure that most of people can use it as domestic media consumption device (it really is perfect use case), however when it comes to work, people I meet in my business use it for it’s compact size and battery life (great for travels and portability in general), as well presentation-wise possibilities.

Re: New iPad Air and iPad Mini

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Post by ogre_codes »

arvinsim wrote: post #243
neuronic wrote: post #196

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> We could have gotten MacBooks with touch-screen by now I had a touchscreen laptop before and to me it was just incredibly useless. I am quite happy that Macbooks do _not_ have a touchscreen. If I want that, I get an iPad Pro.

I have the iPad Pro. It doesn’t even beginto compare to what I use my Macbook for.

I have an MacBook Pro and it doesn't even being to compare to what my iPad Pro can do.

I've done the vast majority of research, planning, organizing, and documenting my new house build on the iPad and it's massively better at pretty much everything.

Of course the MBP kicks ass for my day job as a developer. Different form factors, different software, different use-cases.

Re: New iPad Air and iPad Mini

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Post by fwip »

jackfrodo wrote: post #3

I'm 24 years old, work in software. Neither I nor any of my friends uses a tablet for work or pleasure. I guess I know a couple of people who have Surface Pro's, but that's about it. I'm wondering if the appeal of these begins when you get older? Seems like a lot of the market for these is people who are 50+, but I'd like to know if any people under 25 are interested in them.

If you use your phone a lot at home, you'll probably appreciate using a tablet instead.

If you use your laptop a lot at home but don't really need to type that much, you'll probably appreciate a tablet.

Otherwise, it's probably not for you.

Re: New iPad Air and iPad Mini

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Post by ogre_codes »

Someone1234 wrote: post #29

Is anyone able to clarify the Pencil compatibility? This article specifically lists the 1st gen: > Apple Pencil (1st generation) is available for purchase separately for $99 (US). So Apple are releasing new devices not compatible with their newer 2nd Gen Pencil?

I'm kind of happy with this. I was disappointed that the current generation of iPad Pros didn't support the original pencil because it meant my replacement tablet would be $130 more. I was looking at the 11" but spending $800+130 for the pencil was steep. I can get this guy for $500. Face ID isn't a deal breaker for me and at almost half the cost I can cope with the smaller display and slower CPU.

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Post by dredmorbius »

neves wrote: post #109

Now I'm an Android user with envy. It looks like that the Android ecosystem quit the development of tablets. I don't know of any that get near the features of iPads. Do you know any good Android Tablets?

I'm looking to see what Purism comes out with -- full Linux tablet.

Android's been an absolute fucking disaster (I'm responding on one now). All the more frustrating because it's so near to what I'd like, but is intentionally crippled in dozens of ways.

iPad lacks a local userland. Termux has been one of the few delights on Android.

Re: New iPad Air and iPad Mini

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Post by ppeetteerr »

drewg123 wrote: post #68

Why did they keep the lightning connector? The Pro uses a USB-C. I wonder why they stuck with lightning for these models? I'm an Android guy, fed up with the clunky experience on Android / Amazon tablets, and thinking of making the switch & getting an air, mainly for media consumption during business travel. The last thing I want is a unique-to-me charging adapter that I'm sure I'm going to leave in a hotel or on a p…

It's not that bad. Just carry a cable around if you're concerned. You can usually go through a 6hour flight on a single charge watching a movie.

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Post by protomyth »

Corrado wrote: post #289
protomyth wrote: post #226

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It basically means those schools who bought the 30 iPad case don't have to replace the cables and I would guess the chargers.

It's probably more like 300 iPads. However, I'm not sure this really matters as you get the cables and chargers with the new iPads and you would have to purchase new cases anyway, even it was the same form factor as the old machines.

I'm talking the classroom cart[1], so no, we don't have to buy new anything other than the iPads. If you are in a school setting and you are managing iPads lose, then you really need to get a cart. Just the theft deterrence is worth it.

1) here is one example https://ipadcarts.com/univault-charging-cart/ (although the one we bought had the power backplane installed already)

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