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Re: New iPad Air, powered by M4

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Post by game_the0ry »

Mindwipe wrote: post #45

The Pro really looks like it's struggling for a reason to exist given how much cheaper this will be and the difference in feature set.

FWIW, my wife is a student and her ipad has probably helped out her out a lot, for a lot of reasons:

* compact form factor allows her to study anywhere easily, especially on public transportation

* can access the internet almost anywhere

* note taking and drawing diagrams with apple pencil

* communication wit for both personal (imessage) and school study buddies (discord)

* can entertain herself with netflix, youtube, games etc when she wants to wind down

* ai apps like perplexity has helped her a lot with writing and research

She also has a laptop, but is rarely used. She even tends to type on her ipad keyboard. The larger form factor for the pro helps with that too.

Re: New iPad Air, powered by M4

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Post by TheDong »

dylan604 wrote: post #35
Almondsetat wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They can only go as far if Apple doesn't deprecate them, unfortunately

Depends on how you look at it. While the hardware might keep functioning and current software might keep running, some devs also deprecate their software. I have an old 6S+ that I keep software that I don't want to install on my actual device. Slack informed me that it will no longer function after a date set later this year. Other apps have already stopped working on it because the devs do not want to deal with it.…

I have a google nexus 7 tablet from 2013. Thanks to Google unlocking all their bootloaders by default, I can install u-boot and a modern linux kernel on it (thanks PostmarketOS).

Since linux runs on it, I can run the latest versions of great pieces of software like ed, slack in a web browser, etc.

It is 100% apple's fault that they do not open up the bootloader for devices they'll no longer offer updates for and allow the community to build a custom darwin or linux fork. Even though we paid for the hardware, we are not allowed to use it any longer than apple says.

Re: New iPad Air, powered by M4

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Post by pokstad »

magnio wrote: post #23

To me, the tablet form factor is dead with the arrival of the trifold. 90% of the people who use tablets I know (including myself) only has four use case: watching video, reading PDF and comics, taking notes, and playing mobile games. All of which are very mobile-oriented tasks that are done on tablets solely for their screen sizes. With trifold bridging the gap between screen sizes and, more importantly, screen rati…

I’d rather have no moving parts in my screen.

Re: New iPad Air, powered by M4

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Post by spudlyo »

t-3 wrote: post #33
spudlyo wrote: post #18

I'm about to head to the gym with my 12.9-inch 2017 vintage iPad Pro, which is still going strong. I prop it up on the elliptical trainer every other day or so for entertaining me while I grind out an hour of cardio. I use it for reading, watching YouTube, listening to music, audiobooks, etc. It's been my regular gym buddy for years, and is showing no signs of needing to be replaced. It's stuck on iPadOS 17.7.10, whi…

How is the battery doing? I find sudden rechargeable battery/controller failures in the 5-10 year range to be my most common cause of upgrade or repair.

It usually lasts 3-4 sessions. I power it off between uses to preserve battery.

Re: New iPad Air, powered by M4

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Post by layer8 »

nicbou wrote: post #63
spudlyo wrote: post #18

I'm about to head to the gym with my 12.9-inch 2017 vintage iPad Pro, which is still going strong. I prop it up on the elliptical trainer every other day or so for entertaining me while I grind out an hour of cardio. I use it for reading, watching YouTube, listening to music, audiobooks, etc. It's been my regular gym buddy for years, and is showing no signs of needing to be replaced. It's stuck on iPadOS 17.7.10, whi…

My iPad Mini from 2020 is also surprisingly good today. It's one of those devices that just quietly do their job forever. They are a dying breed.

> It's one of those devices that just quietly do their job forever.

Except for the battery, which isn’t that easy to replace on an iPad. And apps relying on anything online (including browsers) stop functioning at some point, because you can’t replace the OS or install arbitrary apps.

Re: New iPad Air, powered by M4

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Post by spudlyo »

game_the0ry wrote: post #70
spudlyo wrote: post #18

I'm about to head to the gym with my 12.9-inch 2017 vintage iPad Pro, which is still going strong. I prop it up on the elliptical trainer every other day or so for entertaining me while I grind out an hour of cardio. I use it for reading, watching YouTube, listening to music, audiobooks, etc. It's been my regular gym buddy for years, and is showing no signs of needing to be replaced. It's stuck on iPadOS 17.7.10, whi…

Just curious, why don't you just use your iphone? Why the ipad? Why do you prefer it over an iphone?

The big screen fits perfectly over the elliptical’s display, the readability of ebooks (my most common use) is superior.

Re: New iPad Air, powered by M4

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Post by piyh »

revolvingthrow wrote: post #80

I don't understand the target audience of ipad air. The base ipad is "really big iphone, with a few laptop-esque features". It's reasonably cheap for what it offers, especially if you want a highly mobile media consumption device and handwritten input. Then there's ipad pro, which is wildly overpriced for its specs -- m4 pro has half!! the ram that the cheaper m4 macbook air has, which is laughable for a 'pro' anythi…

It's the cheapest iPad that supports pressure sensitivity on the better apple pencil.

Re: New iPad Air, powered by M4

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Post by DamnInteresting »

css_apologist wrote: post #21

This is an incredible piece of hardware, I just don't know what to do with it how is music production on it these days?

GarageBand is fun, and capable of making surprisingly complex music. Logic Pro is also available on iPad now, but it's only available with a $15/month subscription, so I haven't tried it.

For artists, there are a lot of good tools: Procreate, Art Set 4, Adobe Fresco, Artrage, etc.

Re: New iPad Air, powered by M4

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Post by extraduder_ire »

wpm wrote: post #20
functionmouse wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't vendors as big as Apple lock in their prices and contracts years in advance?

Rumor has it that Samsung hit them with a 100% price increase on RAM and Apple took it without even trying to negotiate

Floating 100% price increase, or did they lock that number in as a ceiling for some period of time?

Re: New iPad Air, powered by M4

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Post by mathis »

easton wrote: post #7

Memory increase to 12GB, guess they still have reasonable pricing.

The base model has only 128GB of storage. IMO they are pushing uses to upgrade storage more aggressively than ever. This should make up somewhat for the increased cost of volatile and non-volatile memory.
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