Does she want an iPad Pro? Does she need an iPad Pro?My wife wants an iPad so I've been plowing through the iPad Pro rumors. Turns out to be a pretty useless exercise. Apple is good at keeping things wrapped up when they want to.
Does she want an iPad Pro? Does she need an iPad Pro?
If not, and she'd be fine with the iPad, then don't waste your money on an iPad Pro. Personally I have zero interest in the iPad Pro. I'd rather get the much, much cheaper iPad, but YMMV.
Does she want an iPad Pro? Does she need an iPad Pro?
If not, and she'd be fine with the iPad, then don't waste your money on an iPad Pro. Personally I have zero interest in the iPad Pro. I'd rather get the much, much cheaper iPad, but YMMV.
I still use my Air 2 every day for videos, browsing, a little gaming, and reading. I don't really have any compulsion to replace it with a newer one. I did jump from the 1st gen 12.9 to the 2nd gen, but I regret it a little. I got my gen 1 Pro for an absolute steal, so had to take a loss to get the newer one, and it's not SO much faster that it offsets my loss.Very similar conversation me and my wife have been having. We both have Air 2's. She wants a new one. I asked why do you need a new one, what do you need to do that your current one doesnt? Still waiting for an answer. Hell I dont even have a desire for a new one. Only need so much power for youtube, facebook and mobile games. For those that do video/photo editing or other pro apps I can see it. But 98% of Pro buyers should buy the regular iPad. (not counting those that buy the 12.9 for the reason they want the big display)
Just to play with a Mac for cheap, you can buy a 2009 MacBook6,1 or 2010 MacBook7,1.I wouldn't mind a Mac Mini. I've been wanting a Mac to play with seriously (I have a G3 Powerbook), and used Macs are expensive. We'll see how it goes, I'm not willing to spend a fortune on it.
I have always thought the Mac Mini and the iMac line should be redesigned in such a way that the internals would be identical between them with the only difference being the cases they come in (one with a monitor, one without). It would make updating easier and simplify their production while finally giving those that don't want a built-in display a more powerful machine But that ain't ever going to happen.
Looks more like they took the MacBook Escape (the 13" Pro with 2 TB ports and no Touchbar) and formed it into a wedge. We'll know for sure after the event and the store comes back up. We'll see which product doesn't exist anymore.Ha, the new Air is a renamed Macbook.
I'm not crazy about the fact that the price floor on the 12.9" jumped $200. I won't be getting one anytime soon, but it's still irritating.So the ipad went usb-c with no fanfare. IMO thats huge!
I'm not crazy about the fact that the price floor on the 12.9" jumped $200. I won't be getting one anytime soon, but it's still irritating.
Just get a used one, that's what I've done. And for that intended purpose, the first gen iPad Pro would be more than sufficient.I've been wanting to get a large 12.9" iPad to replace physical creative media (kids + paint + markers = MEGA MESS to clean up every day, lol).
The checkout page is telling me $1,257 for the base 12.9" iPad with AppleCare (I wouldn't get AppleCare for like a $300 iPad, but now that it costs a grand? dang man) & the Pencil 2.0...holy crap! I didn't even pay that much for my VR gaming computer!
Apple calls out that the mac mini is using DDR4 SODIMMs specifically, and the images from the keynote and on their site sure look like removable RAM. As for the SSD... if it's removable it's probably not a standard form factor. The iMac Pro is also using removable (but not user-accessible) RAM and SSDs.Hearing rumours that the memory on the new mini is upgradeable! Possibly even the nvme ssd also.
Just get a used one, that's what I've done. And for that intended purpose, the first gen iPad Pro would be more than sufficient.
Apple calls out that the mac mini is using DDR4 SODIMMs specifically, and the images from the keynote and on their site sure look like removable RAM. As for the SSD... if it's removable it's probably not a standard form factor. The iMac Pro is also using removable (but not user-accessible) RAM and SSDs.