[10/23/12] Apple Event

Out of everything that was announced I'm extremely excited about the new 13" MacBook Pro w/retina display.


I've been waiting to upgrade from my 5 year old black MacBook and now it's time.

 

I would have probably gotten the 13 inch instead of the 15 inch (which I have now) if it had already been available.

Will get the ipad mini immediately when it comes out.

I missed the specs for iPad 4 - have to look into whether I grab that immediately.

 

“7-inch tablets are going to be DOA, dead on arrival.” – Steve Jobs

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I feel a bit screwed by the iPad 4 announcement, as I just bought an iPad 3 for the same price two weeks ago.

http://www.allvoices.com/contribute...ews-millions-of-customers-with-ipad-4-release

 

I would be in the market for an Ipad Mini if it was $50 cheaper.

 

Doesn't Apple have a 1 month policy where you can return new products? REturn it full price and buy the Ipad 4.

 

Well good for Apple that it's an 8" tablet

 

So what's better about the iPad 4 compared to the 3? What's the difference between 4 and mini besides screen size?

 

Processor supposedly makes it "twice as fast".

 

I have never heard of that. But I'm in Germany now, and bought it in the US.

 

I bought the iPad 3 last month from Best Buy for $459, they price-matched Microcenter, who was offering it for that price.

 

iPad 4 is 2X faster than iPad 3 and has a lightning connector. iPad mini doesn't have Retina screen.

 

Shouldn't have said the mini "crushes" the Nexus. I do think that it is a better product (screen resolution aside) if you compare the 16 GB versions. Apple's media/app options are still superior than the Play Store. I say that as an entrenched Android user.

Mini was repeatedly referred to as a shrunk down iPad 2 (though with LTE as an option).

 

Disagree wholeheartedly. Apple's media/app options are still tied to iTunes, and iTunes sucks. Not to mention, almost every major app already has an Android version, and those that don't soon will. Add in Google Play's vast number of free apps (more than Apple) and the developer community coming up with apps to do some amazing things with your phone/tablet, and I think Google Play beats the Apple app store, hands down.

 

I don't know crap about tablets. How is the "mini pad" superior to the Kindle Fire? I mean, I'm guessing it is, but in what ways?

 

For those who have both 7' and 10' tablets, which one do you wind up using the most? I have a touchpad with cyanogenmod, for me its only setback is the weight, it's heavier than a brick, but I still don't see myself upgrading until it dies.

 

i hate iTunes myself. not sure why you need to deal with it much. i use it for updating iOS and that's it. settings and apps all on iCloud.

 

isn't 7.9" closer to 8" than 7"?

I mean if ya'll had penises that was 7.9...i know you wouldn't say u had a 7"..

 

Once again, the amusing limitations of iOS have struck. Inability to scale to different aspect ratios and resolutions mean that iPad mini owners are stuck with 160dpi and 1024x768 resolution.

Same reason why they had to use the ridiculous 2048x1536 on the iPad 3. Of course, it's pretty much impossible to cram that many pixels into that screen size and still rake off 40% profit margins like you're used to.

Eventually they were forced to change the iPhone's aspect ratio, so they just lengthened one side and letterboxed the thing, and it looked funny.