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Mortanis
Dec 28, 2005

It's your father's lightsaber. This is the weapon of a Jedi Knight.
College Slice
The video reveal was absurdly dumb, but still... the inevitable shrinking of technology is a cool thing and I'll never not enjoy it.

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Canned Sunshine
Nov 20, 2005

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Sometimes I think they obsess a little too much on thinness. Then again I don't pick up my 4th gen iPad and think it's now some bloated monstrosity so what do I know.

Star War Sex Parrot
Oct 2, 2003

smackfu posted:

It feels like the iPad is just getting old iPhone tech. Except the cpu.
Well, the iPhone came out first so that sorta makes sense.

Rabble
Dec 3, 2005

Pillbug
Now you can play cut the rope in super high definition.

Aphrodite
Jun 27, 2006

The chart actually says iPad 3 and 4 instead of the dumb names they had.

Binary Badger
Oct 11, 2005

Trolling Link for a decade


play threes 180X faster

Bottom Liner
Feb 15, 2006


a specific vein of lasagna
Show the minis damnit

Star War Sex Parrot
Oct 2, 2003

I wonder if iOS is using Metal for the UI yet on supported devices. Somehow I doubt it.

Aphrodite
Jun 27, 2006

Bottom Liner posted:

Show the minis damnit

They can't. They're too thin to appear on camera.

Star War Sex Parrot
Oct 2, 2003

Aphrodite posted:

The chart actually says iPad 3 and 4 instead of the dumb names they had.
The iPad 3 was only "the New iPad" for a few months before they dropped it.

Canned Sunshine
Nov 20, 2005

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Give us Macs dammit.

illcendiary
Dec 4, 2005

Damn, this is good coffee.

smackfu posted:

It feels like the iPad is just getting old iPhone tech. Except the cpu.

This has pretty much always been the case though. iPads are intentionally kept one step behind iPhones because it's in Apple's interest to keep their flagship product at the very forefront.

metavisual
Sep 6, 2007

Oh poo poo yes! It has the barometer...on my way to the store NOW!

Whirlwind Jones
Apr 13, 2013

by Lowtax
No ringer switch, weird.

Binary Badger
Oct 11, 2005

Trolling Link for a decade


Android peeples: "We had all this already two years ago"

JazzFlight
Apr 29, 2006

Oooooooooooh!

SourKraut posted:

Sometimes I think they obsess a little too much on thinness. Then again I don't pick up my 4th gen iPad and think it's now some bloated monstrosity so what do I know.
Not for nothing, but going from the iPad 2-4 heft/thickness to the first Air is like night and day. Being able to hold it in one hand without getting tired is a big plus.

smackfu
Jun 7, 2004

Star War Sex Parrot posted:

Well, the iPhone came out first so that sorta makes sense.

Like iPhone 5 tech, e.g. the laminated screen.

ShoogaSlim
May 22, 2001

YOU ARE THE DUMBEST MEATHEAD IDIOT ON THE PLANET, STOP FUCKING POSTING



Do people really use the cameras on their iPads *that* much?

logikv9
Mar 5, 2009


Ham Wrangler
be a bigger douche by taking more photos on your ipad

LPG Giant
Feb 20, 2011
We've all grown so cynical regarding tech improvements

Star War Sex Parrot
Oct 2, 2003

ShoogaSlim posted:

Do people really use the cameras on their iPads *that* much?
Yes. I see people doing it all the time and it will always look weird.

smackfu
Jun 7, 2004

ShoogaSlim posted:

Do people really use the cameras on their iPads *that* much?

Old people do. The ones without a good smartphone and bad vision.

Aphrodite
Jun 27, 2006

Logikv9 posted:

be a bigger douche by taking more photos on your ipad

A bigger, but thinner and lighter douche.

Canned Sunshine
Nov 20, 2005

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Aphrodite posted:

They can't. They're too thin to appear on camera.

:clap:

JazzFlight posted:

Not for nothing, but going from the iPad 2-4 heft/thickness to the first Air is like night and day. Being able to hold it in one hand without getting tired is a big plus.
Maybe it's all the damage I've done to my hand's nerve endings over the years from gaming, but my hand doesn't really get tired holding the 4th Gen. Lack of weight also can translate to more easily dropped (for me at least) so that could be part of it too. I do like the continuous improvement in tech though so that part appeals to me.

ShoogaSlim
May 22, 2001

YOU ARE THE DUMBEST MEATHEAD IDIOT ON THE PLANET, STOP FUCKING POSTING



Yeah of course everyone takes helicopter birds-eye shots of the Golden Gate Bridge and up close shots of Parrots :rolleyes:

TyrantWD
Nov 6, 2010
Ignore my doomerism, I don't think better things are possible
I can't blame Apple for making a big deal about the camera. Aside from a processor refresh and shaving a fraction of a mm off the thickness each year - there is very little else to add in an annual refresh cycle.

phosdex
Dec 16, 2005

do these new ipads have the camera sticking out the back like the phones now too

Star War Sex Parrot
Oct 2, 2003

The balloon time lapse was legitimately cool.

Rabble
Dec 3, 2005

Pillbug
Burst Selfies!

Binary Badger
Oct 11, 2005

Trolling Link for a decade


slo-mo my cat hacking up a hairball yay

buglord
Jul 31, 2010

Cheating at a raffle? I sentence you to 1 year in jail! No! Two years! Three! Four! Five years! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!

Buglord
Hey man selfies just aren't for kids :mad:

BobHoward
Feb 13, 2012

The only thing white people deserve is a bullet to their empty skull

smackfu posted:

Like iPhone 5 tech, e.g. the laminated screen.

Might as well call it retina macbook pro tech then, I think that was the first Apple product with the front glass bonded to the lcd.

Star War Sex Parrot
Oct 2, 2003

Gonna buy an iPad Air 2, and a new Time Capsule since all my devices will be on 802.11ac now.

logikv9
Mar 5, 2009


Ham Wrangler
yay finally the upgrade that should have been put in last generation is here

ShoogaSlim
May 22, 2001

YOU ARE THE DUMBEST MEATHEAD IDIOT ON THE PLANET, STOP FUCKING POSTING



phosdex posted:

do these new ipads have the camera sticking out the back like the phones now too

It's thinner than an iPhone 6 but there's more surface area to an iPad so perhaps they're jamming that stuff in elsewhere.

howe_sam
Mar 7, 2013

Creepy little garbage eaters

TouchID for iPad finally!

Rabble
Dec 3, 2005

Pillbug
Time to buy me a last generation ipad Mini

smackfu
Jun 7, 2004

Star War Sex Parrot posted:

Gonna buy an iPad Air 2, and a new Time Capsule since all my devices will be on 802.11ac now.

Oh yeah, I forgot the iPhone 6 has that. Maybe will update to new Airport then.

Feenix
Mar 14, 2003
Sorry, guy.
I'm at preschool with my kid today. First keynote ever missed. APPLEPAY Monday?

Do we know when 8.1 is?

Yosemite?

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Aphrodite
Jun 27, 2006

Feenix posted:

I'm at preschool with my kid today. First keynote ever missed. APPLEPAY Monday?

Do we know when 8.1 is?

Yosemite?

Yes. Monday. Today.

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