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echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

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Matinee
Sep 15, 2007

your mum's iPhone cable is nearly ready I see

eric
Apr 27, 2004
Lipstick Apathy

Bulgogi Hoagie posted:

going to have my sex plus battery replacement this week so i can squeeze another two years out of this nice rear end phone

It’s almost impossible to get an appointment at an Apple store because spergs are replacing their battery with 95% health.

Agile Vector
May 21, 2007

scrum bored



echinopsis posted:

i get braided ali express cables in lots of 4 or 5 and i splashed out like $4 and bought a THREE METER ONE holy poo poo it’s the best

i got a 10 foot anker powerline one and it is a treat for charging things, long cables own and its dumb everything is 3 feet now

Bulgogi Hoagie posted:

the anker cables are the sturdiest i’ve tried so far and if you’re having cable issues i recommend

yeah for real that and their power bricks are nice, their braided cable is nice for durable car use too. im even thinking of shelling for some decent usb micros just for a matching durable set of stuff

Matinee posted:

your mum's iPhone cable is nearly ready I see

lol

Jimmy Carter
Nov 3, 2005

THIS MOTHERDUCKER
FLIES IN STYLE

r u ready to WALK posted:

If only Apple would stop using their retarded natural rubber cable sleeves that rot and fall apart it wouldn't be a problem. Literally the entire rest of the industry uses plain cheap pvc and those cables never go bad.

But they probably think they are really clever making planned obsolescence cables :mad:

they’re not made with rubber for a wide variety of reasons, including the fact that ~5% of the population has some form of sensitivity to latex.
PVC is less flexible than you think, cracks easily, can be damaged more easily when exposed to sunscreen, and the manufacturing of involves a lot of Not Very Good chemicals.

Bulgakov
Mar 8, 2009


рукописи не горят

need more lead in them for that flex n taste

heated game moment
Oct 30, 2003

Lipstick Apathy

echinopsis posted:

i get braided ali express cables in lots of 4 or 5 and i splashed out like $4 and bought a THREE METER ONE holy poo poo it’s the best

drat this would be a game changer

Joe 30330
Dec 20, 2007

"We have this notion that if you're poor, you cannot do it. Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids."

As the audience reluctantly began to applaud during the silence, Biden tried to fix his remarks.

"Wealthy kids, black kids, Asian kids -- no, I really mean it." Biden said.
Just use USB extensions

havelock
Jan 20, 2004

IGNORE ME
Soiled Meat
I have no tablet and might be travelling a lot internationally soon. Should I just buy that new ipad or is something else a better idea? I'd potentially use the music apps you can get on ios, but not on android.

akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

never buy an android

pram
Jun 10, 2001
just use your iphone that you no doubt own :confused:

EIDE Van Hagar
Dec 8, 2000

Beep Boop

eric posted:

It’s almost impossible to get an appointment at an Apple store because spergs are replacing their battery with 95% health.

my wifes battery said 85% healthy in their tests but it was causing her phone to die suddenly while reading 28-30% full. especially bad in cold weather, we went hiking near pikes peak in °F temps and it was great when the map died and we had to use paper maps like goddamn animals

i am sure the test is mostly accurate but i wouldnt trust it completely

Jimmy Carter
Nov 3, 2005

THIS MOTHERDUCKER
FLIES IN STYLE
buy the HDMI dongle so you can plug it into rando hotel room TVs. it’s $50 and you won’t have your tablet flop onto your chest while watching porn

Wild EEPROM
Jul 29, 2011


oh, my, god. Becky, look at her bitrate.

C.H.O.M.E. posted:

my wifes battery said 85% healthy in their tests but it was causing her phone to die suddenly while reading 28-30% full. especially bad in cold weather, we went hiking near pikes peak in °F temps and it was great when the map died and we had to use paper maps like goddamn animals

i am sure the test is mostly accurate but i wouldnt trust it completely

i have this same problem except with my macbook pro.

it just gets to like 22% and dies.

but the diagnostics all say it's fine

gently caress

Laslow
Jul 18, 2007

pram posted:

just use your iphone that you no doubt own :confused:
this. especially if you got a plus or x, it shouldn’t have been a question that crossed your mind.

The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?
iPads are the best, buy one. couch surfing on phones is for poors

Stymie
Jan 9, 2001

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN
ipads were the best until tim got scared watching commercials and turned them into surface knockoffs

Stymie
Jan 9, 2001

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN
okay i have to respect adding the custom text to the gif

Laslow
Jul 18, 2007
I’ve powered on my iPad like twice a year. i am looking at the ePad with the crayon seriously though because I’m an idiot.

Agile Vector
May 21, 2007

scrum bored



i mean, a mini would be cool for travel but just get a normal ipad and heck a cheap keyboard and make it a laptop at that point so you can do whatever

i got this for my air 1 and it is fine but also apparently not in grey anymore https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NOUKGE8

im sure you can find it in whatever as its a generic oem keyboard with branding

EIDE Van Hagar
Dec 8, 2000

Beep Boop

The Management posted:

iPads are the best, buy one. couch surfing on phones is for poors

i bought the ipad 3 and then the 4 came out six months later and i am still bitter about it. why did they even release the 3, just to piss off customers?

also i didnt really find it that useful. put it on ebay after a year or so.

rjmccall
Sep 7, 2007

no worries friend
Fun Shoe
i used to use my ipad all the time, but i eventually just got frustrated at it because that generation (the 3rd) just didn't ship with enough ram to be reasonably future-proof, which is the sort of bullshit that we deserve to get called out for

i'll probably get a pro after the next refresh

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Fun Shoe

The Management posted:

iPads are the best, buy one. couch surfing on phones is for poors

yep

r u ready to WALK
Sep 29, 2001

I thought everyone had a designated couch laptop?? What do you need the iPad for

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




r u ready to WALK posted:

I thought everyone had a designated couch laptop?? What do you need the iPad for

lmao if you put your laptop on any fabric surface

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

Anal Del Raytheon posted:

drat this would be a game changer

I got this https://www.aliexpress.com/item/VOX...2311.0.0.BK6sL0 in the 3m version which was $5 US

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
i am tempted by apple pen, I think it could be good

but new ipad or ipad pro? as far as concerned the ONLY difference I care about is literal space between display and glass and ipad (not pro) having couple mm might make different to feeling "real" and hence worthwhile

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Fun Shoe

r u ready to WALK posted:

I thought everyone had a designated couch laptop?? What do you need the iPad for

too heavy, now designated as a plex server

ipad plex app czech mate hot old flappy

Wheany
Mar 17, 2006

Spinyahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Doctor Rope

Stymie posted:

okay i have to respect adding the custom text to the gif

i'm going to surf furry sites ironically to see what would be a funny avatar for you

tractor fanatic
Sep 9, 2005

Pillbug
the touchbar is very bad

Bulgogi Hoagie
Jun 1, 2012

We

echinopsis posted:

i am tempted by apple pen, I think it could be good

but new ipad or ipad pro? as far as concerned the ONLY difference I care about is literal space between display and glass and ipad (not pro) having couple mm might make different to feeling "real" and hence worthwhile

don’t spend more money than necessary

Mad Wack
Mar 27, 2008

"The faster you use your cooldowns, the faster you can use them again"

tractor fanatic posted:

the touchbar is very bad

actually, ive grown to like it a lot

r u ready to WALK
Sep 29, 2001

it's not so much the touchbar being bad, it's the rest of the computer that is bad.

non-upgradable, non-repairable flimsy donglebook.

If they released an external desktop touchbar and touch ID USB keyboard I might consider buying it though. Just keep the escape key physical, idiots. Or better yet, leave the F-key row alone and place the touchbar as an additional row above them.

infernal machines
Oct 11, 2012

we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.
perhaps both the touchbar and the computer are bad?

infernal machines
Oct 11, 2012

we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.
i mean as a way to move unsold iwatch internals by shoving them into a product that someone actually wanted to buy, it's not the worst strategy. it's just that the macbook is worse for it

tractor fanatic
Sep 9, 2005

Pillbug
touchbar sucks because literally every other part of the keyboard is about pushing buttons, so you can rest your fingers on them or just touch them without any input. it's two completely different modes of input right next to each other

Bulgogi Hoagie
Jun 1, 2012

We
the repairability of the new mbps is not great if you spend any time working in a country without apple stores i’ll tell you that

Endless Mike
Aug 13, 2003



i think i'm going to trade my ipad air for an the new ipad (2018)

eric
Apr 27, 2004
Lipstick Apathy

Endless Mike posted:

i think i'm going to trade my ipad air for an the new ipad (2018)

nice. the original air still feels the best to hold. you get the same form factor and more ram/faster processor

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Endless Mike
Aug 13, 2003



eric posted:

nice. the original air still feels the best to hold. you get the same form factor and more ram/faster processor

yeah apple quoted me at $130 for a trade-in which is probably better than i could get selling it at this point

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