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Ihmemies posted:Can’t say the same about Nexus 10. It worked like 2-3 years before it was trash. Turned me away from tablets for many years. I seem to recall this being underpowered and kind of crappy at launch so not too surprising there. I know people kept their Nexus 7s going for a loooooong time though
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Mister Facetious posted:This but my 2012 Mac Mini. Yeah this but my 2012 MBP that my wife is still using that is still working incredibly well.
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What's the least longevity apple product do we think? I guess all the stuff with tiny batteries that are impossible to replace - airpods, pencils, etc? Or is it more specific models of things? My iPad 2 didn't last long before it was devastatingly slow. The first couple of generations of that thing were rough.
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The Grumbles posted:What's the least longevity apple product do we think? I guess all the stuff with tiny batteries that are impossible to replace - airpods, pencils, etc? Or is it more specific models of things? My iPad 2 didn't last long before it was devastatingly slow. The first couple of generations of that thing were rough. The 3rd generation Ipad (then "The new Ipad") has to be among the worst.
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The Grumbles posted:What's the least longevity apple product do we think? I guess all the stuff with tiny batteries that are impossible to replace - airpods, pencils, etc? Or is it more specific models of things? My iPad 2 didn't last long before it was devastatingly slow. The first couple of generations of that thing were rough. Ipod mini, the last of the tiny low capacity hard disks. Eaten alive by the availability of cheap flash memory.
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The Grumbles posted:What's the least longevity apple product do we think? I guess all the stuff with tiny batteries that are impossible to replace - airpods, pencils, etc? Or is it more specific models of things? My iPad 2 didn't last long before it was devastatingly slow. The first couple of generations of that thing were rough. Would the big homepod count in this definition of longevity?
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Nov 26, 2022 18:08
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Criss-cross posted:The 3rd generation Ipad (then "The new Ipad") has to be among the worst. As an iOS developer at the time, absolutely this. It had the Retina display, but not the hardware to power it. We had to quickly find the legit ways to not include it in the product offering. Related the iPhone 4s because developers couldn't slice that out of the available apps without taking far better hardware out as well, so it got a lot of updates that it really shouldn't have.
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Criss-cross posted:The 3rd generation Ipad (then "The new Ipad") has to be among the worst. Having had one I can say hell yes to this.
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Oh, the shortest lived big ticket item: I knew a guy who bought an absolute top of the line maxed out G4 PowerBook in 2005!
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Nov 26, 2022 18:13
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Criss-cross posted:The 3rd generation Ipad (then "The new Ipad") has to be among the worst. It's this. It was the first iPad with a retina display but the GPU wasn't powerful enough to drive it without a ton of hiccups and general slowness. It was replaced by the 4th gen iPad 221 days later.
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Twerk from Home posted:Oh, the shortest lived big ticket item: I knew a guy who bought an absolute top of the line maxed out G4 PowerBook in 2005! I bought two Intel Macbooks in the time between the M1 was announced at WWDC and the M1 was released in December.  I thought the M1 wasn't going to be as fast as Intel and I really thought I would need Windows VM support (I didn't)
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The Grumbles posted:What's the least longevity apple product do we think? I guess all the stuff with tiny batteries that are impossible to replace - airpods, pencils, etc? Or is it more specific models of things? My iPad 2 didn't last long before it was devastatingly slow. The first couple of generations of that thing were rough. lightning cables and especially lightning earpods
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Nov 26, 2022 18:20
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Clark Nova posted:lightning cables  I still have lightning cables in service from my iPhone 5
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FCKGW posted:I bought two Intel Macbooks in the time between the M1 was announced at WWDC and the M1 was released in December. Oof that's rough
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Those early iPads were rough, yeah (and the 3 out of the gate). I'm hoping that so much of the stuff that's out nowadays have so much headroom, that unless people are hoping to like plug in their apple AR goggles into them in 2 years, they'll last a good stretch of time. Clark Nova posted:lightning cables and especially lightning earpods Lightning cables are everywhere and ubiquitous
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The Grumbles posted:Lightning cables are everywhere and ubiquitous I do wonder for how long, 30pin cables vanished rather quickly once every apple device went lightning.
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SlowBloke posted:I do wonder for how long, 30pin cables vanished rather quickly once every apple device went lightning. Almost every treadmill at every gym I go to his a 30 pin plug. Some also have usb a but…
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ThermoPhysical posted:I keep hearing about some Zugu case for the iPad mini that's supposed to be pretty good. It's $50 though, anyone know if it's good or if I should look for something else? I'm looking for good protection and a decent stand with a not very annoying pencil holder. Did hours of research thanks to Black Friday sales and came to find out that pretty much every iPad case for iPads with Apple Pencil 2 are sucky in some way.  The Zugu's case is flimsy on the side where the pencil is which gives less protection on that side, UAG has issues with Touch ID and the plastic part where the pencil snaps in gets in the way if you DON'T use Pencil 2, Spigen's cases don't always charge the pencil, just let it connect, Otterbox's Symmetry Elite case that's only available from Apple or direct from Otterbox.com has a wonky slider issue where the Pencil 2 goes where it can snap off and sometimes permanently break while the Defender series is a fragile mess of plastic hooks that snap and the rubber casing isn't exactly cut out properly.Also there's one case, forgot the manufacturer, that has a big spot right where some supposed mic hole OR headphone jack goes that doesn't actually exist on the device so it's just a random hole. Basically, no case is perfect and they all have flaws...just depends on which flaw you can live with. It seems like the pencil being there causes a lot of the issues, really.
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Nov 26, 2022 23:58
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ThermoPhysical posted:It seems like the pencil being there causes a lot of the issues, really. It's this, really. The pencil has to magnetically attach to to the side of the ipad to charge, and that means you either get a flimsy side it can charge through or a weird finicky pencil holder thing. I've got the zugu case for my Air4 and I like it. The sidewalls on the side mounted pencil slot are thick enough and come up high enough to offer a decent amount of drop protection along that edge, and the stand is great as long as you don't want to stand it up in portrait mode. Way better than that "fold the cover into a triangle" nonsense most cases use.
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The Grumbles posted:What's the least longevity apple product do we think? I guess all the stuff with tiny batteries that are impossible to replace - airpods, pencils, etc? Or is it more specific models of things? My iPad 2 didn't last long before it was devastatingly slow. The first couple of generations of that thing were rough. The AirPower wireless charging pad. 0 days available.
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:I literally just got this one last night I got this and it's great, but man, does it seem impossible to apply this without trapping dust underneath. I hate the screen protector process in general, but I swear this thing was attracting dust from three miles away.
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Nov 27, 2022 02:34
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Another kick in the nuts with the iPad 3 was that it had the old 30 pin connector but the next iPad had lighting lol The iPad 3 was such poo poo
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Waited outside a best buy for four hours before opening on launch day for the ipad 3. the thing wasn't even that hard to find and was a complete pos
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Duckman2008 posted:The AirPower wireless charging pad. 0 days available. Oh poo poo, thayts right. Same with the White iPhone 4 I believe, although that eventually shipped 10 months later. http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/04/28/white.iphone/index.html quote:The white model was supposed to ship alongside the black one at the iPhone 4's launch last June. But design and manufacturing complications delayed the process by 10 months, catching Apple off guard, executives say. What a world it was when Apple couldn't figure out how to make a white iPhone.
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If we’re talking about kinda lame apple products, i remember everyone hating the iPhone 5C but Verizon gave me one for free* after my android broke and that adorable little green device got me into the magical world of apple 
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Khizan posted:It's this, really. The pencil has to magnetically attach to to the side of the ipad to charge, and that means you either get a flimsy side it can charge through or a weird finicky pencil holder thing. I thought hard about the Zugu for iPad mini 6th generation but there’s that strong magnet on the back that you can use to plop it on the fridge and stuff. My entire room is very bad for strong magnets like that so I had to pass on it. I ended up going with the Otterbox Symmetry Elite in Orange. Otterbox has a decent enough return policy that I can get a new one if its wonky.
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Only just noticed that my iPad has Stage Manager support (2020 Pro, pretty sure that wasn’t the case when it was announced). Kinda neat I guess, but atm I don’t really see when I’d use it.
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Rinkles posted:Only just noticed that my iPad has Stage Manager support (2020 Pro, pretty sure that wasn’t the case when it was announced). There was a lot of furor when it was all announced and Apple caved, at the time I guess it was seen as being such a key feature. Depending on what size ipad you have you might get more use out of it. But even with the 11 inch, I sometimes use it if I'm using a mouse and keyboard as it can make organizing my thoughts a bit easier when I can see all the windows. But it's nothing groundbreaking. In fact it often kinda sucks. buglord posted:If we’re talking about kinda lame apple products, i remember everyone hating the iPhone 5C but Verizon gave me one for free* after my android broke and that adorable little green device got me into the magical world of apple Why do people hate this phone. It looked so cool. I'm glad the iphone cases that apple make for the new phones kind of mimic the look and feel of it.
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The Grumbles posted:There was a lot of furor when it was all announced and Apple caved, at the time I guess it was seen as being such a key feature. The 5C had a slow processor, low RAM or both. Mostly just that. Stage manager blows , it’s def something apple should have thought through more IMO.
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Looks like non-M iPads won't be getting external display support. That's the one scenario where I could see myself using Stage Manager.
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Haven't had much time to use it on my Air 5 so far, but Stage Manager seems terrible. Had high hopes for windowing comping to the Ipad, but the implementation makes using it a hassle.
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Does anyone with an iPad Mini 6 have suggestions for controller mounts or even full-on mobile controllers? I'm getting more into game streaming, and I'd really love to be able to use this thing like a weird switch. Thanks.
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I'm curious if anyone's tried that with a 12.9" Pro
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Rinkles posted:I'm curious if anyone's tried that with a 12.9" Pro I have a 12.9” pro and using a controller mount for that would break your wrists so hard you’d develop a lisp and a love for drag.
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Arivia posted:I have a 12.9” pro and using a controller mount for that would break your wrists so hard you’d develop a lisp and a love for drag. what the gently caress
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Arivia posted:I have a 12.9” pro and using a controller mount for that would break your wrists so hard you’d develop a lisp and a love for drag. Other goons will critique you for this post, but I personally am glad when someone so proudly declares their hatred of the queer community. It makes it so much easier to just ignore you in future.
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Coq au Nandos posted:Other goons will critique you for this post, but I personally am glad when someone so proudly declares their hatred of the queer community. It makes it so much easier to just ignore you in future. I’m queer myself. It’s a joke. Chill.
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Nov 28, 2022 21:21
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Arivia posted:I’m queer myself. It’s a joke. Chill. It was a bad one, and claiming to be a part of the people you’re punching at doesn’t make it less lovely, hth
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Soul Glo posted:It was a bad one, and claiming to be a part of the people you’re punching at doesn’t make it less lovely, hth I'm not punching at anyone. It's joking about stereotypes. People do that all the time about the groups they're part of.
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Arivia posted:I'm not punching at anyone. It's joking about stereotypes. People do that all the time about the groups they're part of. Usually the best jokes are the ones that need explaining. 
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