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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Inspect Your Gadgets > Apple's Annual iPad Event (October 16th @ 10AM PDT)
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Star War Sex Parrot
Oct 2, 2003

Didn't we just have one of these events? No bother, maybe they'll get the streaming right this time. What can we expect from the event?
  • iPad Air 2: This is basically guaranteed as the updated Apple iPad User Guide leaked today showing the new iPads with Touch ID sensor. Also expecting A8X, 2GB of RAM, and possibly a resolution bump as evidenced by 3x iPad assets.
  • iPad Mini 3: Similar to the Air 2, this is a lock.
  • 12" iPad Pro: Don't bet on it.
  • iOS 8.1: Bug fixes, mostly. Camera Roll is back, I guess.
  • Apple Pay: Part of iOS 8.1 and expected to go live sometime around October 18-20.
  • Mac refreshes: Rumors keep swirling about a Retina iMac, and others are clamoring for Broadwell Macs. However, Intel's timeline only shows BGA, SoC-type Broadwell parts for tablets/ultrabooks this year. The socket 1150 (read: desktop) parts are coming next year.
  • OS X Yosemite: Some folks are saying it'll be released tomorrow, but my money's on next week following Apple's earnings call a la Lion, Mountain Lion, and Mavericks before it. Apple's got a rather predictable system now. Maybe developers will get a GM tomorrow.
Live stream from Apple: Right here.

Star War Sex Parrot fucked around with this message at 03:01 on Oct 16, 2014

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Star War Sex Parrot
Oct 2, 2003

 Stream is doing stuff... it's not a broadcast truck!

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Oct 2, 2003

phosdex posted:

kinda hoping to see an updated mini
It's already confirmed.

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Star War Sex Parrot
Oct 2, 2003

 iPhone release video. Ugh.

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Oct 2, 2003

OldSenileGuy posted:

I find these things very creepy and unsettling.
Eh, I see it more as playing to the investors with "people really love our poo poo."

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Star War Sex Parrot
Oct 2, 2003

 Wonder how he'll spin the slow iOS 8 adoption rate, or if it won't come up at all. I'm leaning toward the latter.

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Oct 2, 2003

Bottom Liner posted:

Yeah, this presentation is big lip service to investors so far.
This is the typical format of their presentations. It was actually unusual that it didn't happen last month at the iPhone event.

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Star War Sex Parrot
Oct 2, 2003

 It's been too long, Craig.

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Star War Sex Parrot
Oct 2, 2003

 Or Mac Mini. I wouldn't put too much stock into that image.

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Oct 2, 2003

OldSenileGuy posted:

Ha, there's your spin, SWSP
Indeed.

Craig I expect better from you.

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Star War Sex Parrot
Oct 2, 2003

Happy Noodle Boy posted:

This live streaming is not working pretty good.
No issues here.

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Star War Sex Parrot
Oct 2, 2003

OldSenileGuy posted:

:siren: GIF WITH HARD-G :siren:
I thought the same thing.

drat it, Craig.

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Star War Sex Parrot
Oct 2, 2003

OldSenileGuy posted:

I was highlighting it because it was correct. :colbert:
I will fight you.

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Oct 2, 2003

Binary Badger posted:

aw cmon new hardware already
Seriously, this is the third time we've heard this poo poo.

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Star War Sex Parrot
Oct 2, 2003

 Someone get Craig a drink.

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Star War Sex Parrot
Oct 2, 2003

 SPACE

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Star War Sex Parrot
Oct 2, 2003

 Would any more than 1% of iPad users be bent out of shape if they dropped cellular support for iPads? I guess it's easy margin on the hardware and appeases the carriers, but it seems unnecessary.

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Oct 2, 2003

smackfu posted:

It's a very good hotspot with an endless battery.
That's about all I ever use it for anymore, but I can't say I'd miss it very much if it was gone.

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Oct 2, 2003

Whirlwind Jones posted:

I'm literally going to kill myself right now. I'm serious.
I'm waiting.

Axim posted:

Why is the stream constantly cutting out!?!
Who knows? I've had no issues.

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Star War Sex Parrot
Oct 2, 2003

 Yessssss honeycrisp namedrop

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Oct 2, 2003

 Hooray I was wrong!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Star War Sex Parrot
Oct 2, 2003

 The balloon time lapse was legitimately cool.

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Oct 2, 2003

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

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Oct 2, 2003

Kobayashi posted:

I wish Apple had cut some of this filler to keep this presentation to an hour.
Just pretend it starts at 10:45AM next time.

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Star War Sex Parrot
Oct 2, 2003

Aphrodite posted:

Wait, what program is this? That erase tool is cool.


I have so many embarrassing things to remove from my selfies.
Pixelmator. Photoshop has had the same functionality since CS5.

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Star War Sex Parrot
Oct 2, 2003

 It auto-corrected away Utah. Owned Utah.

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Oct 2, 2003

SourKraut posted:

Still have the 2011 27" iMac on 802.11n?
That uses gigabit since it's at the same desk as the Time Capsule.

Thanks for reminding me about my 802.11n Apple TV though :mad:

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Oct 2, 2003

Mortanis posted:

Does Apple own a portion of these companies? They're going to get massive sales boosts being up on stage like this.
No, but they are taking 30% of all sales. So yeah it's sort of in Apple's best interest to spotlight good apps.

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Star War Sex Parrot
Oct 2, 2003

 Three different iPad Minis in the lineup? That's a little weird.

A5 lives on, I guess.

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Star War Sex Parrot posted:

Three different iPad Minis in the lineup? That's a little weird.

A5 lives on, I guess.
Or wait, is that an A6? I can't even remember anymore.

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Oct 2, 2003

SourKraut posted:

Still have the 2011 27" iMac on 802.11n?
Well, poo poo. That Retina Display.

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Oct 2, 2003

LegendaryFrog posted:

Wait... a TFT display rather than IPS? That seems like a step back...
IPS, TN, PVA, etc. are all different forms of TFT displays.

Get your acronyms straight.

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Oct 2, 2003

Mortanis posted:

TFT? Now I'm less convinced. I've been spoiled by IPS for too long now.
You too.

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Star War Sex Parrot
Oct 2, 2003

 AMD instead of Maxwell :(

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Binary Badger posted:

see guys fusion drive that's why theres still a platter drive in a machine ityool 2014
I love the Fusion setup in my iMac.

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Rabble posted:

No Macbook updates?
Broadwell isn't ready yet.

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