Apple Event - 30th October - 2pm - "There's more in the making"

b0rn2sk8 · 30 Oct 2018 at 19:36

I have to say, iPad pro looks pretty nice. Do want but don't need, not at all.

The new pencil is very clever (charging) but I don't have any need for one.

Minstadave · 30 Oct 2018 at 19:39

b0rn2sk8 said:
I have to say, iPad pro looks pretty nice. Do want but don't need, not at all.

The new pencil is very clever (charging) but I don't have any need for one.

The old pencil's charging was stupid, dangling out the bottom of the iPad ready to break, I'm surprised Apple designed it that way, not a very slick look.

DVD Cinema · 30 Oct 2018 at 19:44

I got the Mini from Apple @ £399 refurbished. See the wheel a lot. It didn't turn out to be what I expected. No 23.976fps in Mac OS, it seems. I didn't know at the time. Not sure whether Mojave is? Touchpad is ace though when browsing.

iPad Pro looks amazing. Got the 128GB Mini. Lags a lot. My iPhone 8 Plus runs very well.

Random Guy Esq. · 30 Oct 2018 at 21:16

It's a pity the new pencil isn't backwards compatible.

Minstadave · 30 Oct 2018 at 21:19

Random Guy Esq. said:
It's a pity the new pencil isn't backwards compatible.

No way to charge it on the older iPads. I guess you could have a separate charger for it though.

Spit · 30 Oct 2018 at 21:20

So tempted to sell my 15” MacBook Pro and get a mini and iPad Pro.

Never used an iPad for work though.

Random Guy Esq. · 30 Oct 2018 at 21:21

Minstadave said:
No way to charge it on the older iPads. I guess you could have a separate charger for it though.

That's true, although would probably cost megabucks anyway.

Throrik · 30 Oct 2018 at 21:31

Spit said:
So tempted to sell my 15” MacBook Pro and get a mini and iPad Pro.

Never used an iPad for work though.

Yeah I am seriously considering returning the MBP too - and picking up a cheap base model Mini - I have a decent 'gaming' system on Windows which I mostly use for work / code / infrastructure.

woozor · 30 Oct 2018 at 22:01

I have the original ipad pro 12.9 128gb i was gonna upgrade but seeing the price increase whats the point. The redesign makes no difference and the spec increase what difference dfoes that make either. My pro runs apps split screen fine or have they actually created good software to make use of the power now?

Minstadave · 30 Oct 2018 at 22:28

The only thing I use that pushes my 10.5 is editing 4K video and it makes that look easy tbh. Lightroom is super smooth, be interesting to have a fully fledged Photoshop.

shiver · 30 Oct 2018 at 22:55

hartgeh3 said:
I paid around £6-700 for the top spec Mini in 2012, now its double the price for mild upgrade, no thanks!

Agreed, it's a steep change in cost but I definitely wouldn't say it's a "mild" upgrade.

Amp34 · 31 Oct 2018 at 01:00

LiE said:
CPU looks pretty underwhelming on the Air, otherwise I may have entertained the idea of one. Lightroom would grind to a halt.

Agreed, no i7 for starters. It’ll be interesting to see where they sit power wise compared to the Pro, which is also dual core.

Alpherah · 31 Oct 2018 at 07:02

The cpu in the air is a 5w Y series processor - there’s a very realistic chance that the old air will be quicker

DanF · 31 Oct 2018 at 07:37

They must be making massive profit from the new mac mini's, those price are insane if you consider it's just the guts out of the rMBP without all the actual laptop parts like screen, keyboard, t2 chip etc. Compare it to the intel nuc 8 with dedicated gpu and half the price :rolleyes:

apple tax is so real this year

DVD Cinema · 31 Oct 2018 at 08:15

Oh, they're still selling the old Air.

It has slower graphics, ram and cpu.

Retina resolution in new one will effect it a bit.

MagicBoy · 31 Oct 2018 at 08:28

Amp34 said:
Agreed, no i7 for starters. It’ll be interesting to see where they sit power wise compared to the Pro, which is also dual core.

i7 is a triumph of marketing over common sense.

MagicBoy · 31 Oct 2018 at 08:31

DanF said:
They must be making massive profit from the new mac mini's, those price are insane if you consider it's just the guts out of the rMBP without all the actual laptop parts like screen, keyboard, t2 chip etc. Compare it to the intel nuc 8 with dedicated gpu and half the price apple tax is so real this year

Mac mini contains the T2.

DVD Cinema · 31 Oct 2018 at 08:31

I'm sure the lower Pro's will get upgraded to Gen 8.

More cores in the Mini and much higher clock, for much less cost.

And eGPU.

MagicBoy · 31 Oct 2018 at 09:49

Architecturally there's very little difference between 6th/7th/8th/9th gen, they're all based off Skylake. Apple don't use the latest Intel chips as a major selling point worth iterating the model range for - the old Mac mini got left for nearly 4 years, the unibody 13" MBP ran for 4+ years with Ivy Bridge as an entry level offering.

If they're updating anyway then sure go for the latest, but they won't launch a new model just because Intel added cores and jumped a generation number on the marketing to distract the investors from their 10nm process woes.

MOOGLEYS · 31 Oct 2018 at 11:26

I can see the new iPad Pro being annoying to use having to lift up to line up with your face all the time. It’s not so bad with iPhone as it’s small and fits in hand. I tend to have my iPad on arm of chair and just unlock with finger to check email etc. Having to lift it up all the time for face I’d will be annoying tbh.....

Will stick with my 10.5 for now which tbh does far more than I will ever need. Quite liking the Mac air though.....