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Apple October Event

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    #152
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,678 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    The iPad Mini is like the Mac Mini. It's a product Apple doesn't see the point of anymore and only created to satisfy the need for a cheaper price point, but rather than discontinue it they just ignore it for 3 or 4 years. If people are still buying it after all that time, then they refresh it and increase the price. They repeat this process until people stop buying it.


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    #153
    murpho999
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    FourFourFM wrote: »
    iPad Pro 12.9” Space Grey Wi-Fi & 4G 1TB ordered. 2-3 week delivery date.

    Did that cost you €2,129?:eek:


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    #154
    hetuzozaho
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    So the "Air" is bigger and heavier than the MacBook... does this mean no more updates to MacBook in the future I wonder?


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    #155
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,678 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    hetuzozaho wrote: »
    So the "Air" is bigger and heavier than the MacBook... does this mean no more updates to MacBook in the future I wonder?

    Really, they should have called the 12-inch the "Air" and the new 13-inch simply "MacBook".

    While the new Air is certainly better value, the MacBook is still more portable. And fanless. I think it will remain in the line-up as a half-way point between the iPad and Mac. It'll probably get even thinner and lighter soon and be the first Mac to get ARM.


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    #156
    FourFourRED
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    The new MBA is fanless also.

    https://twitter.com/fourfourred



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    #157
    Sad Professor
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    FourFourFM wrote: »
    The new MBA is fanless also.

    Are you sure? I'm pretty certain i saw a fan in the cross section they showed.


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    #158
    Spon Farmer
    Registered Users Posts: 4,242 ✭✭✭Spon Farmer


    Johnmb wrote: »
    I'm disappointed that there doesn't seem to have been any updates to the iMac. I wasn't expecting a redesign announced at the event, but I did expect there to be spec bumps on the site. Unless I'm missing something, there doesn't seem to have been any change. That's a pity because I was planning on buying one, but at this stage they are year-old specs, so I'll stick with my MBP for a while longer.

    Do you think it likely there is some kind of iMac upgrading coming next year?


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    #159
    FourFourRED
    Registered Users Posts: 8,712 ✭✭✭FourFourRED


    Sad Professor wrote: »
    Are you sure? I'm pretty certain i saw a fan in the cross section they showed.

    Apologies. I was basing that on https://iphone.appleinsider.com/articles/18/10/30/hands-on-with-the-new-2018-macbook-air but it appears they are wrong.

    It was thought that they were carrying 5W CPU’s but they’re actually these 7W’s https://ark.intel.com/products/189912/Intel-Core-i5-8210Y-Processor-4M-Cache-up-to-3-60-GHz-

    https://twitter.com/fourfourred



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    #160
    Sad Professor
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    FourFourFM wrote: »
    Apologies. I was basing that on https://iphone.appleinsider.com/articles/18/10/30/hands-on-with-the-new-2018-macbook-air but it appears they are wrong.

    It was thought that they were crying 5W CPU’s but they’re actually these 7W’s https://ark.intel.com/products/189912/Intel-Core-i5-8210Y-Processor-4M-Cache-up-to-3-60-GHz-

    Cool, for a second I thought maybe I was seeing things as I just assumed in advance that it was going to be thicker and have a fan.

    They probably still could have gone fanless, but I guess they didn't want the CPU throttling. An understandable compromise which will make refreshes easier, but another reason the 12-inch isn't going anywhere. For now anyway.


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    #161
    Sad Professor
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    One thing I don't understand: why are they continuing to introduce Touch ID to the Mac when they are in the process of removing it from iOS devices? Face ID seems perfectly suited to the Mac, but I guess Touch ID must be cheaper or something.


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    #162
    FourFourRED
    Registered Users Posts: 8,712 ✭✭✭FourFourRED


    Interesting update regarding AppleCare+ and the Mac, it’s now available in Ireland:

    https://www.apple.com/ie/support/products/mac.html

    https://twitter.com/fourfourred



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    #163
    IamMetaldave
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    Sad Professor wrote: »
    One thing I don't understand: why are they continuing to introduce Touch ID to the Mac when they are in the process of removing it from iOS devices? Face ID seems perfectly suited to the Mac, but I guess Touch ID must be cheaper or something.

    That crossed my mind too! Maybe it's the frustration that it doesn't work as consistently as TouchID... not that Apple would admit such a thing... maybe TouchID is more convenient for opening protected documents etc than firing up FaceID each time?

    https://www.instagram.com/iammetaldave/



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    #164
    Bob24
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    Sad Professor wrote: »
    One thing I don't understand: why are they continuing to introduce Touch ID to the Mac when they are in the process of removing it from iOS devices? Face ID seems perfectly suited to the Mac, but I guess Touch ID must be cheaper or something.

    Good question, Face ID indeed seems very suitable for a device typically standing steady on a desk while the user is looking at it.

    My tentative answer: since Face ID is seen as a more premium feature than Touch ID in Apple’s product line, they don’t want to introduce it on any other laptop before the MacBook Pro has it (and since putting it on the Pro requires a bit more redesign work than just a typical spec refresh it might not be quite there yet).


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    #165
    DubDJ
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    Yeah I find it so confusing Apple haven't pushed FaceID on the Mac lineup I feel it's the much more obvious choice compared to the iOS devices. Maybe it's because of cost, maybe they are just leaving it as an exclusive feature for a while. I kind of agree with the above that they are probably holding it back for an iMac Pro refresh where the keyboard will be wireless so it makes more sense there.


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    #166
    awec
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    Yea I have a Surface Book with Windows Hello and the face identification works flawlessly on a laptop. Bit surprised Apple haven't included it in their macbooks yet.


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    #167
    Oafley Jones
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    Sad Professor wrote: »
    One thing I don't understand: why are they continuing to introduce Touch ID to the Mac when they are in the process of removing it from iOS devices? Face ID seems perfectly suited to the Mac, but I guess Touch ID must be cheaper or something.

    I'm guessing the module is too thick to stick into a bezel and other solutions wouldn't be elegant.


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    #168
    Dades
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    As long as they have a camera in the bezel they'd have space for the face ID module.

    I reckon they're keeping the cost down. Face ID was only introduced as the new phones had no room for touch ID. Plenty of room on a keyboard for touch ID = no requirement for an expensive face ID feature that most people moaned about having to use anyway.

    Might be a "feature" that nobody really needs on the next MBP.


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    #169
    Shn99
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    Anyone know when apple usually upload the event to YouTube? Would like to hook it up to the telly


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    #170
    Oafley Jones
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    Dades wrote: »
    As long as they have a camera in the bezel they'd have space for the face ID module.

    How do you work that out? Bare in mind that they can only fit a 720p module in as is, owing to requirement for thinness. How thick are the dot projector, flood illuminator and IR camera?


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    #171
    IamMetaldave
    Registered Users Posts: 3,499 ✭✭✭IamMetaldave


    Shn99 wrote: »
    Anyone know when apple usually upload the event to YouTube? Would like to hook it up to the telly

    Can you not stream it on the TV's browser from their site?

    https://www.instagram.com/iammetaldave/



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