Arm book by the end of the year
― calstars, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 19:25 (three years ago) link
they have committed to at least one arm mac by the end of the year (not clear if that's announced or actually shipped). the general consensus it it will be a lower end macbook.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 20:09 (three years ago) link
thanks!
― sean gramophone, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 20:27 (three years ago) link
are they... are they made of arms? do you wear them on your arm?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 20:32 (three years ago) link
Here's a version of my iPhone sizes sketch with the ghost of the original SE, if anyone wants that size comparison. #AppleEvent pic.twitter.com/De1y7KFGva— Kate Matthews (@rhl__) October 13, 2020
new iphone mini is bigger than the original SE, but smaller than the current SE.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 20:43 (three years ago) link
looks... smaller than the original SE?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 20:48 (three years ago) link
Original SE is unlabeled in light orange/peach.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 20:49 (three years ago) link
Original SE is the peach one without a label in the middle
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 20:50 (three years ago) link
ah got it. yeah, i can get with that for sure; i've been hanging on to my 5se for five years or so but it's beginning to flag. gonna need to upgrade at some point in the future though; a top of the line model with applecare and case/charger/wallet looks like it runs about 1400.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 20:54 (three years ago) link
Ugh, they're killing me with the late release dates this year. I was planning on keeping my 6S for at least another year but I went swimming with it in my pocket the first week of September and have been limping along with my old 4S since then. Which means I don't even really have a phone since Verizon won't activate that one anymore. Good thing I never got rid of the land line!
― early rejecter, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:07 (three years ago) link
Wah
― calstars, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:30 (three years ago) link
This mini looks really good, yeah. The camera on the enormo one does as well though: the example shots are better by some stretch than the last round and in much more challenging light than the usual “desert at midday” stuff
― stet, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:54 (three years ago) link
I've got to the New Battery (and new lightening port) vs New Phone point in the cycle. However, I'm not entirely sure my original X is lacking anything, but will probably end up buying a new one anyway.
― American Fear of Scampos (Ed), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 05:51 (three years ago) link
SE now ÂŁ399
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 12:29 (three years ago) link
cheapest iPhone ever?
here we go
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/11/one-more-thing-apple-announces-livestreamed-event-for-november-10/
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 2 November 2020 21:25 (three years ago) link
Will it have a keyboard that doesn’t suck?
Will macOS run in an iPad so I can buy a portable Mac with a keyboard that doesn’t suck?
― American Fear of Scampos (Ed), Monday, 2 November 2020 21:37 (three years ago) link
Gotta wait til next year’s LED screens on the notebooks
― calstars, Monday, 2 November 2020 21:45 (three years ago) link
Which laptop did you want, Ed? They’ve already dropped the butterfly keyboard on much of the range, haven’t they?
― Alba, Monday, 2 November 2020 22:17 (three years ago) link
gonna get one of these because they keyboard is better https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-400-the-70-desktop-pc/
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 2 November 2020 22:23 (three years ago) link
Aren't those inevitably going to die horrible deaths by Keyboard Crud?
― Nhex, Monday, 2 November 2020 23:04 (three years ago) link
I got one of the first 13” MBPs with the new keyboard and it is still too easy to double strike a key, the action I don’t mind. I never go anywhere without an external keyboard now, or anywhere at all this year.
TBF my ideal setup is probably an iMac + and iPad
― American Fear of Scampos (Ed), Monday, 2 November 2020 23:20 (three years ago) link
Fuuuuuck, the non-pro iMac can't be configured with more than 256GB of storage? FUUUUUUCK.
― scampo-phenique (WmC), Monday, 2 November 2020 23:38 (three years ago) link
really? that's insane.
― lukas, Monday, 2 November 2020 23:50 (three years ago) link
Seems to be? I have a 2017 with 500. That’s crazy if they’d do that. They can’t be assuming everybody would just have a bunch of external drives. I have a thunder bay w 4 drives hooked up and even then I’d rather have more than 256 on internal.
― dan selzer, Monday, 2 November 2020 23:55 (three years ago) link
8TB.
― by the light of the burning CitroĂ«n, Monday, 2 November 2020 23:56 (three years ago) link
Ah, that's for the 3.1Ghz version. The 3.3Ghz and 3.8Ghz models can go higher. Still, crazy.
― scampo-phenique (WmC), Monday, 2 November 2020 23:58 (three years ago) link
Up to 2TB in the 3.3 and up to 8TB in the 3.8.
― scampo-phenique (WmC), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 00:00 (three years ago) link
I’m just popping in to say the 12 Pro is the best iPhone I’ve owned since the 4 and it’s largely because it’s the same shape and it’s blue
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 00:11 (three years ago) link
yeah i got the regular 12 anda week in it's the most enjoyable-to-use device i've probably ever owned
― Clay, Tuesday, 3 November 2020 00:34 (three years ago) link
I’m enjoying my 12 pro. I thought the X was the best when I got it but I’m really satisfied with the 12 pro. Straight sides are definitely better.
― American Fear of Scampos (Ed), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 08:03 (three years ago) link
I agree straight sides are essential if you don't use a case. I'm going to stick with my 1st-gen SE as long as possible. My wife just got the 2nd-gen SE and its slippery as heck without a case on it.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 3 November 2020 15:20 (three years ago) link
I still wish it had a headphone jack though
― #vote2020 (DJP), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 15:22 (three years ago) link
I'm returning the 12 regular today and ordering the Pro Max on Friday
― calstars, Tuesday, 3 November 2020 15:22 (three years ago) link
As I've mentioned on here before, I drop my SE2 all the time, and that's with quite a grippy case on it. Combination of curved edges, slightly too big to comfortably be extracted from any jacket pocket, and accelerating geriatric clumsiness, I guess.
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 3 November 2020 15:48 (three years ago) link
I've got a full-on cloth case for mine which helps a lot.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 15:59 (three years ago) link
Just got the iPad Air which feels heavy and chunky but powerful af compared to the 4 year old one I had.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 20:13 (three years ago) link
i am using an old (circa 2015) wacom intuos pro tablet to handwrite things on the macbook pro for various pedagogical purposes. it really sucks over bluetooth and is not much better over usb.
does anyone have experience using the ipad + apple pencil as a wireless writing tablet? is it any good? do you need an ipad pro to do that? my 2015 ipad air still works fine for what i use it for (90% reading and looking at internet) but i wouldn't mind ditching the wacom and it seems like most notetaking apps are geared for ipad to begin with anyway.
― the late great, Tuesday, 3 November 2020 20:22 (three years ago) link
I just bought an apple pencil for my kid for his birthday to go with a standard iPad from 2018. Birthday is next week. I'll report back.
― DJI, Tuesday, 3 November 2020 20:24 (three years ago) link
Do you mean to use the tablet for writing in real time in an online class? I have had some success with that but not reliably enough. Just writing with the pencil offline works great though, eg for writing comments on student work.
― All cars are bad (Euler), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 20:25 (three years ago) link
yes that's exactly what i mean
― the late great, Tuesday, 3 November 2020 20:27 (three years ago) link
real time writing using (usually) zoom screen share or (less frequently) a shared document
― the late great, Tuesday, 3 November 2020 20:28 (three years ago) link
The search for handwritten text in one of the apps I use (Goodnotes, iirc) is creepy-good. I used it a lot before WFH
― stet, Tuesday, 3 November 2020 20:31 (three years ago) link
Yeah I have to use ms teams for that and it worked well in a test session but not during the actual class. I’ll have to retry soon.
― All cars are bad (Euler), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 20:31 (three years ago) link
i'm using goodnotes, notability and onenote. none are perfect and i'm having trouble making up my mind which to use. notability seems the most stable, probably because it has the fewest features?
― the late great, Tuesday, 3 November 2020 20:33 (three years ago) link
OK this M1 MacBook Air looks pretty fast, eh? Or am I being sucked in by hype?
― Alba, Tuesday, 10 November 2020 18:32 (three years ago) link
the custom GPU gives me a cynical feeling, but i'll keep an open mindApple One finally available btw, time to find some friends who will go in with me
― Nhex, Tuesday, 10 November 2020 18:34 (three years ago) link
how much does it weigh though
― The Bosom Manor Michaelmas Special (silby), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 18:35 (three years ago) link
I have Apple One because of my brother, it's cool (as these things go) - the magazine selection is decent, Apple Music is about as annoying as Spotify now, I haven't found any game worth keeping in Arcade though
― onlyfans.com/hunterb (milo z), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 18:41 (three years ago) link
is News+ worth the extra $10 bump to the top tier? (though even less when split)
― Nhex, Tuesday, 10 November 2020 18:44 (three years ago) link