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  • More Metal: Apple's iPad Pro Magic Keyboards, compared

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    AniMill said:
    Here’s wishing that at WWDC Apple introduces a new “MacMode” where the iPad Pro - when attached to the MagicKeyboard - activates full macOS on the iPad allowing for full Mac app functionality. I’d be OK if MacMode disabled the touchscreen. Ahh to dream…
    What's this never ending obsession in wanting to turn the iPad into a Mac?

    13" iPad Pro + keyboard = $1650
    13" MacBook Air (w/ M3 chip) = $1100 
    williamlondondewme

  • World rocked as YouTubers prove you can eventually break an iPad

    thedbathedba
    9secondkox2 said:
    puiz666 said:
    Wow, what a rant. When I heard how thin the iPad Pro was, I started to wonder about how easy it was going to be to bend or break it, as I still remember the iPhone 6 “bendgate.” My next thought was, surely some YouTubers would try to bend and break it and report back: they have the budget to do that. And they did. And I’m glad. What exactly is wrong here?
    So how do you feel about apple’s “crush” ad?
    I don’t know about puiz666 but I’m still trying to figure out what was so offensive about the crush ad.
    As for YouTubers trying to bend iPhones/iPads etc., meh!!!! I’m pretty sure Apple doesn’t care as long as the cash keeps flowing in.
    williamlondonbeowulfschmidtwatto_cobra

  • Spotify listeners may finally get lossless audio -- but at a cost

    thedbathedba
    This will matter to the less than 1% of Spotify users that claim to “hear” the difference.
    There will be YouTubers that will make it look like the greatest thing to happen to music, well since music itself.
    The more than 99% of users will just shrug it off and continue listening to the way they’ve always been listening.  
    dewmeCalvinatorwatto_cobra

  • AirPods & Apple Watch market share insight opens debate on consumer choice

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    At this point I think the DOJ would want AirPods, Apple watch, iPhone, iPad and Mac to be separate independent entities. 
    Why wouldn't Apple want its devices to work seamlessly together?

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but do other watches work with an iPhone through an app? If someone wanted a Garmin or a Fitbit, wouldn't that work on an iPhone?

    Headphones/Earphones from other manufacturers all work when paired to an iPhone. In fact if you want a superior wireless listening experience, like LDAC according to audiophiles, then you should not buy any version of AirPods. Even better you should not even buy an iPhone because it doesn't support this and has less customizations than equivalent Android phones. Apple isn't reducing the experience of audiophiles, it's basically telling them not to buy their own products. 
    Where is this so called anticompetitive advantage of AirPods? Most YouTubers describe them as over priced inferior products.  
    jas99watto_cobra

  • Thunderbolt 5 vs Thunderbolt 4 -- everything you need to know

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    gadgetcanadav2 said:
    My ideal setup is my Macbook Pro with one Thunderbolt 5 cable powering the macbook that connects to a 32" 8K monitor with a TB5 passthrough feeding another 32" 8K monitor both at 60Hz or better. The back of the monitor would have a 10GB ethernet port and 3 or 4 USB-C ports that would connect my microphone, webcam and time machine hard drive. One TB5 cable for power and all communication to my Macbook Pro would be amazing. Apple just needs to make a Studio Display Pro with those features when they release a new MBP with TB5.

    Even better than your 32” 8K monitor would be 40” 8K.
    That could still retain “Retina” resolution at 220 pixels per inch.

    watto_cobra