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So many remember this when thinking of what an iMac should be



But few remember this



or this



They're all iMacs. 

GeorgeBMac said:

For all those defending the "Everything Glued together & soldered together" assembly of the MacBooks by saying "Nobody ever upgraded a computer", Andrew just called bull!

His biggest (only?) complaint about his M1 MacBook Air is that it can't meet his needs because it is frozen in time with what it came with when he bought it -- versus his MacPro which grew and developed with enhancements as his needs, wants and requirements grew.

Likewise, my 9 year old i7 Thinkpad runs perfectly well and meets all of my needs -- because it's been upgraded to a 500Gb SSD, 16Gb Ram and an internal harddrive used for ongoing, real time backups.  Without those cheap and very simple to install (5 minutes or less) upgrades the machine would have been scrap

Statements such as this remind me of my now deceased father who used to long for the days of when he could service his car himself. 
I sometimes wonder what he would say seeing today's Teslas or Priuses. 

Either way, all technology will move towards this way of doing things with ARM architecture taking up more space. Apple is just ahead of the curve on this. 

GeorgeBMac said:

nicholfd said:

dysamoria said:

AutigerMark said:

Sorry but I don’t think a person can reasonably expect a fitment-specific accessory designed to for generation A to also fit generation B.  Doesn’t matter how expensive it is.

When I buy a case for an iPhone it’s with the understanding that it’s (likely) only going to 100% fit the iPhone I’m buying.

That’s a case. They don’t usually cost hundreds of dollars.

The Magic Keyboard for the iPad is a case also.  It also happens to come with a nice, backlit keyboard, and a touch pad.  That's why it costs hundreds of dollars.

Not really, I just bought a case with a "nice, backlit keyboard, and a touch pad" on Amazon for a 6th Gen iPad for $59.  It works very well!

We're talking about the iPad Pro 12.9 inch in this thread. 
Your keyboard is for the classic iPad 9.7 inch and I'm pretty certain that they go for pennies on a dollar nowadays.  

saarek said:

notwichred said:

Not the first time something like this happens.  I remember buying an iPad 3 on launch day only for the iPad 4 with Retina display launching a few months later.

 No-one offered me a trade in.

The iPad 3 was shockingly slow with future iOS updates, it just wasn’t powerful enough to drive the Retina display and ended up an expensive paperweight far before it should have.

I’ve not bought an iPad since.

That’s a hell of a long time to hold onto a grudge

A whole lot of chest thumping, shirt tearing, soap box standing going on here.