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Apple debuts third-generation Apple Pencil with USB-C charging
themind said:Very serious question here, why offer tilt INSTEAD of pressure? is tilt cheaper? What features does it offer better than pressure?
Tilt is an internal feature that probably comes for free if they're just reusing the Pencil 2 circuit board. -
Apple debuts third-generation Apple Pencil with USB-C charging
I find it pretty funny to see how easily people are "confused" by something that isn't the slightest bit confusing.
For anything iPad 10 and above, the default tool is the Apple Pencil (USB-C).
For those who need pressure sensitivity, there is the Pencil 2, which also comes with double-tap tool switching and wireless charging.
Apple Pencil 1 is a legacy product that exists because of iPad 9 and will work with iPad 10, because the USB-C Pencil wasn't ready when the iPad 10 was released.That's all.(Yes, Apple Pencil 1 adds pressure sensitivity to the iPad 9, but if you're really into graphic arts, you didn't buy the iPad 9, anyway, because of its inferior display.) -
Apple debuts third-generation Apple Pencil with USB-C charging
9secondkox2 said:newisneverenough said:If it’s basically just a generic stylus… I don’t see the point. It sounds like a horrible product. I also have to say thank god I have a gen 2! I use the Magnetic Charging all the time-so useful and efficient. And to reduce the artistic flexibility is also just bizarre. This seems like a totally misguided cheapening of a product. if I want a cheap stylus they’re available everywhere already.This product literally does not need to exist.Apple made a case for the pencil with very specific use-cases because they had to overcome Jobs saying “if you’re using a stylus, you’re doing it wrong.” And apple succeeded. The pencil earned its right to exist with its creative precision and ability.This… is “doing it wrong” as Jobs said. It’s just a stylus that doesn’t need to exist. Feel bad for the people who buy this without paying attention to the details that it basically can’t do any creative work other than drawing the same lines over and over. I see a lot of returns in the near future.This is confusing the market. Come on, Apple…I also use the Pencil to take notes in class.
The vast majority of people who own and use iPads with Pencils do NOT use them to draw stuff.They use them to WRITE stuff.
(FWIW, I never use the Pencil as a UI stylus — always fingers.) -
Apple debuts third-generation Apple Pencil with USB-C charging
9secondkox2 said:notwichred said:So hang on. It’s WORSE than Apple Pencil 2 in every way? Am I missing something?Without pressure sensitivity, it’s a total fail for anyone doing creative design work.Unbelievable. Perhaps it will be updated via software? If it can’t be, this thing is DOA. Who the heck approved this thing to launch with such a foundational feature missing?The roundabout 50% of students at my university who are using iPads to take notes in class mostly use Pencils, and they now have an option that does not cost 150€.And for those that prefer wireless charging and/or do "creative design work", the Pencil 2 is the high-end option.How is this confusing? -
Microsoft hammered with $29 billion back-tax bill
AppleZulu said:sdw2001 said:gatorguy said:AppleZulu said:9secondkox2 said:welshdog said:9secondkox2 said:darkvader said:9secondkox2 said:This is theft.The government wants money. Solution? Just retroactively “adjust” someone’s taxes from years ago! A good solid decade ought to do it.Pure evil. If there was ac actual issue all this years ago, the IRS WOULD HAVE NOTIFIED THEM AND THEY COULD PAY WHAT WAS OWED. this isn’t that. This is an extortionist government.Microsoft didn’t do anything illegal. They took advantage of the way the tax systems were set up, like any smart company would do.
You don't know that "Microsoft didn’t do anything wrong.". No one has said they were doing anything illegal, they simply didn't do the tax dodging in a manner the IRS thinks is correct. There will be a back and forth and eventually a settlement will be reached. There is no reason to ever place any faith or belief in corporations doing the right thing, that's not how they operate. All desisions are based on what makes or saves the most money - period. Apple are slightly less guilty of that than some mega-corporations, but MSFT? Come on, they are not going to follow the law to the letter if they think they can get away with it. Gates' legacy of hacking and gaming everything, always and forever lives on.They are even calling this an “adjustment.” Thst means the government is changing things now. That can be applied moving forward but should never be retroactive. That’s wrong. If the rules for a gamrr we change next year, you shouldn’t lose your trophy thst you won playing by the rules in years prior.This is not an ex post facto change in the law. This is an audit finding that Microsoft did their taxes wrong. The “adjustment” refers not to a retroactive change in the law, but to a revision in what MS owes, based on the audit finding that they did their taxes wrong.