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This, as geeky as it is, does not interest me in the slightest. I much rather see the lab or office where they actually design the processors, as in seeing schematics (even in part) of the various transistors and parasitic capacitance, etc.

That is weird. I was in Vietnam for 4 days last month and used Apple Pay at my hotel to settle my bill. It all worked flawlessly and that is before this forum post about Apple Pay launching in Vietnam. I also tried to use it at Uniglo in Hanoi, Vietnam, whose card readers supported NFC, but it didn't work. I chalk that one up not to Uniqlgo not supporting AP, but because I used a foreign credit card. Some countries dont accept foreign credit cards regardless of them being Mastercard or Visa.

I'm going to be missing it. I dont care about full resolution blah blah. I just want a decent photo on my Mac and Photo Stream makes it super simple for me. I am not going to iCloud Photos. I dont want my ENTIRE photo library from decades ago be uploaded to some server in the cloud.

I'm ok with only my most recent photos being on the cloud, hence why I liked PS.

I guess if I want to update my Mac with photos, I will have to do it manually from now on. Definitely a step backwards.

I used to live in Irvine and used to visit the original Apple Store there. In fact, I think that it moved once, so there was at least 2 locations, with this new one being the third. Not too sure if this was mentioned in this advertisement for Irvine. Most of the language was about Irvine itself and the surrounding area and not of the store itself. Not really good.

I don't understand why reviewers continue to harp on the price of the new iPads. Sure they are more expensive and this is their greatest flaw and should not be ignored.

But then reviewers add on the price of the Apple keyboard cover and the Apple pencil and and the upgraded iPad and say it is heavier than a MacBook Air now! This is ridiculous for several reasons, one of which is that no one is forcing you to buy any of these things.

I've owned maybe 6 plus iPads in my lifetime and have never had to purchase a keyboard cover and only purchased the Apple pencil once, which was a huge waste of money. I ended up buying a cheap $8 stylus from Amazon which serves my purpose much better with no charging and no pairing. In fact, I don't even use the stylus on my iPad at all; I use it for signatures only on my MacBook Pro 14".

I have never had a need for a keyboard cover. I use the iPad for what it is -- a tablet to consume media and that is all. I think most people use iPads for that purpose only. If you need a keyboard cover, buy any of the ones on Amazon for 1/2 the price of Apple's and save big. Complete nonsense if you add on the price for a keyboard and stylus when many people will not have the need for one.

The iPad when it first came out had none of these things and that is how it should be evaluated as such.