Hypereality

I'd buy a mini for someone as a gift on release, its just the right size for some ladies handbags. 

I don't see the need for a pro-spec or a pencil on the mini, just the latest bits and an update screen. All good. 

Clarke’s third law.

”Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”

AI_lias said:

If they give it the iPhone X treatment, the screen can get bigger within the same frame size, and it will be that much more useful. The other iPads will get correspondingly bigger too.

I'd buy one if they did this, heck I might get two as both me and my other half could both use them as book readers

SWMBO likes her mini because unlike a 9.7" iPad it fits in her handbag

As she is small, its also easier for her to hold to read books in bed (her main use)

You cannot read ebooks comfortably on an iPhone (at least not if you are of a certain age) with a large screen and anyway such phones are too large for many normal or slightly small womens hands. 

The feminine influence seems missing in Apple's considerations. 

Had there been better news on the mini I would be buying one to upgrade the mini she has dropped, instead we will be getting the screen glass replaced.

My i7 2.6Ghz 32Gb MacBook Pro also slightly improves on my 2017 iMac with the same specs as here. 

On Handbrake video conversion its faster, more or less in keeping with what would be predicted by the Geekbench multiprocessing tests. 

Now that the initial problems have been sorted out regarding throttling, the 2018 MacBook Pros appear to do what one might expect.  Nice machines. 

I even like the much maligned touch bar!