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georgie01 said:

Good, mouse support doesn’t belong on touch devices (except in exceptional circumstances). If you want to use a mouse then use macOS.

And yet, Apple supports external keyboards when the iPad has a mighty fine on-screen touch keyboard available!  Do you also believe that there is no place for external keyboards?  I mean, if you want to use an external keyboard, then use macOS, right?

Why do people care?  If you'd rather be dead than seen using a mouse on an iPad, then...DON'T!  No one is holding a gun to your head.  But some of us DO have a purpose for it.  It's still the same iPad if you don't connect a mouse!  

larryjw said:

If you can't afford $99 developer fee, you're not in the business of making a profit. At best, you have a hobby not a profession.

Not the point.  Apple has a monopoly over app distribution and the 30% piece of the pie is what is the "profit killer".  Not many businesses can take a 30% cut on profit.

eightzero said:

The press headlines will be: 

"Apple releases a computer that starts at $12,000, and you'll need to pay $1000 just for a stand for the screen."

Followed by:

"AAPL shares plunge after Apple introduces a computer that looks like a cheese grater and costs $12,000"

I wonder if the short free-fall of their stock price was around the time the "Starts at $5999" was displayed at the show?

lkrupp said:

So iPad OS does not have mouse support, something the whiners and perpetually disappointed crowd were clamoring for. Oh the humanity.

And here you are whining about the whiners.  Interesting...

coolfactor said:

That keyboard has a Windows key on it?

Windows computers have USB 3.1 Gen 2 ports too.