tht

Young does say that the reason for using this display is that there are unused stocks of the screen that were made for the 12.9-inch iPad Pro.

Why would he think this? Apple would just force the miniLED supplier to "take" them back. I thought Apple doesn't have true blue inventory. Component supply is stored at the supplier. If Apple stops buying miniLEDs, they don't have unused stock. The component supplier may, and hence the "take" in quotes.

Then, if the iPA12.9 is to use miniLED displays, there isn't unused stock. There's just inventory and and Apple needs to ask its supplier for x amount of displays to be built over the next year. IOW, there is going to be a ramp up in supply.

Ross Young should have intel on the existence of a 12.9" edge lit LCD screen if there is an iPad Air 12.9 model. So, his intel machine is seemingly weak here if he is bereft of real info?

It's just a brain fart from AppleInsider, and basically a standard mistake for media to make regarding energy and power.

rob53 said:

blastdoor said:

Apple and its suppliers now use more than 18 gigawatts of clean energy.

This is kind of a strange statement, because a watt is a measure of the rate of flow, like miles per hour. Saying you used 18 gigawatts is like saying you traveled a distance of 60 mph. Without knowing time, we don’t know how much energy was actually used or miles traveled.

ill hazard a guess that what’s meant here is that Apple used the energy generated by clean energy sources which, at theoretical peak utilization, can put out 18 gigawatts. Kind of like saying I used 120mph because the car I drove theoretically maxes out at 120mph. But that tells you nothing about how fast I actually went or how far I traveled. 

The more meaningful numbers are — how many megawatt-hours of electricity did Apple and their suppliers use and what percentage of that came from renewable sources.

I understand what you’re saying but reading this article, https://www.energy.gov/eere/articles/how-much-power-1-gigawatt, they just say gigawatts of energy. 

No, the article doesn't say that. This article says Watts is a unit of power, which is correct.

It's just a brain fart from AppleInsider, and basically a standard mistake for media to make regarding energy and power. They should have just said 18 GW of power. It's 18 GW of solar capacity. Using 5 hours of insolation, that represents 32.8 TWHr of energy over a year of time.

As a gage, the Texas electric utility, ERCOT had about 18 GW of solar capacity last year, deployed or actively being built. During spring months, ERCOT averages around 45 GW of power demand. So, 18 GW is big number. Needs to get bigger still. Solar and solar+storage will be the cheapest form of energy. Not by a little, but by a lot. So, it will definitely get bigger.

Nothing but compromises. They can just increase the clearance between the top of the keys and the display, but nobody wants something like 1mm thicker device, right?

M68000 said:

tht said:

This story happens every year for like the last 10 years at least. Can’t believe it is making the rounds. Like, does no one remember?

Perhaps not everyone is aware of these things and has not been following for at least 10 years.  Therefore,  the info is new to some people. 

IDC, MacRumors and 9to5mac are most certainly aware of it.