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hentaiboy said:

Apple has had its flops...

The Newton might not have been a flop if Apple had stayed the course. It was estimated that its development cost upwards of $1 billion in 1990’s dollars before it was canceled. To recoup the investment, Apple had intended to create a new independent company, Newton Inc. But when Steve Jobs came back he killed the planned spin out of Newton as a separate company. He probably did this because at the time Apple couldn’t really afford the $10-20 million they had promised to Newton, Inc. (I don’t remember the exact amount.) Once the spin out was canceled nearly 100% of the Newton team quit on the spot.

The Newton had a significant number of orders for vertical applications that were never fulfilled once it was effectively killed. We will never know if it could have been successful if Apple hadn’t stopped its development. On the other hand, having stopped the Newton, Jobs laid the path for iOS and iPadOS. If the Newton OS had remained viable, perhaps that doesn’t happen and Apple would not be the same company today.

maltz said:

Apple hardware has variously been 1 to 5 (Mac Mini/Pro) years behind the industry's cutting-edge for a over a decade, while selling at prices at least slightly higher than the latest-and-greatest.  The headline is accurate, but hopefully not a surprise to anyone.

This is such a joke. The CPUs that Apple is using in the 10th Gen MacBook Pros are so new that they don't show up in Intel's online documentation. Apple is literally the first to use them. But sure, Apple is 1 to 5 years behind the industry.

pcryan5 said:

The remapping of escape key does not work for me.
I use the instructions above - can change Caps Lock to escape - but it does not actually work.
The display says it has been mapped.
any ideas?

thanks!

~P

What makes you think it doesn’t work? Does the Caps Lock LED turn on when you press it? Does it actually engage the caps lock? Those would imply that it is still a caps lock. On the other hand, if you are in a full screen movie and tap caps lock, the screen exits full screen mode, then that would imply that the key is remapped to escape. It works for me in every place that I’ve tried that supports an Escape key.

ozzielarrikin said:

dewme said:

Shipped and arriving Monday for my 10.5” Pro. All specs are available via the embedded link, but the weight is 21.52 oz. The iPad Mini case from Logitech had the same textured covering and keeping it clean was never a problem for me. In fact, my previous Logitech case outlasted my Mini, which is effectively deceased due to the dreaded Lithium Ion battery bloat and one too many iOS updates.

Sorry to burst your bubble this case is not compatible with 10.5” ipad pro only with the slightly thicker ipad 7th gen. Check the Logitech website 

Apple lists it in their store as compatible with the 10.5” iPad Pro. I would be surprised if they got it wrong. It is listed as “Logitech Combo Touch Keyboard Case with Trackpad for iPad Air (3rd Generation).”

>It wasn't until 1983 and the Apple IIe that it shipped with the ability to show lowercase too.

Accurate but there lots of third-party 80-column terminal cards that allowed upper and lower case that were available before the IIe in 1983. They generally went into slot #3 and were kind of standardized. Doing a brief search, it looks like the availability started around 1980.