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sunman42 said:

multimedia said:

Amazon sells female Lightning to male USB-C data AND power adaptors in 3 packs for $6.66. So what’s the problem?

And they’re checked by Apple and tested by UL or another reputable lab, are they? Over the years, cheap, imported, third-party vendor-offered cable and charging tat sold over Amazon offered too often offered spontaneous combustion as an added “feature.”

The devices in question are just dumb metal to metal pin adapters. There’s not really anything to worry about. 

mayfly said:

I want to see Apple develop an AI powered music generator. It would be great to see it write better songs than 99% of the crap being performed by Disney "Pop Tarts" and Boy Bands using auto-tune. And who or what couldn't write better tune than a revenge song about ex-boyfriends like Taylor Swift? (Who are these tools willing to hook up with her, anyway?)

This is, by far, the dumbest thing I've read this week. 

Sure wish I waited for this news (that I didn't know about) before buying another chunk of AAPL. Great opportunity!

AppleInsider said:

"serious contender to the Apple Studio Display."

At that price point, I don't think so. I'll take the Apple over this one any day.

dewme said:

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I do have to say that I’m disappointed that more iPad apps have not been “ported” to run on Apple Silicon. This is one of the promises of Apple Silicon that has not really come to fruition. The number of cross platform apps is very tiny. If I had to guess I’d say that one of the inhibitors is the lack of touch. 

This begs the question for the advocates of running macOS on iPad Pro - would it make more sense to add a touchscreen to MacBooks to lower the barrier to getting a lot more iPad apps on the Mac? This would allow touchscreen MacBooks to also provide much of the same functionality supported by iPads running side-by-side with Mac apps instead of switching the entire user experience at a macro level between Mac mode or iPad mode. 

Assuming future MacBooks have full support for touch based iPad apps, why keep making high end iPads? If the MacBook keyboard becomes removable the question becomes even more pointed. The answer may come down to the fact that iPads are still single user devices while MacBooks are inherently multiuser devices. Of course that can change. We’ll just have to wait and see, but 13 years into the iPad’s lifespan and more than twice as long with the MacBook, Apple seems very committed to continuing to support both platforms with their current form factors and feature set. 

Mac apps and macOS do not generally function well on iPad. I use Screens to control my Mac mini media server all the time on my iPad and it sucks both with finger and Pencil. 

Similarly, many iPad apps don't translate well to macOS, being its trackpad/mouse-first. Adding touch screens to *some* Macs doesn't solve for this.

Most apps need to be rethought/redesigned to work on the opposite platform it was initially designed for.

Not everyone wants a keyboard and trackpad with their iPad. There is a market for people who just want an iPad to be an iPad.