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Apple Announces iPad Air 2, iPad mini 3, OS X Yosemite and More

Posted by samzenpus on from the brand-new dept.

Many outlets are reporting on Apple's iPad event today. Highlights include:
  • Apple pay will launch Monday.
  • WatchKit -- a way for developers to make apps for the Apple Watch will launch next month.
  • iOS 8.1
  • Messages, iTunes, and iWork updated and many more new features in OS X Yosemite.
  • You can send and receive calls on your Mac if you have an iPhone with iOS 8 that's signed into the same FaceTime account.
  • iPad Air 2: New camera, 10 hour battery life, 12x faster than the original iPad.
  • iPad mini 3.
  • iMac with Retina display.
  • And a Mac mini update: Faster processors, Intel Iris graphics, and two Thunderbolt 2 ports.

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  1. Maybe a Mini by kannibal_klown · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I've been thinking about giving the OSX another try... I've been messing around with it at work.

    The mini wouldn't be a bad way to go... it's not that expensive and I can still use my 27" monitor.

    The iMac Retina... no. Besides not wanting to spend that much now, I'd hold off on a first generation rig like that.

    1. Re:Maybe a Mini by NatasRevol · · Score: 3, Interesting

      6 screws & a paint scraper. Follow the step by step. Isn't very hard.

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  2. Re:Confucius say: by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Considering that my Black MacBook (2006) lasted eight years, it was a good investment.

  3. The iOSification continues! by Kethinov · · Score: 5, Interesting

    For those of you who are a fan of customizing the colors of message bubbles in Messages.app and don't like that Apple removed this ability as part of the iOSification of Yosemite, there's an app for that: https://github.com/kethinov/Bu...

    I made this during the developer previews because I don't like the default puke green for most of my IM conversations. Hope this helps some people. Source code also available.

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  4. Re:Confucius say: by Noah+Haders · · Score: 3, Interesting

    On two different occasions I sold 5 year old MacBook on Craigslist for $500. I don't know what the expectation would be for an hp or whatever, but I was satisfied with this.

  5. Re:5K display (and computer) for $2500 by wbo · · Score: 5, Interesting

    No. This is what I hate about these iMacs. And especially more since this high-res display. You get a good, expensive display, which you could easily keep for 10-15 years, but are forced to throw it away when you want to upgrade the computer, after say 2-8 years. A Mac mini duck-taped on the back of a monitor takes about the same space anyways.

    Are you sure about that? The current generation of iMacs can act as a standard monitor when connected to another machine. Up until a few weeks ago, I was using one that had a failed hard drive in it as a monitor for a desktop PC via a simple mini Displayport to Displayport cable connected to the PC's graphics card.

    There is a good possibility that the new iMacs can also be used as a monitor as well.

  6. What's with the performance comparisons? by Gordo_1 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Is Apple so embarrassed by their lack of meaningful CPU performance improvements that they feel the need to compare the latest iPad to a 5 year old obsolete brick to impress me? I think that they think I'm stupid.