Apples new iPads and stuff

[JodyH]

New new iPad, no big deal to me but a few fanbois I know are pissed about their old new iPads suddenly becoming "obsolete".
Around my house the wife is still happy with the iPad2, so it's all good.

Not impressed with the new Mini iPad, a $130 premium on a $329 item is a bit much IMO.
I can buy a Samsung Galaxy Tab2 7" WiFi for $199 and install a 64GB card in it for another $30.
7" tablets are "disposable" items around my house and the extra $130 is a step too far.

The new iMac looks cool but it's still a "desktop computer" and cutting the depth down a few millimeters isn't that big of a deal, it's like arguing over how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.

I do like the new Mac Mini, but a GPU boost would have been nice. I may pick up a Mini for my office desktop instead of keeping my MB-Air hooked up all the time.

[TAZ]

Agree about Apple missing the boat with the mini. Just too much money when you look at what it is competing against. Was hoping that they would keep it price competitive with the Nexus. $299 for a 16gb unit and they could have hurt Google. @ $329 even this Apple fanboy is gonna have to pass.

[LittleLebowski]

The upcoming Nexus 7 32gb smokes the Mini.

[secondstoryguy]

The mini doesn't even have the higher resolution retina display. I was thinking about smashing my piggy bank and buying one till I found this out. Like many of apples stockholders, I'm a little worried about Apples new management.

[ToddG]

I just picked up a new Retina 2.6 MBP. My old MBP just started having little intermittent issues and I decided to replace before it was too late.

Got home and discovered two things a smart consumer would have checked in advance:


the magsafe power cord is slightly different, meaning the FOUR power cords I have at home are all immediately obsolete unless I further invest in adapters... in which case my wife and I will have to juggle the adapter between her pre-Retina and mine.
there is no freakin' ethernet port on the Ret. Transferring everything over from the old computer via wifi is going to take 6+ hours! So that's another adapter I have to buy.


Apple: It just works (adapters sold separately)!

[LittleLebowski]

Loving my 32gb Nexus 7 I got for $250.

[orionz06]

The upcoming Nexus 7 32gb smokes the Mini.

The display on the iPad Mini should make anyone cry. It is terrible. Not sure how anyone could want it.

[TAZ]

I just picked up a new Retina 2.6 MBP. My old MBP just started having little intermittent issues and I decided to replace before it was too late.

Got home and discovered two things a smart consumer would have checked in advance:


the magsafe power cord is slightly different, meaning the FOUR power cords I have at home are all immediately obsolete unless I further invest in adapters... in which case my wife and I will have to juggle the adapter between her pre-Retina and mine.
there is no freakin' ethernet port on the Ret. Transferring everything over from the old computer via wifi is going to take 6+ hours! So that's another adapter I have to buy.


Apple: It just works (adapters sold separately)!

Is the unit also sealed aka no way to upgrade memory??

[Skold]

I just picked up a new Retina 2.6 MBP. My old MBP just started having little intermittent issues and I decided to replace before it was too late.

Got home and discovered two things a smart consumer would have checked in advance:


the magsafe power cord is slightly different, meaning the FOUR power cords I have at home are all immediately obsolete unless I further invest in adapters... in which case my wife and I will have to juggle the adapter between her pre-Retina and mine.
there is no freakin' ethernet port on the Ret. Transferring everything over from the old computer via wifi is going to take 6+ hours! So that's another adapter I have to buy.


Apple: It just works (adapters sold separately)!

Todd just out of curiosity how old was your old MBP before it started having issues?

[ToddG]

Is the unit also sealed aka no way to upgrade memory??

Yes, but that doesn't bother me.


Todd just out of curiosity how old was your old MBP before it started having issues?

Three and a half years of constant travel.

[ToddG]

I'd read reviews that made it sound like the Retina Display all by itself was enough reason to buy a new MBP but I never thought my old MBPs were bad at 1440x900 resolution on a 15" diagonal screen.

Holy.
Cow.

Even at the "best for" resolution (which is still 1440x900) the clarity is just un-freakin'-believable by comparison.

It's sort of like heated seats in a car. I never wanted or needed heated seats until I had them for a winter. Now I'm willing to pay extra for them.