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Nov 10, 2014 | 08:40 PM

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Anyone foresee ipad deals for black friday? I see apple has refurb mini 2 for $250. Seems like a good deal. I'm thinking of getting 2 or 3 of them for my kids.

Nov 10, 2014 | 08:51 PM

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BestBuy had the Mini 2 for $250 a week after the 3 came out. Picked up mine then.

Nov 10, 2014 | 09:31 PM

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Target is offering a $140 gift card with the $499 iPad air 2

Nov 11, 2014 | 09:53 AM

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Nov 11, 2014 | 11:08 AM

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Nov 11, 2014 | 11:26 AM

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Shopping at 5PM on Thanksgiving

I'm sure that $200 T.V. will be the cause of at least 3 murders.

Nov 11, 2014 | 11:30 AM

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Is that Target deal with the giftcards in store only? Do they give the giftcards right away or do they come in the mail? I see they have mini 2 for $300 then $100 gift card. Would like to buy 3 then use the 3 gift cards towards buying an Air 2.

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Nov 11, 2014 | 10:13 PM

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Too bad my damn TV shorted out on friday and my post-knee surgery wife needed something to watch...

That $200 TV is crazy.

Nov 12, 2014 | 09:52 AM

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60hz. No thanks. Not in 2014.

Dec 3, 2014 | 06:06 PM

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Been playing with the air 2 for a few minutes...

New screen is nice, curious why it took so long to fuse the layers of the screen. I thought they did that ever since the iPhone 4. Glare reduction is noticeable but doesn't completely eliminate it.

Pages load a little faster, and the 2gb ram means Tabs are reloading a lot less often on me. That's always been an issue for me since the first iPad, this seems much better than the air which was better than the previous models.

So far the extra RAM is my favorite part about it.

Dec 3, 2014 | 07:49 PM

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Oh and it's louder too. Maybe as loud as the og iPad, you can feel the shell resonating from the bass.

Dec 9, 2014 | 11:22 AM

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If anyone is still looking for a deal on iPads checkout Staples. I just got a mini 2 for $239. They also have Air gen 1 for $319. My Staples did not have it in stock but they ordered it online for me at the same price with free ship.

Check online to see if your local Staples is running this deal.

Apr 3, 2015 | 01:26 PM

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So the Mrs accidentally updated our iPad 2 to the latest OS....

It's damn near useless now. I mean I'm actually about to throw it out the window it's so bad.

Does anyone know with a jailbreak if it's possible to revert back to a 7.x?

Apr 3, 2015 | 02:43 PM

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The latest IOS 8 is supposed to fix the slowness issues.

Cant see a way to revert back. Heck, I would sign up for the beta program and hope the beta makes it faster at this point

Jun 8, 2015 | 01:06 PM

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Multitasking! Looks like a Surface now!

This looks essential for the rumored iPad pro

Jun 8, 2015 | 01:06 PM

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That new keyboard looks tight too!

Jun 8, 2015 | 01:06 PM

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Looks like it was done well.

Jun 8, 2015 | 01:07 PM

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Going to suck on a mini

Jun 8, 2015 | 01:08 PM

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Nice picture in picture.

Jun 8, 2015 | 01:08 PM

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That PiP is pretty cool!

Jun 8, 2015 | 01:10 PM

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True multitasking only on Air 2.

Jun 8, 2015 | 01:14 PM

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Shrank upgrade to iOS 9 free space requirement by 70%. Nice.

Jun 8, 2015 | 01:42 PM

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I wish I could roll back to iOS 7 on my iPad 3. iOS 8 really killed my iPad

I knew I shouldn't have done it but wanted handoff which it doesn't even support.

Jun 8, 2015 | 01:44 PM

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I'd like to see them come up with some kind of storage compression that would compress stuff that hasn't been accessed in sometime, such as old photos, and maybe even apps.
Also they need to ditch the 16GB iPad. 16GB has never been a problem for me, but my kids managed to fill their iPads almost immediately.

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Jun 9, 2015 | 11:22 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Mizouse

I wish I could roll back to iOS 7 on my iPad 3. iOS 8 really killed my iPad

I knew I shouldn't have done it but wanted handoff which it doesn't even support.

That's exactly what I did.. Plus i wanted to keep my jailbreak so iOS 7.1.2 it is.. still runs great on my ipad 3 though..

On an unrelated note.. Looking to pick up a new ipad air 2.. should I wait??

Jun 9, 2015 | 01:50 PM

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Honestly since getting the iphone 6P I stopped using my iPad.

As nice as it is for certain things, I think I'm gonna get a MacBook air or retina MacBook Pro next.

Or a surface pro 3 when the surface pro 4 comes out

Jun 9, 2015 | 02:20 PM

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I still use both Iphone 6P and Ipad Mini

Jun 9, 2015 | 02:23 PM

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6P is way too big for me for everyday use.. I'm still rockin' my 5S but would like an iPad Air2 for the plane ride.. (aka for Clash of Clans and... other activities... )

Jul 9, 2015 | 07:05 PM

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I'm on that iOS 9 beta

Jul 9, 2015 | 07:09 PM

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Jul 9, 2015 | 07:45 PM

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Paypal me $99/yr so I can get it a couple weeks sooner...

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Jul 9, 2015 | 07:49 PM

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That trackpad keyboard thing is pretty cool. Seems no apps except builtin ones support multitasking view so not very useful right now. Is it possible to have two Safari tabs open at the same time or just two apps? Doesn't seem like you can...

Jul 9, 2015 | 08:26 PM

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Paypal me $99/yr so I can get it a couple weeks sooner...

Sep 11, 2015 | 04:21 PM

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Did anyone see how you charge the apple pencil with the iPad Pro

Thankfully they said you only need 15seconds for 30minutes use.

Would've thought that since you already got a cable to charge your iPhone/iPad/iPod/Siri Remote that it would come with a Female lightning connector.

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Sep 11, 2015 | 04:43 PM

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Come on Ipad Mini 4

Sep 11, 2015 | 04:57 PM

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Debating if I want a iPad Pro or a 13/15" rMBP

Sep 11, 2015 | 05:28 PM

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I'd wait to see what the Pro really becomes.

Sep 13, 2015 | 08:14 AM

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Debating if I want a iPad Pro or a 13/15" rMBP

I think if you are into drawing and stuff the iPad Pro might be the ultimate thing for that.

For watching porn you want the rMBP.

Nov 11, 2015 | 04:21 PM

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I feel bad for anyone with the 12" MacBook.

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Geekbench results show that the iPad Pro's A9X processor is a dual-core chip running at about 2.25 GHz, as reported by Ars Technica.

The A9X chip had a 3,233 single-core score and 5,498 multi-score score in browser-based CPU tests, outperforming the iPad Air 2 and other recent iPhones and iPads by a significant margin.

iPad Pro also outperformed the 12-inch Retina MacBook, equipped with an Intel Core M dual-core processor clocked at 1.1 to 1.2 GHz, but the A9X chip's CPU performance falls short of devices like the 2015 MacBook Air and Surface Pro 4 with Intel's latest Broadwell or Skylake U-series processors.

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Ars Technica also shared iPad Pro CPU performance results

The iPad Pro's GPU performance is much more impressive, with GFXBench OpenGL test results showing the A9X chip outperformed the 2015 15" Retina MacBook Pro with Intel Iris 5200 integrated graphics, in addition to the 12-inch MacBook, 2015 MacBook Air, 2015 13" Retina MacBook Pro, Surface Pro 4 and all recent iPads.

Nov 11, 2015 | 05:25 PM

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Why? One runs IOS and the other OSX. They are different.