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Apple to Host March 27 Event in Chicago: 'Creative New Ideas for Teachers and Students'
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I’m not a student, but that is exactly what I want.
New iPad should have a proper place to dock your pencil and charge it.
As much as I would like to see the SE refreshed, I think it really would take away from the main purpose of this event for teachers and students. It would seem a bit selfish in my opinion if they did announce an iPhone, when the focus is on other points, but the iPad seems more likely in this event. But it doesn’t mean other hardware couldn’t launch during WWDC 2018 either.
With “cheaper iPads” it may be that it’s “education only”, just like they did with the eMate and the eMac and may not be available to the general public.
I said a few weeks/months back "a new Mac Mini will be coming in March-April", lets see.
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Can't wait to hear Apple claim someone's patented tech as their own.... like that that Steve Jobs said 'We have invented multi-touch... and boy have we patented it!' Except that it was invented by Bill Buxton.
Funny how a lie like that doesn't matter.
Funny how a lie like that doesn't matter.
Rene Richie did a podcast on this recently and had a guest on who thinks that's precisely what Apple has planned. It will be a more expensive 9.7 inch iPad, but below iPad Pro pricing. Targeted at both education and enterprise.
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...worth-buying-right-now.2108226/#post-25864252
Well I was right about the date but the venue and education focus has me stumped about whether we'll still get anything outside of that like expensive AirPower mats and an iPhone SE 2. Guess it depends on whether or not the whole thing is focused on education or if they split it into two parts or something. Maybe they could start out with the usual fanfare and then dive into education. Working in higher ed where our funds are being cut every single year now, I'd love to see some lower Mac prices for students, faculty and staff. Education is the biggest thing that will make America great again and Apple has the ability to help improve that.
I'd prefer a place to carry the pencil in an official cover/case. I'm not a big fan of having a deep hole in my devices.
I would say that G-Suite for Education is a big factor as well. Combining email/office suite/management tools in to one efficient and inexpensive solution. To provide everything that G-Suite offers, you would need a minimum of three subscriptions on the Apple side (email, mdm, and an office suite.)
Article that has nothing to do with Jobs or multitouch? Check.
Someone trying to bring it up to find something to whine about? Check.
Also, the iPad Pro is being discounted by $100 - $125 (depending on memory) over at Costco. I would expect that from Costco anyway, but the Barclaycard promotion suggests you may be correct.
I don't know. A $259 iPad is one thing, but saying it works with a $100 pencil you also have to lay out for? Not sure that will take off well. Who pays for the pencils? Schools? Parents? Imagine a child losing 3-4 pencils in a school year. I know schools can't afford this expense. Perhaps Apple could bundle a basic pencil of some sort to help.
Just take a look at that announcement image. It's an apple logo drawn with an apple pencil on an ipad pro.
Apple Pencil Pro confirmed.
Apple Pencil Pro confirmed.
There are two distinct markets that Apple needs to address:
1. Middle and High School students: School districts are purchasing Chromebooks like crazy, so Apple needs to get back into this market. Chromebooks sell for about $300-$400, so iPad Pros won't compete. The challenge of making the low cost iPad the education solution is that Apple's Smart Keyboard ($150) and Pencil ($100) are just too damn expensive for this market. Also, I am not sure it would be practical to have middle school kids carry delicate $100 Pencils around their campus.
2. College Students and Common Laptop Consumers: The MacBook Air has been the everyday workhorse laptop of choice for college students and many consumers. However, this model is long overdue for an update, and the other Apple MacBooks (rMB and MBP) are just not price competitive or suitable (limited ports, no MagSafe, inferior battery life, faulty keyboard) for the college/consumer market. So, Apple needs to create a college/consumer laptop alternative that is attractively priced, capable, and doesn't significantly cut into sales of their other MacBooks.
We will just have to see how this goes.
1. Middle and High School students: School districts are purchasing Chromebooks like crazy, so Apple needs to get back into this market. Chromebooks sell for about $300-$400, so iPad Pros won't compete. The challenge of making the low cost iPad the education solution is that Apple's Smart Keyboard ($150) and Pencil ($100) are just too damn expensive for this market. Also, I am not sure it would be practical to have middle school kids carry delicate $100 Pencils around their campus.
2. College Students and Common Laptop Consumers: The MacBook Air has been the everyday workhorse laptop of choice for college students and many consumers. However, this model is long overdue for an update, and the other Apple MacBooks (rMB and MBP) are just not price competitive or suitable (limited ports, no MagSafe, inferior battery life, faulty keyboard) for the college/consumer market. So, Apple needs to create a college/consumer laptop alternative that is attractively priced, capable, and doesn't significantly cut into sales of their other MacBooks.
We will just have to see how this goes.
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Sign up for the beta then, easy peasy.
100% No, that would be a confusing since there's also the App iBooks.
There's not much information on battery health in the beta either.
On mine it shows Maximum capacity: 99% and Peak Performance Capability.
This is something you can get with many apps.