....Apple should have never sold Power School and/or should acquire it back/buy it from Vista Equity Partners.
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Everything Apple Announced at Today's Educational Event in Under Three Minutes
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Is this meant for high school students or all demographics? Why is every presentation made for a 5 year old?
maybe this was just practice for Tim Cook to develop a personality.
Though, I like the logitech alternative!
Though, I like the logitech alternative!
The problem with bluetooth keyboard is it has the same 2.4GHz interference problem of WIFI but perhaps even worse since you have an average classroom size of thirty devices with barely working WIFI and dysfunctional bluetooth keyboard. A directly connected keyboard is best since work can be cached locally then synced over WIFI to the cloud but it's intolerable to not have keyboard input. Seems like no one at Apple thought this out.
Well, I daresay there should be plenty of courage left over for June.
As an aside, Apple released two beta features and one feature that customers "can try out," which is essentially another beta. So we have three new beta features, iOS 11 beta 6 is still crap, no AirPower,...
Forgive me, it just seems like Apple is overreaching now. Apple betas, while typically very nice, are just that: betas. I love it when Apple releases finished software, not half or even 90-percent. Finished.
I also love the Apple that used to have products ready after they keynote, not a half year later *cough*AirPower*cough*. It happened once in the pre-Cook era with the white iPhone 4. Once, that's all I can remember.
As an aside, Apple released two beta features and one feature that customers "can try out," which is essentially another beta. So we have three new beta features, iOS 11 beta 6 is still crap, no AirPower,...
Forgive me, it just seems like Apple is overreaching now. Apple betas, while typically very nice, are just that: betas. I love it when Apple releases finished software, not half or even 90-percent. Finished.
I also love the Apple that used to have products ready after they keynote, not a half year later *cough*AirPower*cough*. It happened once in the pre-Cook era with the white iPhone 4. Once, that's all I can remember.
Well.Ok,it was just for Educational purposes.I don't find them able or with any will to give out a good WWDC .No Mac mini or just (deleted )Ipad mini ( why do that mean for?Obsolete hardware and prices this high),no new Macbook Air and to be honest for me is time to say goodbye good old mate, not to mention no new MAC PRO,i know those are just wishes for the unicorn.I don't think we will see any ,for example, 13 Macbook pro with quad core or the exa on the 15.Would be sweet to see Macbook with real dual cpu and no Core M, as well with one USB C more too.That would be the new Air.
As far i can see ,it works but doesn't sparkle anymore and to be honest seems really they don't care anymore.
As far i can see ,it works but doesn't sparkle anymore and to be honest seems really they don't care anymore.
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Reviews on the "New iPad" are not promising at all. Calling the company out of touch with the educational system and claiming that they should take a page from Googles playbook makes me wonder wtf is going on?
Is the fat cat getting lazy and complacent? From my eyes after the questionable Beats purchase, lame original content acquisitions, the HomePod debacle and on and on it seems as if Apple has lost it fastball.
Is the fat cat getting lazy and complacent? From my eyes after the questionable Beats purchase, lame original content acquisitions, the HomePod debacle and on and on it seems as if Apple has lost it fastball.
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The sparkle of apple innovation and appeal is beginning to tarnish. As the PC crowd ( mac mini, macbook, and other apple hardware ) watches their hardware become obsolete without attractive hardware upgrades in the offing we’ll begin to bid adios to apple and move on...
The class management apps and programs are nice, but Apple is clearly way behind many other solutions already out there, and I doubt a slightly cheaper iPad will make much of a dent in the education market at this point.
Oh well, they updated the entry-level model with the A10 chip at least.
A lot of great options out there. For example, for mini replacement look at ~$300 MintBox Mini 2, upcoming ~$100 Odroid N1, etc. Deciding between these two for multi-purpose desktop replacement, h265/VP9 media player, file/media server, retro gaming/console emulation, pfSense firewall/VPN, etc.
MintBox Mini 2
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3528
Odroid N1
https://www.cnx-software.com/2018/0...-rk3399-processor-4gb-ram-dual-sata-and-more/
Everything you said is so true; Apple purposely left off the smart connector for money reasons only, yeah they love education. Teacher's don't want Bluetooth keyboards not for pairing problems but because of the potential for cheating in class.
maybe they should call it a non event in future ?
no surprise they didn't bother live streaming this...
no surprise they didn't bother live streaming this...
No Mac Pro (which hasn’t seen an update since 2013) and no Mac Mini (which hasn’t seen an update since 2014). No iPhone SE (which hasn’t seen any update outside of a storage bump since 2016). No standalone display and no AirPort because those departments were shut down (by the richest company in the world).
But hey, we have new watch bands! That’s more important than all of the products mentioned above. Thanks, Tim!
Most people that own Apple computers are not people in proper productivity fields anymore. Apple wouldn’t make a load of them if it didn’t know the numbers and demographics that were purchasing them via Apple ID. I assume that’s the case with the SE. When the profit margins are massive for accessories it just makes excellent fiscal sense if people are willing to buy multiple cases and watch bands.
It’s obviosuly too expensive to add on, dont forget the hardware changes required to have that made, and that would just further bump the price up in an extremely price sensitive sergeant. Blue tooth keyboards are not a neccicity due to the on screen keyboard and are getting better with time.
they can't afford to spend their resources on such unimportant things. They really have to focus on hugely important areas like karaoke, watch bands and so on. Honestly, they don't give a crap what you think if $ from their overpriced products is still flowing in..No Mac Pro (which hasn’t seen an update since 2013) and no Mac Mini (which hasn’t seen an update since 2014). No iPhone SE (which hasn’t seen any update outside of a storage bump since 2016). No standalone display and no AirPort because those departments were shut down (by the richest company in the world).
But hey, we have new watch bands! That’s more important than all of the products mentioned above. Thanks, Tim!
Yes, I've used Google Docs for 70 page documents with 10+ authors. The formatting is as good as Word, but the collaboration is much better. Chrome does crash a lot, unfortunately and can be slow, but Word is also extremely flaky.
I haven't really tried iWork.
2019 Education Event:
We are introducing the New iPad 2019, and it supports Apple Pencil 2 only.
We are introducing the New iPad 2019, and it supports Apple Pencil 2 only.
Exactly! Educational Event! I don't understand why people just can't seem to separate ideas here...Just stopped by this thread to see the predominately negative opinions and unrealistic expectations for an education event.
Was not disappointed.
Attracting worldwide attention with a big announcement for an underwhelming keynote might be considered incongruous/disappointing.
This is just won't change Apples' lost position in edu.
Kids will walk around with their iPads - ultimately migrating to Chrome when they find out how programmatically isolated they are, in a Chromified world.
(What's a computer ? - maybe ask Google...)
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