Because 1.)he was using the iPod touch and iPhone as an example (ignoring the fact that iPhone apps are different from iPad apps), and 2.) this 7.85" display is 36-40% larger than the 7" displays in competing devices.
Yeah, about that... notice the part where the first point Schiller wanted to make about the iPad mini was this: "So what is it that you can do with an iPad mini that you can't already do with the amazing 4th generation iPad? Well, this -- you can hold it in one hand."So, let me get this straight; you're using the fact that there are accessories available to expand the usage methods of iPad as a point against it. Sorry, but that's just as vacuous as claiming the opposite. I can comfortably hold my iPad with one hand, as can every single person I know with one. Of course, a smaller iPad is easier to hold with one hand, but that doesn't preclude the ease of holding the 9.7" iPad. The average human being is not so limp-wristed.
Yeah, about that... notice the part where the first point Schiller wanted to make about the iPad mini was this: "So what is it that you can do with an iPad mini that you can't already do with the amazing 4th generation iPad? Well, this -- you can hold it in one hand."
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That must mean I'm hallucinating when I and others find it perfectly enjoyable to use an iPad by holding it in one hand. iPad Mini is EASIER to hold, most noticeably for a longer period of time, that's it. You were wrong and absolutist, get over it.
And Saint Steve can now continue his heavenly slumber knowing that he was right. 7" tablets STILL suck. 7.9" for the iPad Mini is a whole 'nuther kettle of fish.
Go hug your wife or something man. Chill the heck out. Actually, both of you. Ridiculous. It's. A. TABLET. Holy crap.
And Saint Steve can now continue his heavenly slumber knowing that he was right. 7" tablets STILL suck. 7.9" for the iPad Mini is a whole 'nuther kettle of fish.
Saint Steve said:We believe 10-inch screen is minimum necessary.
"Absolutist"? Er... my point was that based on the evidence (web discussions, accessories and the fact that Apple is doing a 180° on tablets smaller than 10"), it appears that enough people find it difficult/awkward/uncomfortable -- enough to warrant a smaller model. I never said it was impossible to hold the 10" in one hand, so you can take your strawman out back and torch it. "Wrong"? About what? "You can hold it in one hand" turned out to be the goddamn sales pitch for this thing.That must mean I'm hallucinating when I and others find it perfectly enjoyable to use an iPad by holding it in one hand. iPad Mini is EASIER to hold, most noticeably for a longer period of time, that's it. You were wrong and absolutist, get over it.
Nope. But it became the industry standard for pro audio interfaces since USB2 is too slow, and anyone with a room full of Pro Tools or UA gear isn't going to replace it for another 5 years or so.
Nor are they bloody likely to use toy laptops like MBP 13" anyway, so no matter.
Yes and no. Software was an aspect initially, but it's not like it took hardware manufacturers 10 years to crack the big mystery of how to write low latency drivers. The big issue was that USB dumps a much heavier load on the CPU and the resources in general than Firewire does. In 2004, Sound on Sound arranged a roundtable discussion for audio device manufacturers and this is what they had to say on FW vs USB:No. Firewire was useful not because USB2.0 was too slow (it's enough for 32 channels of 192/32 even). It was useful because it had lower latency than USB, and that was about software. Nowadays USB drivers have lower or equal latency to FW so newer Pro Audio gear is already using USB, not 3.0 but 2.0.
Go hug your wife or something man. Chill the heck out. Actually, both of you. Ridiculous. It's. A. TABLET. Holy crap.