I have both, and the only thing the trackpad is superior, is the "feel". For productivity, the magic mouse, being one of the worst designed devices in the industry, wipes the floor with it.
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These Are Apple's Oldest Products Still Sold Today
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I'm surprised that they never chose to release a Magic Keyboard with a TouchBar at the top. If they had, it just might have caught on in a way it never could in a world of iMacs and clamshell-mode MacBooks.
I am just hoping with the rumored release of the XDR 2.0 display, the current 1.0 version can drop half the price. $2.5k is more than fair for a 4-year-old display. I would buy one in a heartbeat. I just can't justify the $7k price tag (nano/stand) even being a professional.
The iPad Air is also somewhat old and due for a refresh. It was last updated in March of 2022, nearly a year and a half ago. Still uses the M1 chip, while the iPad Pro models use M2 chips.
Even if the regular person completely stops buying them, they’re still pretty big for education. Every school/college I’ve ever been in has them everywhere.
They don't really make this obvious, do they? I just had to replace my tip the other day lol.
I had both for a while as well, and I had the opposite experience. Other than being a badly designed and uncomfortable product, the Magic Mouse was also much less natural and efficient than the trackpad IMO. But to each their own, I guess this is why they still offer two different products.
I think the article should reflect that Apple is selling much older iMacs in its refurb section.
Plenty of Intel iMacs kicking around on the store. Still with original prices which is laughable.
Plenty of Intel iMacs kicking around on the store. Still with original prices which is laughable.
As other have pointed out there are some accessories even older:
2009 Apple Remote (seems not discontinued, in stock at 3rd party stores but not on apple.com)
2015 Apple Pencil 1, Smart Keyboard, Magic Mouse, Trackpad, Keyboard
2016 EarPods Lightning
2019 AirPods 2nd gen
Some cables like 30-pin date back technically to 2003 but not sure when the current look was launched.
That concludes some useless information I got from Mactracker.
2009 Apple Remote (seems not discontinued, in stock at 3rd party stores but not on apple.com)
2015 Apple Pencil 1, Smart Keyboard, Magic Mouse, Trackpad, Keyboard
2016 EarPods Lightning
2019 AirPods 2nd gen
Some cables like 30-pin date back technically to 2003 but not sure when the current look was launched.
That concludes some useless information I got from Mactracker.
The only update I can think of is to make it compatible with a landscape front camera.
I'll add the Apple USB Superdrive which has remained unchanged since its introduction in 2008 IIRC
"The current Apple Pencil is very outdated"
How can you say it's outdated when it's fully functional with all new hardware and software? What aspect, specifically, is outdated?
How can you say it's outdated when it's fully functional with all new hardware and software? What aspect, specifically, is outdated?
I tried a magic mouse for a week, didn't like how slow it felt compared to a trackpad. I tried playing with the dpi, but nothing felt right. Maybe I was doing something wrong?
Apple pencil needs a twist sensor. An eraser at the back. And a button or at least squeeze sensor. And apple should sell a graphics tablet that works with it because glass gets a bit old after a while.
Less efficient & natural doing what? You name it.
I'm talking about real productivity (as in media editing, layer based post production, vector & graphics manipulation, coding, multitasking, documentation, spreadsheets, DBs, 3D modelling, intense browser navigation, inspecting & debugging, etc).
Please don't tell me banal stuff like "pinching to zoom". Also, it's totally fine to prefer either one. Just saying that productivity speed & efficiency isn't necessarily a result of "feels nice" emotions.
I think one of the very oldest products must be the World Travel Adapter Kit, I remember this one being on their website 20 years ago.
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Wouldn’t mind a physical action button, or maybe a pressure based sensor. The touch sensor is awful. I missed the eraser coming from a Surface but I got over it.
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