Some image and video processing workflows can make use of them today, and today’s announced video software features seem to be a roadmap for how iPads could be used in more computationally intensive workflows: editing, re-encoding, and sharing video between devices or to specific apps.
Some AI inference tasks could theoretically make heavier use of the CPUs, too.
as doing weird stuff is kinda their thing
Their corporate culture of doing weird stuff is an extension of their corporate culture of not trying to compete on cutting edge tech. Nintendo’s hardware has always been a generation behind in actual performance, so they focus on making that stuff fun rather than competing on realism/performance.
Their biggest flop was when they strayed from that principle and released a VR headset 1995.
That was when they were on a two-year release cycle, too, so there were basically no major features released between 2007 and 2011. The current new release every year (with features) is probably too fast for reliability and stability, especially because they need to make the ecosystem work with other devices (iPhone, iPad, watch, TV, etc.), and try to combine cross-platform features or maintain some cross platform parity between MacOS and the others.
Wired (and others) report that 20W number because I think they’re misinterpreting the Apple fast charging documentation, which explains that fast charging is available with a 20W charger or above. They’ve explained this for all the previous USB-PD compliant models, but real world testing has shown actual charging rates of up to 30W for the iPhone 14 Pro. I imagine the 15 and the 15 Pro will show similar numbers at the high 20’s, maybe even 30 watts.
USB-A to USB-C limits charging power to 12W. The iPhone 15 accepts up to 27W from supported USB-C to USB-C cables and chargers.
I agree with Martin on this, but I’m not sure that this is the right response to this specific video. Martin makes clear that he thinks Apple’s decision to withhold calibration tools from anyone who isn’t an authorized service partner is shitty and anti-repair, and that’s what this video is focused on.
The other point Martin makes is (in my opinion) correct, but not directly relevant here.
Can we talk about how bad of a name “Fine Woven” is? There’s just something off about using a past perfect tense about a material. Plus this particular three syllable phrase doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue.
You’re obviously min maxing your RPG character
None of those devices I listed have a cable attached to it, just a male lightning end as part of the device itself.
The Apple pencil, that came out 8 years ago, charges with a male lightning port at the end (where an eraser might go on a normal pencil). There’s no cable, you’d just insert that end to a lightning supported iPad or iPhone to recharge.
The magnetic charger enabled second generation came out in 2018, but Apple still fully supports the first generation model.
Yes, some accessories have a hard-wired lightning male end (and therefore need a female adapter). The Apple pencil, those alarm clock speaker docks, some flash drives, etc.
I just looked, but could only find USB-C to male lightning ports. I don’t think I’ve ever seen an adapter or cable with a female lightning port on the end.
Just use the VESA mount to bring your own stand. Oh wait it doesn’t even ship with VESA compatibility, requiring a $200 VESA adapter?
It boils down to this: the ad was a visually detailed and drawn out destruction of things some people like and are not easily replaced. These are physical objects that people genuinely have emotional attachments to. So it’s musicians and photographers who probably had the strongest visceral response: the type of people who kept obsolete devices past their obsolescence because that was the physical artifact of the thing they learned their craft on.
I know software developers who would’ve had the same visceral reaction to a Commodore 64 or Apple II or NES being slowly destroyed. Or even other gadgets that people loved, from a Walkman to an iPod to a Tamagotchi to original iPhone.
It’s not like the scene from Office Space where there’s visceral disgust for the thing being destroyed, but precisely the opposite emotions involved.