Because I use it like a laptop at work and it has pass through charging, and we have a charger near our sitting spots at the house I just had never in the year I’ve owned it had that predicament lol.
That's weird, my LCD Galaxy Tab S8 from 4 years ago still lasts 8-10 hours on a charge. Typically Apple devices have stellar battery life
Feels like the AirPods Max still aren’t a huge upgrade for me. I just got the AirPods Pro 3 and have even been using them over my original AirPods Max’s at home. Really only issues I have with my current AirPod Max’s is the sagging headband and lighting instead of USB C lol
I think my iPad is not accurately reporting the battery capacity - it's been stuck at 83% for what feels like years now. This is a M1 iPad Pro from 2021 so it's five years old, not unexpected that the battery wouldn't be great but it's still very frustrating. Ultimately I do want a mini over a Pro or Air for the size and convenience but I'm not rushing to do it. Edit: I could probably also get by with one of those eink notebooks but they're so expensive for what they are so I can't exactly warrant it.
If you’re deciding between a mini and pro id wait until the new mini comes out later this year. Oled screen and potentially pro motion coming. I think they usually drop in October.
Took my iPad on a trip and I’m for sure sticking with it rather than jumping ship. Had the Neo been out a couple years ago or definitely when I was in school I would have scooped it with a mini or an air. I really do love using an iPad like a laptop but then having a killer device for all the stuff it is useful for that isn’t daily computer needs and basic media stuff. 11 inches is just too big for causal reading, but I really do love using it for marking up pdf’s for work reading and clinical research. I think I just need to physically remove it from the Magic Keyboard anytime I’m home, but ultimately it’s the right device for me as my only main tech thing besides my phone. lol it’s so wild to me how persuasive marketing and general discourse online is that I watched every comparison video and was deep in the release of the Neo, but I sought it out so I guess that’s on me. Ultimately with the way I use my device I have literally no meaningful reason to have a laptop vs an iPad that can be used with a monitor. The only foreseeable reason I would NEED a laptop would be if I went back for a doctorate, but even then I’m sure the iPad software will continue to make progress.
I forgot that I'm likely to take only an iPad on a trip or two later this year where I'll be offloading photos for backup so maybe the iPad mini isn't the right choice going forward. Then it becomes a debate between getting the battery replaced in my iPad Pro or handing it down and trading in my partner's iPad Air while upgrading, probably to a M4 Air with more capacity than my current M1 Pro. I don't care that much about 120Hz or OLED. But I won't be buying a Magic Keyboard this next time - while I like it, I want something that allows for both writing and typing usecases
Looking back at the 10.0 screenshots - it's incredible how much it was just NeXT with some UI improvements. There are still things from OS 9 that I miss like the control strip. It's absurd and been replaced in many ways but something about it still feels like a warm blanket.
This is probably a rediculous "experiment" to do, but I really want to test out the studio display xdr next to the studio display in my office to see if the higher price tag is really worth it or not. For bigger items like displays - is there any restocking fee that gets deducted if one (or both) are returned within 14 days?
I really like the idea of this: Black Keyboard Case for Apple iPad Air 10.9 / Pro 11|ESR Rebound 360 And I think it'll work with my current iPad, too.
I briefly had one of these with my M1 air. They’re super nice. I hate the little flap for the Apple Pencil, it really doesn’t looks sleek, but functionally they’re killer for way less. I got a Magic Keyboard for my pro ope box from Walmart for like $160 off and it was the best tech deal I’ve ever gotten. It appeared brand new and I’ve had 0 issues for a year. I also used a Logitech keyboard and Bluetooth mouse for a few months and it was completely fine too. I still occasionally do that when connected to a monitor. I think all these reviews about how expensive an iPad with a keyboard are really silly because you don’t NEED a Magic Keyboard and can have a perfectly adequate setup with a pencil, mouse, and keyboard, or knock off clamshell for 100 or less. The pass through charging / extra usbc port is by far the best part of the Magic Keyboard. all these reviews are really on tech stuff are so skewed toward people who make videos for a living it’s really funny to me. There’s a guy named tech dad that has the best takes for the average user making an iPad as a main device work. I really do think if you can get over the first couple months from MacBook to iPad there’s few reasons to ever go back, but you have to enjoy the user experience a lot to want to do it.
Oh yeah, completely agree. I have a Magic Keyboard - I liked it but it's too restrictive for what I want. I don't necessarily need a sleek case, functionality is what matters more to me.
I may come to regret this, but I decided to order a pair of the Sony XM6 instead of the new AirPod Max. I already have a pair of high end headphones (wired although I have a BT DAC as well) and while I’m sure Spatial Audio would’ve blown me away through the Max, I really only ever use my AirPods with my Apple TV when it’s too late to use my sound system. And the primary reason I wanted BT headphones in the first place is for travel, and to bring back and forth between work and home, and the XM 6’s just seem far more practical in that regard even though the design and build quality of the Max can’t really be beat. We’ll see.
I absolutely love my XM6 headphones. Incredible battery life, fast charging, sounds even better on devices that support the LDAC Bluetooth codec (pretty much every Android device, including Google TV Streamer), and the best transparency mode I've ever heard. Flip that on and it's like you're not wearing anything at all, there is no tinny sound from the mics when transparency mode is on. Also love how they fold up and the magnetic clasp for the case instead of a zipper. Only complaint is the stock EQ settings aren't that great. I found a setting online that someone recommended and it's a night and day difference.
LMFAO: Put Claude to work on your computer | Claude The Claude Mac client itself remains a lazy Electron clunker. If Claude Code is so good I don’t get why they don’t prove it by using it to make an even halfway decent native Mac app. This made me laugh out loud at my desk.
I ate 20% of my monthly allowed Claude tokens at work the other day in copilot writing Playwright e2e tests. Woops. And it still fucked them all up and I needed to make manual updates to each case to get them running. "We need our senior engineers to be glorified code reviewers" seems to be a hoax so far, but senior leadership will never admit that.
I tried using Copilot for pulling details out for a solution design doc this week, it was awful. Switched to Claude - sorry, employer - and it's been adequate enough and sped up the process.
"Much better" is not what I've seen in my usage. Closer to almost all negligible differences than any real "winner." All three have plus and minuses depending on the use case, but GPT 5.4 has currently been the most reliable for me.
For coding, Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Opus are *dramatically* better than GPT up through 5.2 from my experience unless you want to see it spin in circles wasting your premium tokens. Haven't tried GPT 5.4 yet tho, so I'm glad to hear the recommendation! Will give it a shot at work tomorrow for sure.