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iPad Pro and iOS9 are here
robbocurry:
Just to chip in again re: thunderbolt port.
IMHO this is a pink elephant of an interface, I have it on my MBP.
Third party support for it is limited and peripherals seem very expensive.
Back to iPad pro connectivity, aren't hardwired connections very 20th century?
Aren't we living in the age of ever quicker wireless communications?
Superfast broadband, 4G, LTE, Cloud storage.
Does this new tablet really need any more ports?
WK154:
--- Quote from: RoadRanger on September 10, 2015, 03:07:17 AM ---
--- Quote from: WK154 on September 10, 2015, 01:35:50 AM ---Well if you are exited about an overpriced and over-sized Air 2 it's here. Unfortunately the only external wired link remains the Lightning connector and nothing but USB capability as before.
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As I've pointed out before, the iDevice's (unofficial) wired Ethernet capability is via the USB - why would you expect different?
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And as I've pointed out before it's an shaky kludge no-one here has used.
WK154:
--- Quote from: robbocurry on September 10, 2015, 10:39:58 AM ---Just to chip in again re: thunderbolt port.
IMHO this is a pink elephant of an interface, I have it on my MBP.
Third party support for it is limited and peripherals seem very expensive.
Back to iPad pro connectivity, aren't hardwired connections very 20th century?
Aren't we living in the age of ever quicker wireless communications?
Superfast broadband, 4G, LTE, Cloud storage.
Does this new tablet really need any more ports?
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Pink elephant or not Apple and Intel are pushing hard but most Mfg.'s are resisting. As to the "20th" century wired I guess they were light-years ahead of 21st century 1 Gps wireless with 10 Gps wired and no interference. ;)
RoadRanger:
--- Quote from: WK154 on September 10, 2015, 12:43:09 PM ---And as I've pointed out before it's an shaky kludge no-one here has used.
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Apple uses it for all their big demos. Not a kludge at all, any more than any USB to Ethernet connection is. It would be nice if Apple released their USB to Ethernet interface for it though. There is that third party one but for some unexplained reason it requires the app using it to be compiled for it - wonder why? In any case it sure would seem to make sense for Mackie to support a hardware connection...
RoadRanger:
--- Quote from: Kev tyler on September 10, 2015, 09:18:13 AM ---Surely a modern windows tablet would pee all over the new pad, all them brains at Apple can't realise we want a couple of in out options on a 600 dollar unit.
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I suspect the market for a UTP Ethernet I/F is too small to matter to them, even though they've had one in limited production for themselves for years...
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