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Nexus Special #49: Apple Event October 2016

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Links
  • Accessibility - Apple
  • Apple’s new ‘TV’ app is its way of simplifying all your streaming content | Ars Technica
  • NSTouchBar - AppKit | Apple Developer Documentation
  • Touch Bar
  • Ryan Smith on Twitter: "New Radeon Pro laptop GPUs. 460: 16 CUs, ~910Mhz. 455: 12 CUs, ~850MHz, 450: 10 CUs, ~780Mhz. All are Polaris 11, 35W, 5Gbps GDDR5"
    • News
    Apple TV:
    • http://arstechnica.com/apple/2016/10/apples-new-tv-app-is-its-way-of-simplifying-all-your-streaming-content/
    • Two prongs
      • iOS
      • Apple TV
      • Where’s the Mac?!
      • Content providers at launch
        • HBO Now
        • Showtime
        • Hulu
        • CBS
        • Potentially others (unannounced)
          • MacBook Pros:
          • Touch Bar
            • https://developer.apple.com/reference/appkit/nstouchbar
            • Touch ID
            • Dynamically reassigning what displays on the Touch Bar
              • Apps can do this (Brandon’s super excited for the Creative Suite setup)
              • Accessibility
              • https://developer.apple.com/macos/touch-bar/
              • Escape “Key”
                • It’s still there!
                • Tech Specs
                  • All models
                    • Thunderbolt 3
                    • Space Gray or Silver
                    • RIP backlit Apple logo
                    • Thinner
                    • Lighter 3lbs for 13”, 4lbs for 15”
                    • 500 nits brightness (67% brighter)
                    • Wide color gamut (P3)
                    • 256GB PCIe-based onboard SSD
                    • 8GB of RAM
                    • Skylake
                    • Speakers
                      • Up to 58% more volume
                      • Up to 2.5x louder bass
                      • 2x dynamic range
                      • Massive Force Touch Trackpad
                      • New 2nd generation butterfly keyed keyboard
                        • 4x more key stability
                        • Low end 13”
                          • 2 Thunderbolt 3
                          • 8GB of 1866MHz LPDDR3 onboard memory
                          • Intel Iris Graphics 540
                          • Two microphones
                          • 61W USB-C Power Adapter
                          • $1499
                          • 13”
                            • 4 Thunderbolt 3
                            • Touch Bar with integrated Touch ID sensor
                            • 8GB of 2133MHz LPDDR3 onboard memory
                            • Intel Iris Graphics 550
                            • Three microphones
                            • 61W USB-C Power Adapter
                            • $1799
                            • 15”
                              • 4 Thunderbolt 3
                              • Touch Bar with integrated Touch ID sensor
                              • Up to 2TB SSD
                              • 8GB of 2133MHz LPDDR3 onboard memory
                              • Intel HD Graphics 530
                              • Radeon Pro 450 or 455 with 2GB of GDDR5 memory or Radeon Pro 460 with 4GB of GDDR5 memory and automatic graphics switching https://twitter.com/RyanSmithAT/status/791737906905829376
                              • Up to two displays with 5120-by-2880 resolution at 60Hz at over a billion colors
                              • Up to four displays with 4096-by-2304 resolution at 60Hz at over a billion colors
                              • Three microphones
                              • 87W USB-C Power Adapter
                              • $2399
                                • ...more
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