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Nexus Special #62: Apple October Event 2018

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Brian and Ryan discuss new MacBook Airs, mac minis, and iPad Pros!

Another month, another Apple event!

Apple Events – Keynote October 2018 – Apple

New hardware
01:40 | MacBook Air
  • 2 Thunderbolt 3
  • TouchID
  • 13” Retina Display (no P3 color gamut)
  • No TouchBar
  • 100% recycled aluminum
  • 8GB RAM by default; up to 16
  • T2
  • Processor: 1.6GHz dual-core 8th-generation Intel Core i5
    • An interesting note: previous versions of MacBook Airs had i7 options in BTO configs, but this standardization on i5 seems okay for the product
    • Thoughts:
      • How odd, to have the MacBook and MacBook Air be different things
        • The MacBook is by default, $1299 $1599
        The MacBook Air is now by default $1199 $1399
      • I’d have to look more into technical differences, but it seems like a timing things and a market bet that maybe didn’t pan out?
        • 12:51 | Mac mini
          • 5x faster than old one
            • 4 core i3
            • 6 core i5
            • 6 core i7
              • It’s configurable i7 8700
                • Intel® Core i7-8700 Processor (12M Cache, up to 4.60 GHz) Product Specifications
              • Up to 64GB of RAM; 8 by default
              • Looks like user-replaceable RAM?
              • T2
                • New Mac mini packs a huge punch – Apple
                • 100% recycled aluminum
                  • 19:01 | iPad Pro
                  • iPad Pro — Change — Apple – YouTube
                  • New form factor!
                    • Uniform bezels
                    • No home button
                    • 2mm thinner than previous models
                    • Comes with a camera bump
                    • Another sizing change…?
                    • Instead the 10.5’’ model again, it’s now an 11’’ model
                      • Bringing the models to 10.5, 11’’ and 12.9’
                      • An interesting note, is the 11’’ model does not have a 4:3 aspect ratio’
                      • A12X
                        • more powerful than 92% of available laptops on the market
                        • 1000x graphics improvements from the first iPad
                        • Same graphics performance as the Xbox One S, but 94% smaller
                        • No more TouchID
                        • Comes with FaceID… with No Notch!
                        • Lost the headphone jack…
                        • Comes with a USB-C port…!
                          • External display, up to 5K
                          • Can charge your iPhone
                          • Apple Pencil 2
                          • 102 magnets!
                          • 100% recycled aluminum
                            • 35:28 | Other
                            • MacBook Pros
                              • Available with Vega M discrete GPUs on November 14
                              • Notably missing
                                • New iMacs
                                • iOS 12.1, watchOS 5.1, audioOS 5.1, tvOS 12.1, and macOS 10.14.1 out today
                                  • New emoji
                                  • Group FaceTime
                                  • Bugfixes
                                  • eSIM/dual SIM
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                                      This episode of Nexus Special has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #502: NS #62 — I’d Just Bring 2 iPads!

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