Apple iPad Mini Event Recap “Cliff Notes”- New Macbook Pro, iPad, and More

by Michael Sitver · October 23

Today Apple announced a ton of stuff, from a new line of macs, to a new line of iPads (yes, a line). There’s a lot of material that was covered, and as usual I took thorough notes during the keynote, and as usual I will share those with you so that you don’t have to watch the entire hour and a half long keynote.

New ibooks 3.0

night mode black on white- optimized for the dark. continuous scrolling
all purchases- even ones not downloaded are on bookshelf
- first live keynote stream since era of steve ended- last was Beatles event with Steve
- starting video the exact opposite of samsung commercials= the excitement over the launch
- 200 million iOS 6 Devices
- The usual apple boasting
- 70 million shared photos
- $6.5 bil to devs
new ibooks available today

Mac Stuff

Mac outgrew PC by 7 times this year- beating PC growth for six years straight
Apple has both the #1 selling laptop and notebook computer in US currently.
13 inch macbook pro with retina
-Thinner with Retina display

no more dvd
all flash architecture
just 3.5 pounds
as thin as retina macbook pro
13.3 inches
2560x 1600- 4X the former pixels of 13 in.- 4 Million + pixels
second only in pixels on notebook to 15 inch retina- mor
more contrast
less reflection
brighter display
lots of compatible apps now that supports Retina Display
stereo speakers- better audio
quieter fans- asymmetrical
asymmetric batteries= apple loves that asymmetry- 7 hours- yeah right- probably around five hours in reality
8 GB of RAM standard
ivy bridge processors
airplay to apple tv streaming
teeny tiny 128 GB SSD- not much space for that price
$1699 are you kidding?- $500 less than standard Retina macbook
starts shipping today
environmentally friendly
black background in video- no white- interesting choice- first time in years- Apple white on black instead of black on white
macbook air, macbook pro standard, and macbook pro retina all still sold

Mac mini
- usb 3.0, bluetooth 4, ivy bridge, up to 16 GB upgradable of ram- starting at $599 with 500 GB HDD- pretty good deal
- $999 server w/ 1 TB
- most energy efficient desktop in the world
iMac
- IPS Display- the same screen tech as in many high end tablets
- flagship of line
- going back in history- relaunched apple’s style
- New version is incredibly thin- as thick as a pencil
- WOW- looks incredible
- no disk drive- that could be a problem
- 5 MM- 80% thinner
- laser welding to put it together- friction stir welding- molecules merged together
- thinner display- no air gap between display and glass
- 8 pounds lighter
- stereo audio
- up to 32GB RAM, up to 3TB HDD or a lot (768GB?) of flash. Four USB 3 ports, two Thunderbolts, ahhh he did that so fast.
- 21.5-inch iMac, 2.7GHz i5, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD is the base model: $1,299.