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Apple Users

onehandle

(51,122 posts) Fri Nov 8, 2013, 01:07 PM Nov 2013

The iPad Air is amazing. [View all]

I got to use one this week. It makes my iPad 3 feel like a overweight antique.

Same size screen in a much smaller, lighter form.

It's so light and small in your hand, that I see no reason for the iPad Mini to exist.

And it's faster than some Macs from just a few years ago.

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The iPad Air is amazing. [View all] onehandle Nov 2013 OP

Still using my iPad 1 Sherman A1 Nov 2013 #1

Mine gave the ghost last year nadinbrzezinski Nov 2013 #4

Things all wear out Sherman A1 Nov 2013 #7

I have a mini PasadenaTrudy Nov 2013 #2

The one I tried is a friends. Yes, the iPad air is Retina. So is my iPad 3. onehandle Nov 2013 #5

Ah PasadenaTrudy Nov 2013 #8

I'm mad at myself. northoftheborder Nov 2013 #3

My guess is that next year's model will have Touch ID. onehandle Nov 2013 #6

I try to keep up on Apple news PasadenaTrudy Nov 2013 #9

It's like a mini-thickness full screen. NYC_SKP Nov 2013 #10

How do you get your video content onto your iPad? Stinky The Clown Nov 2013 #11

IIRC I used handbrake for owned DVDs. Everything else comes from iTunes. NYC_SKP Nov 2013 #12