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The rumor is $329 to start which seemed a little high for me considering the competition. It's screen is larger and if it's retina, I guess it's worth the extra. I am either getting one of these or a kindle fire 7" for my son for his birthday. He apparently likes to read now, 10 books since the end of the summer.

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I have an MBA and I think there may have been one occasion in the year plus I've owned it that I wanted a disc drive. I ended up buying a superdrive and never use it. ymmv.

$329 seemed high when I first read it on macrumors. With the A6 processor and the screen size, it seems to me to justify the higher price compared to a Kindle Fire 2 16 GB wifi at $200. I really did not want to spend more than $200 for Jasen's b'day present but may do it anyway.

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$329 is borderline in terms of getting me to purchase it instead of the $399 10" iPad 2. I'm with Justin though, I'd be a bit miffed at having my barely purchased iPad3 superseded already.

[edit]Not to mentiona refurb iPad 3 at $379...

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Finally new iMac. 27" not available until December sad.png Really thin the damn thing. 4 USB3 ports, but no optic drive. Why including it if they can charge you for a superdrive >D

Going to wait for the retina iMac next year.

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Apple screws customers every few months but it is unclear why they would release the iPad3 when they knew it would be obsoleted in 5-6 months.

And Mike, the iPad Mini has the A5 chip, but the new iPad4 has the A6X.

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It's fairly obvious why they refreshed the retina iPad and I don't think it has a whole lot to do with the new connector.

Think of what else launches on Friday, the same day that 4gen and mini iPad preorders begin. I doubt Apple's choice of a date was a coincidence.

I also am skeptical that there is much pent-up demand for a faster retina-Pad. More likely, they don't want the retina-pad getting trounced in the upcoming comparisons in the surface reviews.

Probably the most dissapointing Apple launch day I can remember, and this coming form an retina-pad and iPhone 5 owner so it's not like I don't drink the kool-aid.

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I'm probably gonna buy either the sprint or verizon mini. I don't feel like my 3 is obsolete, tho. The lightning version would obsolete my io dock.

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Wasn't even the most disappointing Apple launch day of the last couple of months for me.

Do find it a bit sneaky, though probably marketing 101, that Apple uses ppi when it's to its advantage and screen size when that's the plus.

Still will be curious to see/handle iPad mini and new MBP in real-life.

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