The new iPad mini is perfectly timed for me as I'll need to replace my old one soon. But for reading I will stick with my old Kindle Paperwhite until it stops working; it feels closer to the experience of reading a print book, not least because it draws the same line between reading and other activities.
That's a good point. One thing you put in my mind is that I'm startled how poorly made Kindles are. My wife's basic Kindle broke the other year and I took it apart, I read advice online, I approached Kindle repair people. Everything and everyone said there's no point. Amazon uses the cheapest components and, it seemed to me, assembles them quite crudely, so when it goes wrong, it's over. I know Kindles are cheap next to iPads but I don't like the idea of them being disposable.
@@WilliamGallagher First, kudos to your wife for letting you mess with her Kindle -- even a broken one!. More seriously,, as with all devices, it depends on your needs. I got my first Kindle when I moved to a tiny island cottage with no space for books and was given the Paperwhite in 2015. I also used it a lot for outdoor postgrad reading (PDFs, etc) when I didn't want the distractions of smartphone or tablet. So far it's held up well, despite my careless handling.
It will properly be announced next Monday, one week before it starts, and the videos will be right here in the same 58keys channel. But since you've asked, here's a sneak peek of the opening five minutes of the first video. Don't tell anyone. ruclips.net/video/i0zaSwYE9sM/видео.html
My beloved Mini v6 sort of 'died' a few months ago - the screen stopped responding. After trying all of Apple and Reddit's suggestions, I contacted Apple who confirmed I'd done everything I could to get it going, and suggested I pay quite a lot to get it fixed. I decided to get an iPad Air instead because the one thing that often frustrated me about the Mini was sometimes I couldn't read text on it - mostly anything that didn't work with Apple's dynamic text sizing. So now the dear old mini will be on its way to America so my son who likes to tinker can have a go at repairing it so he can use it. He's already sourced replacement parts, so he's keen. But he's well aware this isn't 100% guaranteed to work in his favour. So fingers crossed!!
You have a clever and possibly optimistic son. I bought the original iPad Air whenever that came out, ten years or more, and it would be working fine even now except I loaned it to someone who broke it. That was rather upsetting.
William, iPad mini really does tick all the boxes I think. I have ordered the Kindle colour “thing”? But now thinking, what do you need colour for when reading text? Another point, have you tried the reMarkable for note taking (as opposed to the Scribe)?
I think you'll be pleased with the colour thing, though. I've very, very briefly tried reMarkable and I liked what I saw. There's another one, a Boox thing, that I liked a lot too, but ended up just using it as a larger e-reader.
Hi William, I be interested in your views on the following use case: I've got a manuscript, about 300 pages, and once it's written it needs to be edited. Would you view these products as being useful for that or would you always just go "Yeah, you need to print the thing out and grab a pen." I am talking annotations not using them for word processing. Best regards from Australia.
I once edited half a friend's manuscript on an iPad using an Apple Pencil and had a great time. But then I edited the rest on my Mac, typing notes where necessary, and did that half in a fraction of the time. I don't ever print anything out anymore, though. And I do find this is a big help: moving the text to another device or another app or at least to another font face and size. It breaks the familiarity, forces you to actually read it all again, and that way I find I spot more things I need to change.
Hi William. Now we obviously can't look forward to a keynote, but to a ‘whole week’ of press releases. It seems that these new Macs are all just processor updates like for the iPad Mini and it's not worth holding an event for them. This makes me wonder if the Mac Mini is really coming in a new design as rumors say ...
@@WilliamGallagher I don't expect a new Mac Studio, but upgrades for the MacBooks and the iMac, maybe a new Mac Mini. But even if there is a new M4 Mac Studio coming, I don't see any incentive to buy, if I may be honest. My M1 Max (64 GB) is so powerful that it will serve my work (writing, video editing, streaming, etc.) for a few more years. The predecessor of my Mac Studio was the Mac Pro 2013 (Trashcan), which I used for nine years and still love. It's currently our family Mac.
It’s a funny thing: I was quite anti-Kindle for years in part because I had an iPad. I mean, there were other reasons like the quality of the type, but I was iPad all the way. Then I used a Kindle Paperwhite and somehow it just proved so handy. Reminded me of picking up actual books: it does the one thing and does it well. An iPad mini feels like it would less like that and more just another iPad, yet I fancy one no end. Can’t justify that.
@@WilliamGallagherI haven’t even watched your video yet, for me a iPad has to many distractions. When I read on my Paper White I leave my iPad in a different room. I still get scatter brained and can think of numerous things I need to look at on my iPad. But I make myself sit there and read. It’s easier on the eyes also.
Perfect! I just had received the link for the Apple Mini and thought....do I need this? Well, of course, need is not the right criteria. You pointed out well, how does it fit in my arsenal? So, no to kindle, got that, but where will I go with the Apple Mini? I have a gen8 of an iPad now which is my constant reading companion and watching movies. Stay tuned, and I shall try to figure it out. But...why were you in the car? Lost your keys to your house?
I was going the tether-hop. Driving somewhere I had to go, but stopping to do work on the way. About a flat minute after I finished that video, I was on BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester, then racing off again. I knew I had to park up to do this but I tried to park outside the house where I was born. I missed: too many parked cars already there. But the house behind me is next door. I got quite maudlin, wondering what little boy me would think of any of this.
@@WilliamGallagher That little boy would wonder if he should advise his American friend to get an iPad mini or just wait and get gen11 iPad. I'll go look at your hood now again that I know.
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I had a few chuckles about the Kindle attempts at shiny bells.
And you've just made me smile.
The new iPad mini is perfectly timed for me as I'll need to replace my old one soon. But for reading I will stick with my old Kindle Paperwhite until it stops working; it feels closer to the experience of reading a print book, not least because it draws the same line between reading and other activities.
That's a good point. One thing you put in my mind is that I'm startled how poorly made Kindles are. My wife's basic Kindle broke the other year and I took it apart, I read advice online, I approached Kindle repair people. Everything and everyone said there's no point. Amazon uses the cheapest components and, it seemed to me, assembles them quite crudely, so when it goes wrong, it's over. I know Kindles are cheap next to iPads but I don't like the idea of them being disposable.
@@WilliamGallagher First, kudos to your wife for letting you mess with her Kindle -- even a broken one!. More seriously,, as with all devices, it depends on your needs. I got my first Kindle when I moved to a tiny island cottage with no space for books and was given the Paperwhite in 2015. I also used it a lot for outdoor postgrad reading (PDFs, etc) when I didn't want the distractions of smartphone or tablet. So far it's held up well, despite my careless handling.
Where is the information on your writing workshop posted question mark
It will properly be announced next Monday, one week before it starts, and the videos will be right here in the same 58keys channel. But since you've asked, here's a sneak peek of the opening five minutes of the first video. Don't tell anyone. ruclips.net/video/i0zaSwYE9sM/видео.html
My beloved Mini v6 sort of 'died' a few months ago - the screen stopped responding. After trying all of Apple and Reddit's suggestions, I contacted Apple who confirmed I'd done everything I could to get it going, and suggested I pay quite a lot to get it fixed. I decided to get an iPad Air instead because the one thing that often frustrated me about the Mini was sometimes I couldn't read text on it - mostly anything that didn't work with Apple's dynamic text sizing. So now the dear old mini will be on its way to America so my son who likes to tinker can have a go at repairing it so he can use it. He's already sourced replacement parts, so he's keen. But he's well aware this isn't 100% guaranteed to work in his favour. So fingers crossed!!
You have a clever and possibly optimistic son. I bought the original iPad Air whenever that came out, ten years or more, and it would be working fine even now except I loaned it to someone who broke it. That was rather upsetting.
William, iPad mini really does tick all the boxes I think. I have ordered the Kindle colour “thing”? But now thinking, what do you need colour for when reading text? Another point, have you tried the reMarkable for note taking (as opposed to the Scribe)?
I think you'll be pleased with the colour thing, though. I've very, very briefly tried reMarkable and I liked what I saw. There's another one, a Boox thing, that I liked a lot too, but ended up just using it as a larger e-reader.
Hi William, I be interested in your views on the following use case: I've got a manuscript, about 300 pages, and once it's written it needs to be edited. Would you view these products as being useful for that or would you always just go "Yeah, you need to print the thing out and grab a pen." I am talking annotations not using them for word processing. Best regards from Australia.
Scratch that, I just looked at the price of the Scribe in Australia. Just can't justify $500 bucks for a limited functionality device.
I once edited half a friend's manuscript on an iPad using an Apple Pencil and had a great time. But then I edited the rest on my Mac, typing notes where necessary, and did that half in a fraction of the time.
I don't ever print anything out anymore, though. And I do find this is a big help: moving the text to another device or another app or at least to another font face and size. It breaks the familiarity, forces you to actually read it all again, and that way I find I spot more things I need to change.
@@WilliamGallagher Thank you for your thoughts William, much appreciated. Enjoy the rest of your day.
Hi William. Now we obviously can't look forward to a keynote, but to a ‘whole week’ of press releases. It seems that these new Macs are all just processor updates like for the iPad Mini and it's not worth holding an event for them. This makes me wonder if the Mac Mini is really coming in a new design as rumors say ...
I'm going to have to cover my ears if they release a new Mac Studio, though...
@@WilliamGallagher I don't expect a new Mac Studio, but upgrades for the MacBooks and the iMac, maybe a new Mac Mini.
But even if there is a new M4 Mac Studio coming, I don't see any incentive to buy, if I may be honest. My M1 Max (64 GB) is so powerful that it will serve my work (writing, video editing, streaming, etc.) for a few more years.
The predecessor of my Mac Studio was the Mac Pro 2013 (Trashcan), which I used for nine years and still love. It's currently our family Mac.
If someone has an iPad Pro, new version, why would they need a mini for reading or a Kindle for reading? Just curious?
It’s a funny thing: I was quite anti-Kindle for years in part because I had an iPad. I mean, there were other reasons like the quality of the type, but I was iPad all the way. Then I used a Kindle Paperwhite and somehow it just proved so handy. Reminded me of picking up actual books: it does the one thing and does it well. An iPad mini feels like it would less like that and more just another iPad, yet I fancy one no end. Can’t justify that.
@@WilliamGallagher Tell me what justification you use when you decide to get a Mini. I need to know these things.
@@WilliamGallagherI haven’t even watched your video yet, for me a iPad has to many distractions. When I read on my Paper White I leave my iPad in a different room. I still get scatter brained and can think of numerous things I need to look at on my iPad. But I make myself sit there and read. It’s easier on the eyes also.
Perfect! I just had received the link for the Apple Mini and thought....do I need this? Well, of course, need is not the right criteria. You pointed out well, how does it fit in my arsenal? So, no to kindle, got that, but where will I go with the Apple Mini? I have a gen8 of an iPad now which is my constant reading companion and watching movies.
Stay tuned, and I shall try to figure it out. But...why were you in the car? Lost your keys to your house?
I was going the tether-hop. Driving somewhere I had to go, but stopping to do work on the way. About a flat minute after I finished that video, I was on BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester, then racing off again. I knew I had to park up to do this but I tried to park outside the house where I was born. I missed: too many parked cars already there. But the house behind me is next door. I got quite maudlin, wondering what little boy me would think of any of this.
@@WilliamGallagher That little boy would wonder if he should advise his American friend to get an iPad mini or just wait and get gen11 iPad. I'll go look at your hood now again that I know.
@tripley66 the little boy would say, what’s an iPad? There is some doubt that the base or regular iPad will be updated soon but who knows?