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Accidental Tech Podcast

226: Smooth Scrolling Is For Suckers

Accidental Tech Podcast

Marco Arment

Technology

4.4 β€’ 2.4K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 15 June 2017

⏱️ 136 minutes

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0:00.0

We're not going to get through all this follow so just a certain point we just someone just pull the rip cord and we'll get that on the show

0:09.2

Now we have crossed a wonderful threshold that is totally worth pointing out and calling out on this show

0:15.3

We have on my desk is an iPad that is faster in every measure I could possibly think of than John's Mac Pro

0:22.2

You are so mean. Oh, you're so mean it beat the single core a couple generations ago and it has finally crossed the multi-core

0:36.3

so now and and I'm pretty sure the GPU is probably way ahead

0:40.5

I'm also pretty sure that the screen on it is higher resolution than the screen connected to John's Mac Pro

0:45.9

So if we have finally

0:48.8

Cross the point where not even the best iPad but just like the middle of the road iPad is faster in every respect

0:55.6

I can possibly think to measure than John's Mac Pro

0:58.2

It's the best iPad isn't it? What's it is the 12.00 faster to have higher clock or something?

1:02.4

I don't actually I think it's the same and all respects just the higher screen resolution. Yeah, well my fans are faster so beat that

1:10.9

So many more it's divided by zero. That's not fair

1:15.3

Just put a put an event in your calendar and we'll revisit that iPad in 10 years

1:20.6

We'll see how it's doing

1:22.6

Yeah, that's what you're clinging to

1:25.6

The shattered glass on its surface long after it's been dropped in at least my hardware still works 10 years on

1:32.2

Barely but it works. That's all I've got so I've got to hang on to now and I want this I want this Mac to feel safe and loved and to just carry me through

1:39.3

So I can turn please. Oh now that now the iPad like medium size has USB 3 over its lightning port

1:45.6

I also have faster ports than your Mac Pro

1:50.7

That's magnificent. All right, let's get this show on the road

1:52.8

We this is going to be an all follow-up episode and it's just the way it's gonna have to be well

1:57.2

I'll follow up episode we will do an after show that has some quasi follow-up, but we should dig right in

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