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xrenxs @xrenxs.bsky.social · 57m

i just need to get thru this month.

xrenxs @xrenxs.bsky.social · 4h

i think i'll get it in the spring. i have to raise the funds first, and this winter is a definite no-go.

xrenxs @xrenxs.bsky.social · 1h

i am alive.

xrenxs @xrenxs.bsky.social · 4h

i cooooooould just be careless and drop it on credit, but i would /not/ prefer to do that unless im debt-free first. i can get there, but either way, ill still be going into 2026.

xrenxs @xrenxs.bsky.social · 4h

i think i'll get it in the spring. i have to raise the funds first, and this winter is a definite no-go.

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xrenxs @xrenxs.bsky.social · 4h

that's indicative of the fact it'll age well in 2026 onwards.
im fielding the possibilities and in my head ive decided already.

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xrenxs @xrenxs.bsky.social · 4h

i know it's a tall order to get an oled panel, but something has to allow for the price of the air to be competitive, so i'll be okay, but i mean...ill be able to read into these things as we get closer to the refresh, but to be honest, it's likely i'll settle on the m5 tablet.
it just got released.

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xrenxs @xrenxs.bsky.social · 5h

if i can get trueDepth front facing cameras to allow for facial recognition, id buy it before it's available.

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xrenxs @xrenxs.bsky.social · 5h

i won't even have money to spend for the rest of the year, so since the m4 ipad air purportedly gets a spring refresh to the m4, i'll only jump in that proverbial lake if i get a pro-motion display (variable refresh rate) that the pro has as stock config.
they gave me true tone, but i need that vrr.

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xrenxs @xrenxs.bsky.social · 5h

i can't guarantee ill do anything w pro apps, so dropping money on the ipad pro might be foolhardy, but when i think about it, im essentially trading in the m1 ipad air for a bigger screen size and almost the same tech other than the processing chip, so it'd feel better to step up to the m5 variant.

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xrenxs @xrenxs.bsky.social · 5h

if the 13" ipad air w the m4 system is a comparable price to that of the current offering, ill bite that lure.

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xrenxs @xrenxs.bsky.social · 5h

the pro has facial recognition in lieu of touch id on the air. the screen on the pro is much better in terms of peak brightness, contrast, and HDR processing, ofc.

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xrenxs @xrenxs.bsky.social · 5h

the smaller storage capacities on the pro give it 12g of ram whereby the m3 air gets 8g ram across all configurations. the air has 8c cpu/9c gpu whereas the pro at the smaller storage allocation gets 9c cpu w 3 performance cores and 6 efficiency, so the baseline m3 air "beats" the pro on numbers.

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xrenxs @xrenxs.bsky.social · 5h

the ipad pro is only preferable because of both its screen tech and its processing chip. the m3 air has one (1) more performance core than those of the m5 pro (it has more efficiency cores to compensate), and i guess i /am/ getting the smaller storage size.
the 1tb/2tb models get 16g of ram.

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