iPad

[Deckard]

Love iFile - just went to http://www.bestcydiatweaks.com/retroarch.html/ clicked on download then opened in ifile then installer and ten a respring and bang there is RetroArch !!

[Deckard]

Well the RetroArch PSX emulator is a bit of all right on my iPad 4 - just need to work out why it won't work with my icade or wiimote when it says it does and ill be away

[Flojomojo]

Needs a jailbreak on iPad, right?

Works nicely on Nexus 7, too - "pre-jail broken" cheapo tablet!

[Deckard]

Finally read the manual so I can see where I went wrong with the controls and nosing at their forum I see n64 support might be arriving soon - I might ask if they've thought of Nuon support

[Deckard]

New iPads 22/10/13 then http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1651716

[Misfit]

If they announce a retina mini (hopefully with a7x and touch ID), a new Cinema Display and a decent update on the 13" rMBP (inc discreet graphics) then I can see I'll be needing to do a lot of overtime....

And only just bought the iPhone 5S

[Deckard]

If they announce the new MacPro I will need a new job......

[fog]

New iPads 22/10/13 then http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1651716

Bad choice. That's the same day Surface 2 launches so who is going to care about Apple?

Poor Microsoft

[pogo]

Confirmation of the Oct 22 event, with the following sent out by Apple to suggest what it's about.

[Deckard]

From MacRumours today

Quote:
Originally Posted by mrmarts
So its worth going for the Ipad 5 for performance!
Easily; the iPad 5 is going to have to use the G6630 GPU (as the 5S got the G6430; iPad needs and always has had a better GPU).

The iPhone 5S actually got a 2.67X increase in overall graphical performance (from 28.8Gflops to 76.8Gflops). This is what the mini 2 will output at (76..

The iPad 5 could go a few ways;

-A 2X jump up to 155Gflops (this is what the Xbox 360's GPU performs at)

-A 2.67X jump upto 205Gflops ( beats a PS3 which outputs at 174Gflops graphically)

-A 3-5X jump(unlikely) upto around 250-300Gflops.

Remember that even if Apple say it is a 2X jump for GPU, it can still (and met probably will be) 2.67X jump. That's what happened with the iPhone 5S, they said 2X, but in fact was 2.67X.

At least in terms of graphics; it is looking like the iPad 5 will be the first to overtake current gen consoles. I WILL beat the 360 at 155Gflops; but I think it will overtake the ps3 as well.

So could this be true ? Didn't Carmack a few years ago say about mobile eclipsing consoles in a few generations ?

[The Caffeine Kid]

That's no good without a bit leap in storage space? Otherwise what's the point? Having half a dozen games on if they are chestnut green size.

[fog]

Am I the only one not bothered about huge performance increases on the iPad?

The only justification for it are the games and the ones it is best suited to don't require stupidly fast hardware. The best games on iPad would probably run on the original hardware if Apples OS updates didn't run like crap.

[Misfit]

Am I the only one not bothered about huge performance increases on the iPad?

The only justification for it are the games and the ones it is best suited to don't require stupidly fast hardware. The best games on iPad would probably run on the original hardware if Apples OS updates didn't run like crap.

No, you aren't alone. I have never thought my iPad 4 or mini felt slow.

I was never worried about my iPhone 4S or 5 speed either, so not sure it needed doubling for my 5S. Only thing I notice better in terms of speed is burst mode on the camera.

[Deckard]

Always worth it the extra speed for some of the new synths - some are amazing - Thor is rather good

[Misfit]

Always worth it the extra speed for some of the new synths - some are amazing - Thor is rather good

Your iPad needs are a bit more intensive than mine.

It was quite nice tethering my iPad mini to my iPhone and streaming the football from Sky whilst killing time during her tennis lesson yesterday.

The new Kindle Fire's look good, new Galaxy Notes (the 3 and the big one) look cool, but still can't see myself leaving the Apple ecosystem yet....