On July 12th, I spent $3600 on a new MacBook Pro 15\u201d Core i9 which is very expensive, a full $1000 more than I\u2019ve spent on any previous Mac Portable and the machine is fantastic. I stick with Apple because of the operating system, Unix \/ FreeBSD and security & privacy they build in to every hardware and software project. I wish this machine was cheaper but it\u2019s not.<\/p>\n
On Friday, September 14th, I\u2019ll be logging on to Apple.com to order a Space Black Stainless steel Series 4 Apple Watch likely for $549 plus $49 for AppleCare. My series 2 Apple Watch continues to get all day battery life but the speed of this watch continues to drive me a bit mad with speed issues and the Siri response is very slow..so slow I just end up using my iPhone\u2019s Hey Siri command to invoke HomeKit requests<\/p>\n
A week later, I\u2019ll plunk down $900 for an iPhone 10 S likely at 128GB of storage as my iPhone 8 Plus with 256GB of storage is overkill for my needs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At some point in October, there will be an iPad Pro 10-11\u201d purchase. I recently sold my first generation 128GB Rose Gold iPad Pro 9.7\u201d for $400 and having skipped the 10.5\u201d model, I\u2019m ready for an upgrade. I\u2019m hoping the next iPad has FaceID to make the iPhone 10 S upgrade less painful and if it has a faster processor, even better.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s it for Apple purchases this year. I will likely start saving up again to replace my iMac 27\u201d (Late 2015) around this time in 2019. I need to make the jump to SSD and while the machine is powerful, it\u2019s held up by incredibly slow I\/O.<\/p>\n
Update:<\/strong><\/p>\n iPhone Excess 256GB +\u00a0Apple Watch\u00a0Space Black Stainless Steel Case with Space Black Milanese Loop at 44mm<\/p>\n Very satisfied with both updates.I\u2019m not convinced I need a new iPhone. Seems an excessive price with very few features I\u2019ll need and FaceID doesn\u2019t work with my motorcycle helmet so it\u2019s a step back in functionality for me versus TouchID. The only upgrade reason for me would be the low-light and HDR video recording functionality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On July 12th, I spent $3600 on a new MacBook Pro 15\u201d Core i9 which is very expensive,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2018-09-11T18:08:17Z","apple_news_api_id":"9cbb7bbe-50ef-43f5-803a-d569d7b8f2c9","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2018-09-12T18:54:34Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AnLt7vlDvQ_WAOtVp17jyyQ","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7570","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-technology","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1Y6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5094,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/10\/14\/technology-the-iphone-6s-and-watchos-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":7570,"position":0},"title":"Technology: The iPhone 6S (and WatchOS 2)","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"October 14, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I like to write these for my own sort of posterity in how Apple\u2019s mobile ecosystem changes year over year. 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