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what's happening brian Tong here and welcome to the apple pie for all the good and bad inside the world of apple now apple's latest ipad and imac announcements from it's Cupertino headquarters our solid upgrades to the product lineup in I'm sure there will be plenty of you making some upgrades so let's get to it now first up the iPads and the ipad air 2 specifically was really one of the highlights of the event Apple is thin it to win it and brings its slimmest ipad ever it's so slim that you could stack two of these things on top of each other and it would still be thinner than the original iPad thinning it finally brings touch ID a custom a 8x processor an m8 motion coprocessor which seems a little odd since I won't be running around with my iPad anytime soon and an anti-reflective coating now I'm honestly a little torn about this next feature but the ipad air 2 gets an improved 8 megapixel camera ah you know they're only encouraging people to continue to take even more pictures with their ipads like this guy adding panorama mode a burst mode time lapse and slow motion so you all get ready to see even more people like this and more of these mirror iPad selfies thanks Apple now if you really want to be innovative listen remove the camera so I can actually see the concert I paid to go see now that's thinspiration alright the ipad air 2 starts at four ninety-nine and brings improvements across the board but apples biggest challenge is getting people to buy one after recent reports show fifty percent of iPad users are still on their first or second gen ipad and we know people really don't upgrade them nearly as often as they upgrade a smartphone now the biggest iPad disappointment well it's the iPad Mini 3 which gets touch ID but it keeps the same camera the same screen and even the same a7 processor but it comes in gold now the mini three starts at 399 but it was truly the most disappointing announcement now pre-orders start on the 17 for iPads and star shipping on the 24 all right on to the max and the imac with its 27 inch retina 5k display with clearly the other highlight with the highest resolution screen we've seen from Apple four times the pixels a quad-core intel core processor up to 4 gigahertz an advanced fusion drive and five millimeters at its thinnest point that's inspiring the imac looks gorgeous but starting at 24 99 and the declining interest in desktops versus laptops doesn't make this a must-have anymore but a great improvement now the retina imac is ready to ship in one two three days and let's not forget about the Mac Mini 2 years waiting for an update and it now gets updated Intel Core dual-core processors Thunderbolt 2 and USB 3 and starts at four ninety-nine a solid update but again nothing flashy here all right on the software side OS 10 go 70 is available to download now for the price of free and I think you're all gonna really love it it doesn't take away any features but brings a real cleaner and refined look and feel while adding some nice stuff like continuity improve notifications and search oh and one thing that trashcan dough and iOS 8.1 free update arrives Monday in time for the official Rella of Apple pay on that Monday so get on it so you can use your phone like your wallet now i'm debating between going to jamba juice first or getting a juicy big mac with those mickeyd fries and chicken nuggets and a mcflurry but i need to be careful because it all goes to my butt alright so there you have it like i said really a solid update across the board from apple for ipads and macs now there's nothing that really stands out as a must buy for me right now but there's lots of great stuff if you're in the market to upgrade and just think in 2015 we have let's see the rumored ipad pro macbook air with retina display a new apple TV and yeah that Apple watch are all awaiting us next year and yes I chose not to throw any bad apples this week because a lot of you guys get your feelings hurt when I do so I decided to be nice today alright that's going to do it for this week's show you can email me at the apple byte at cnet com or tweet me at brian Tong i'll be going on vacation next week but don't worry stick because uh we have a little something some before you lined up next time and apple just for future reference after watching this keynote leave the skits to us alright thanks so much for watching it will catch you all next time for another bite of the Apple