Does it strike anyone else that Apple's product line is starting to sound complicated?
Bigger iPad=Air, but smaller Macbook=Air. Bigger Macbook=Pro, but bigger iPhone=Plus.
When the iWatch comes out, it'll get worse.
(Case and point)
I looked it up, 0xF8FF () is the Apple symbol. If it renders as a square/rectangular box on your computer, it's because it's trademarked and a logo, which means you need an Apple font to render it. (Which I/you don't have, because Apple fonts only come with Apple computers.)
Just responding because I saw this comment was downvoted.
Font designers can put whatever they want there, and some do (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Use_Areas#U.2BF8FF)
Apple has standardized some characters in that range in its products, but there is no guarantee that you get an Apple logo there.
0xF8FF is in the Unicode Private Use range, so any font is allowed to put whatever they want there :) (If you're curious what your current font has: http://www.unicodemap.org/range/78/Private_Use/)
Expect an iPad Pro soon, probably heavier but with much more capability.
What we have now is not comparable. Check out the timeline here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Apple_Macintosh_mo...
Take a look at 1995 where there were at least 18 different Mac models simultaneously available. They all had different marketing part numbers and to add the confusion, some were actually the same machine under 3 different brandings[1]. The graph doesn't show the different brandings, so the lineup was actually much more complicated than it looks.
Tablets: iPad Mini 3, iPad Air 2.
Phones: iPhone 6, iPhone 6+.
Desktops: Mac Mini, iMac, Mac Pro.
Portables: Macbook Air, Macbook Pro.
You can even make that list ordered by size from memory like I did, and I'm not an Apple guy although I have a Mini that runs windows, and an iPad Air).
* The non-air iPad Retina and non-retina Mini are still part of the lineup
* the 5S and 5C are still part of the lineup
* the iMac exists in 21 and 27"
* the rMBP exists in 13 and 15"
* the MBA exists in 11 and 13"
* the 13" MBP still exists
2. Even if you understand "current" as "latest" (which is most definitely a non-standard definition) that removes the old MBP, the 5's and the leftover ipads, the ipods and various screen sizes of macs remain.
The 6 and 6+ are still both iPhone 6s, the only difference beside size is extremely minor (optical stabilization), not entirely different products.
> Same for the MBA and MBP, those are simply size/feature differences, not entirely different products.
See above.
> Would you also then break out each and every storage/ram/cpu combination on the MBA and MBP lines? I doubt it. It's still a fraction of what other makers produce.
That's swapping out parts obtained from third parties (hence BTO), different display sizes lead to difference in effective uses, and require very different internal chassis.
Dang. We can't be friends.
What's really weird that they don't have an iPad Pro in that lineup, because that was what we assumed to be the reason they went with the name "iPad Air".
Meh. They've got 2 display sizes for each product (with displays), basically: 6/6+, iPad Mini/Air, iMac 21/27, MBA 11/13 and rMBP 13/15. The iMac and MBP used to have 3 display sizes each, and at one point there were 5 different iPod models sold at the same time (Shuffle 2G, Shuffle 3G, Nano 4G, Classic 6G and Touch 2G)
Leftover products (non-retina iPad mini, non-air retina iPad, MBP13, 5C and 5S) are a bigger annoyance I'd say.
I do think that’s the right approach, actually.