everything apple announced today: macbook air, ipad pros, more

Apple's second launch event this fall brought with it few surprises, with no talk of that long-awaited Mac Pro revamp, nor overdue update on whatever the hell is happening with AirPower.   But many of the rumors did pan out today as Apple breathed new life into its outdated Mac Mini and brought Face ID to iPad Pro.   At first glance, MacBook Air looks way more like MacBook than Apple's Air.   But starting at $1,200, book line with retina screen, Touch ID, keyboard, USB-C ports, and modern starting specs — that is 1.6GHz i5-8265U Intel CPU, 8GB of RAM, and 128GB SSD.   Like the rumors said, Apple tossed it out for slimmer bezels on iPad Pro.   Apple added half inch more screen to the smaller, $800 model while cutting down the size of the larger, $1,000 model.   Also, the tablets now come with A12X Bionic chip and can pack in up to 1TB of storage.   For $800, you can get Mac Mini with 8GB of memory, Intel 3.6GHz quad-core i3 processor, and 128GB of SSD storage.   For far, far more, you can max out the machine with processor, 64GB of memory, and 2TB SSD.   It'll apparently offer up to 60 percent faster graphics performance for the most demanding video editing, 3D design and rendering workloads, Apple says.   Read more