Apple Event: May 7th at 7 am PT
Is it because some pressurized part might explode? Because the air is not dense enough to cool it properly? Both, or something else?
Heat dissipation is probably the problem. I'm sure there would be no catastrophic explosion even if you suddenly dumped one out of an airlock from the space station, but perhaps a part of a lens or some other assembly might pop, something that might have a tiny bubble of air in it.
Well, iPads don't have hard drives. I wish they did--I'd like a 300-gig model.
I was gonna flunk calculus until one day I figured out what it was doing--it is a bit of a leap of faith. After that, it was quite simple, actually.
Yes, I know they don't have hard drives (see my earlier posts). Point being that I can't think of a reason why they wouldn't work given that they don't have hard drives. But, yes, 300 gigs would be very nice! Same size, package as the current model, of course.
I tried twice with calculus. Never got as far as a "Eureka" moment. Fortunately, in the subsequent 25+ years, I've never had a moment where I was moved to say, "If I only knew calculus, I could solve this problem".
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Heat can't dissipate in a vacuum. That's the problem - in a vacuum heat can only be lost by radiation.
... I've never had a moment where I was moved to say, "If I only knew calculus, I could solve this problem".
You just aren't looking for problems enough Meg!
There's a lot to be said for that. Smart people solve problems. Wise people avoid 'em.
... fools go looking for them (just thought of that).
If you take your iPad into space, be sure to enable Find my iPad first.
(yes I know iCloud won't work in space... there are no clouds...)
John Galt wrote:
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Heat can't dissipate in a vacuum. That's the problem - in a vacuum heat can only be lost by radiation.
Yeah and I bet there was math involved in there somewhere!
Interesting related discussion at http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-416653.html especially near the bottom.
If you are planning on taking your iPad into space I recommend turning data roaming off.
I checked my emails and a couple of football scores whilst near one of Jupiters moons and it cost a fortune.
I know that this topic is a little old but I would like to say that I used my iPad on a mountain at 14000 ft where there is 40% less air pressure. While up the the iPad worked to its full ability. However I did notice that it got a small bit warmer than normal. This wasn't a huge difference in temperature and it shouldn't matter much because the air is colder the higher you go. The reason apple says what they say is so people won't sue them. However at higher altitude the combination of heat from the iPad and lower air pressure may be enough to cause the battery to leak.
Why is the iPad not rated above 10,000 feet in altitude?
