So the iPad Air M3 has transformed from a supply chain management master into a master of managing image resources?

Mar 5, 202527

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The author explores the Apple iPad comparison page and notices that the desktop images for the M3 and M2 models appear identical. Upon inspecting the images, they discover that Apple uses a background image with opacity for a smooth transition effect. The author confirms that the images are indeed different but finds it amusing that both have the same MD5 hash. They also reminisce about a past experience with the iPhone 14 Plus, where it was mistakenly labeled as "14max."

https://www.apple.com/au/ipad/compare/?modelList=ipad-air-11-m3,ipad-air-11-m2

Open the familiar comparison page, hey, why are these two guys' desktop images the same this time?

So I inspected it.

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Apple uses figure's background-image, combined with opacity to achieve the switching gradient, quite elegant.

The two images for m3 and m2 are:

Well, it seems I misunderstood, it really is the m2 and m3 images.

But still not giving up, so I used wget.

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So bad, so bad, they even intentionally collided to create the same md5! Hahaha.

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I suddenly remembered a long time ago, during the 14 Plus era, the name was written as 14max.
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(The image was found while scrolling through my own Telegram channel a long time ago. Telegram's compression for old images, especially long images, is still quite severe.)