neoncat

"revolutionary" ... now this is just silly. It's car audio. The last time I heard someone refer to car audio with those kind of hyperventilated, pre-orgasmic superlatives was like 20 years ago listening to some dubious high school drop out try to sell me on the "magic of Blaupunkt" (yes, he really did say "magic" ... magical and amazing, tho?)

chasm said:

I'm a bit surprised at the lack of a USB-C direct connection, given that most Macs (and an increasing number of PC laptops) lack traditional Ethernet ports, and also at the use of USB 2 ports for anything at all in the year 2023. Those should have been USB 3.0 ports at a minimum, given the support for SSD drives, and I doubt that would have cut into the profit margin on this thing at all.

Your homework assignment, if you choose to accept it, is to Google the difference between a DAS (Direct-Attached Storage) and a NAS (Network-Attached Storage). Once you do, the lack of direct-connect ports on the Synology will become clear. 

I have a Dometic CFX model in my teardrop trailer I paid an arm and a leg for, although it's been a rock solid little unit. As ridiculous as a fridge having an app sounds, it's actually been super useful to keep an eye on power usage and temperature while traveling. I'd miss that feature a lot were it missing, but it's hard to argue with the price of this unit, that's a bargain. 

Lots of weasel words. Which is not a criticism of Sean in the slightest, he needs to represent the reality of running a business, but I think it's pretty obvious that this game wouldn't have existed on the Mac if Apple hadn't helped the development and there's zero guarantee anything else Hello Games creates will make it to the Mac similarly.

It's worth remembering this game is nearly 7 years old. The thread over at MacRumors about the release is full of people who are like, "cool, but I already played this on [name of other platform] ages ago."

I realize this is the least critical of the top Apple fan sites and tailors its editorial to the most committed users accordingly (gotta make a dollar, no shade intended!), but given Garmin has a proven track record of making ruggedized smart watches tailored to that niche for years, and the AW Ultra is still the newcomer, wouldn't a more accurate headline be something like, "Year-old Apple Watch Ultra up now challenging refreshed Garmin options"?

There is nothing specifically wrong with the Apple Watch Ultra. It's a fine, one-size-fits-all product. But presenting the Apple option as the standard bearer through word choice is disingenuous fan service. All companies should have to work for every inch of their reputation through time, revisions, and responding to customer feedback, not have it handed to them for free.