mikeycampbell81

rob53 said:

An observation: My MBP's disk drive is on the bottom left with the battery from the left-center to the right side so it looks like the disk drive took the majority of the impact, not the battery. It also looks like it entered towards the left top of the MBP, going through all his ports, then hard drive before exiting. It doesn't appear it would have even touched the battery. I'd like to know where he works since that bar-coded label on the back isn't from Apple.

The rMBP eschewed disc drives -- replaced by battery cells -- long before the side "gills" were introduced in mid-2012. Considering the two Thunderbolt ports, lack of SD card reader and what looks to be dual mics, this is probably a 2014-2015 model. That means the bullet met aluminum, battery and probably a speaker.

Headline is correct. Apple is looking to integrate Metal as part of the new API, not the API.

Face ID is powered by A-series chips. Should make its way to Mac with Apple silicon.

roake said:

mikeycampbell81 said:

roake said:

Awesome job at inserting the politics into the story (the photo)

It should go without saying, but the photographic reproduction of a headline from another publication, in this case The Washington Post, is not an endorsement of its contents. The photo is focusing on Touch ID, as is the headline and body of the story it accompanies. Thanks.

In that case, just fuzz out the headline.  Otherwise, it's a poor understanding of political manipulation that you guys have.  I definitally lose respect for a publication that worms crap like this into an unrelated story then attempts to justify it by saying "'someone else did it, so it's okay for us, too."

What if MacRumors showed a similar phone graphic but with the headline, "AppleInsider sucks"?  would you ignore it because the new button was a little more centered than the headline?

You're missing the point. If you look back at what I wrote, I'm neither condoning nor condemning the Post's headline. It's inclusion is completely arbitrary, it has nothing -- zero, nada, zilch -- to do with our story. 

It is our duty to provide informative and illustrative articles about Apple, not sanitize, censor or otherwise alter an Apple News feed simply because certain content might not sit well with a reader's political proclivities. That is not our business, nor is it our right.

As journalists we must carefully weigh the pros and cons of publishing controversial or otherwise sensitive photos, the recent kerfuffle regarding Facebook's censure of Pulitzer-winning AP image "napalm girl" comes to mind. A photo of an iPhone displaying the title of an op-ed by an established journalistic publication -- no matter its leanings -- is not by any sane measure controversial. 

End of discussion. 

SpamSandwich said:

boltsfan17 said:

SpamSandwich said:

If this is indeed a publicly accessible document, why block out anyone's information contained in the document? This isn't a matter of national security, after all.

DMV records are generally public information but certain things like a persons address, social security number, phone number, etc are considered confidential information so that's why I assume a few things are blocked out. 

That's not what was blocked out. It says AppleInsider blocked out a person's name.

The person's name was redacted out of courtesy. All information relevant to Apple's plans are included in the report. 

radarthekat said:

Wait.  A round Watch face?  

Illustrations in many patents published or applied for pre-Apple Watch contain round watch faces. 

Due to the political nature of this article, all comments have been disabled and the forum thread closed. Feel free to visit our Political Outsider forum to discuss this and other political topics.

Soli said:

Mike Wuerthele said:

racerhomie3 said:

How many hours left before the event?
Will you guys give us notifications on iOS & Safari?

Event is at 1PM ET. 

Yes, we'll be pushing notifications on iOS and Safari for the big-ticket items.

Do you have any predictions of what big-ticket items likely mean?

We broke down our predictions here.

pvonk said:

So after we activate the card, should we shred/cut up the card envelope for security?

I don't believe that's necessary.

A ) It's not a totally new 3D laser system, there are similar modules already in circulation. More likely, it's a version of the 3D sensor rumored for inclusion in February.

B ) We have no idea when iPhone 8 will launch, engineers could be working on new EVTs ahead of a launch window in October (or November...or December).