Mike Wuerthele

tylersdad said:

This still makes no sense at all. There is no reason why Apple can't support their native SDK (Metal) and OpenGL. Microsoft has been doing this for decades with DirectX.

The majority of game developers won't bother with creating Metal versions of their rendering engines. There won't be enough customers to justify it.

tmay said:

These are absolutely not zinc screws.

They are either alloy steel, with zinc plating or a black oxide coating, or they are stainless steel. If they are magnetic, then they almost certainly alloy steel.

Personally, I would purchase my own screws; why take a chance?

https://www.mcmaster.com/#standard-socket-head-screws/=1d2ka2h

Get either a Torx grade 8 or a Torx 18-8 stainless steel, and don't use any thread locker, unless you have a speaker, or woofer adjacent to the computer. Even then, I would avoid it. If you aren't going to use a thread locker, put a little oil, grease, or even better, anti-sieze compound, on the screw threads; to prevent metal galling;

https://www.fastenal.com/en/72/galling

Finally, I would hope that the material is at least a 6061-t6 grade of aluminum, rather than a die cast aluminum or zinc alloy.

plovell said:

In my experience, even if it's set to "Everyone", you're prompted "Accept" or "Decline" when someone tries to send. Photos and files don't just appear - you have to accept them.

tylersdad said:

it is absolutely unbelievable what Apple charges for these things. The base model is $799 and only comes with an I3 processor, 8 GB RAM, and a 128 SSD drive. Want to upgrade to 256 GB? That'll be $200...the cost of a 1TB SSD on Amazon. 

Ridiculous. 

mario said:

I still don't like the cutouts on the bottom that suck dust in like vacuum cleaner, esp. if you hold the laptop on your lap. Reduces the longevity of the machine quite a bit.

libertyforall said:

Does it apply to the 2008-2012 sold 802.11n Airport Express  (Gen 1)?

Apple's website is ambiguous:

https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1975?locale=en_US


Now, what about adding APFS support to Time Capsules?!

Also, what about iOS Time Capsule file storage access?!!!!!!

GeorgeBMac said:

I would count that as a mistake on Apple's part.   And a failure on Intel's part.

Multiple vendors are rolling out 5G and, it appears that, the U.S. may be falling behind China.

But, most importantly, the stories are presented that "It will be delayed a year".  
But, since most people keep their phones for 2-4 years, the impact on MOST iPhone customers will be far more than waiting "a year".

And that multi-year delay may have significant ramifications:   We have seen that progress in communications technologies -- from T1 & copper dial-up lines to cable/WiFi to wireless to LTE -- have had some of the greatest impact on computing of any other factor.   And, 5G has a potential to be one of biggest advances in that long history.

Is there any reason for this delay other than the U.S. - China security feud (thus blocking Chinese vendors) or the Apple-Qualcomm feud or Intel's incompetence?  In other words, is there any valid (technical) reason for the delay?  If the technology is there, why would Apple wait?

I for one would not want to spend a grand on a phone that is soon to be obsolete.

MacMan1993 said:

Nunzy said; Apple makes boatloads more money now than it did when that stuff was popular. Yes Nunzy, and if you look at the revenue figures last qtr 2018, 70% was from phones and just 8% from computers. Sales of Apple computers are going down and not up. Market share is what now? It was growing at one stage 10 years ago. Steve Jobs stated making money was not the main goal for Apple, just making the best product. Tim Cook needs to be reminded of this. Apple is selling 5 year old computers as new tech. If you can point me to the fastest desktop, fastest laptop, fast mini, with the latest graphics cards, fastest processors, fastest RAM, a range of 4K monitors, an iMac bigger than 27", let me and millions of mac users know where they are. As we would buy them today.