nunzy said:

Consumer Reports hates Apple. They have been completely wrong in every single one of their reviews.

AppleZulu said:

Of course, the bottom line remains: Apple leadership has said repeatedly over the years that they're not interested in making a hybrid 2-in-1, so that's the answer.  Nope.

avon b7 said:

rundhvid said:

"we continue to see phenomenal demand for AirPods, and when you tally up the last four quarters, our Wearables business is now bigger than 60% of the companies in the Fortune 500."

Hats off to all employees at Dell, Samsung and the rest of the tech-industry for staying motivated and performing their duties all day long, year-after-year, when the companies they work for are being embarrassed to no end by Apple and their highly successful way of executing product-design and manufacturing. It’s not like Apple is extraterrestrial or something—they have iPhones,  Watch etc. and the corresponding Android products are not that different—it seems like a fair fight. Yet it isn’t, because there are real differences between the products which translates into distinctly different user-experiences. 
I truly cannot comprehend how executives and managers involved with strategic decisions in Apple-rivaling companies (an oxymoron, perhaps...?), are able to fully commit to their new product with true belief in the claimed performance and predicted impact on the market—without feeling a little uneasy or outright thinking “why bother?“

I am not sure where you want to go with that comment. Tim was comparing the Apple wearable business in revenue terms to Fortune 500 companies.

I don't see a connection to Samsung, Android etc.

Android wearables sell in huge numbers and are growing thanks to the Chinese manufacturers.

tmay said:

IreneW said:

AppleZulu said:

Of course, the bottom line remains: Apple leadership has said repeatedly over the years that they're not interested in making a hybrid 2-in-1, so that's the answer.  Nope.

Well, to be fair, they actually made a 2-in-1 when the iPad got a keyboard and cursor. It is just a quite crippled 2-in-1, as it lacks a few basic functions and key applications.
That being said, I agree with the original premise that using a horizontal touch screen, far away behind a keyboard, is really poor UX and bad ergonomics. However, that is not how most people use these devices, they tend to flip between the input modes (just like with an iPad).
One of my laptops at work is a cheap Asus convertible, and i have to say it works perfectly fine both as a tablet for presentations, drawing (and content consumption), and as a developer tool with third party peripherals and extra screens.

Well, to be fair, they actually made a 2-in-1 when the iPad got a keyboard and cursor. It is just a quite crippled 2-in-1, as it lacks a few basic functions and key applications.

Your statement isn't accurate and is in fact, quite disingenuous. 

Apple sells an accessory that gives some of the capability of a 2 in 1, ie, keyboard input, and touchpad cursor, though Apple does not call that a 2 in 1.


For Fuck Sake...

"One of my laptops at work is a cheap Asus convertible, and I have to say it works perfectly fine both as a tablet for presentations, drawing (and content consumption), and as a developer tool with third party peripherals and extra screens."

You just murdered your argument, since you are in fact using multiple devices anyway. Wasn't the 2 in 1 supposed to eliminate those extra devices, and still retain productivity?

Perhaps you want the 2 in 1 only when you require some mobility, or maybe some other limited role for 2 in1's...you know, like the "crippled" iPad with its accessory keyboard that people seem to go everywhere with.

9secondkox2 said:

tmay said:

longfang said:

phillyfanatic09 said:

kiltedgreen said:

9secondkox2 said:

The EU is an extortion racket. Change my mind. 

The US is a violent force destabilising peace across the world to suit its own ends. Change my mind.

Nope. You have already made it up. Perhaps you would enjoy living in Ukraine under the benevolence of Vladimir Putin.

Tell that to the countries the US has brought “freedom” to. 

Now you're just asking to be told to fuck off.

Of course, I'll let someone else tell you that.

the answer is;

All of Europe,

Most of the Pacific that was occupied by Japan.

Japan, and later, South Korea, and after many decades, Taiwan. 

There's likely more, but, you are too fucking wrapped up in your ideology to actually comprehend what "freedom" is.

It isn't hard to guess that you live in one of those BRIC countries, but you certainly are too timid to let us know which....

BTW, if you are posting here, you are taking advantage of our freedom as defined by our internet. I certainly wouldn't be able to post "Xi is a totalitarian" if I actually lived in the PRC.

Xi is in fact a totalitarian, and is directly responsible for the economic downturn that we are seeing in the PRC.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/04/10/china-xi-jinping-totalitarian-authoritarian-debate/

Yes, You Can Use the T-Word to Describe China

China is governed by a totalitarian regime. Why is that so hard to say?

Some weirdos forget that the popularity of hating on the USA for fake reasons has been over for at least a decade. 

The USA is the greatest country on the planet for many reasons (one of them being a structure that supports the rise of amazing pioneers like Apple) Perfect? No. Great? You bet. 

melgross said:

CrossPlatformFrogger said:

Will ChatGP ultimately end up being 'Sherlocked'...?

It wouldn’t surprise me in the least to find that Apple is working on their own solution with the intention of no longer needing to use ChatGPT or some other third-party. 

Apple doesn't have talent to "Sherlock" ChatGPT, if they could they'd already have their own service instead of outsourcing to get it.
What I do see Apple doing is trying to pass all this off as their own doing to the unaware masses who don't know. 

That’s ridiculous. I mean, totally ridiculous.  You really need to know something before posting nonsense. Apple has been doing this well before anyone else. They call it by its proper term; machine learning. Artificial intelligence is just a term dreamed up a time ago to sound more exciting for the masses.
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viclauyyc said:

Xed said:

Apple was defrauded out of $1M, but the time, effort, many varying costs of the scam, and all the people involved that would need to get paid means that this was not a very profitable "business" for going on for nearly 4 years.

PS: If he's going to do be this unethical I would question if he cheated on his work to get his masters degree.

Many of these Chinese get their degree by shady methods. 1. Hire someone to do the research/school work for them. 2. translate a Chinese language paper into English. Even if the paper was published before, but since it is in Chinese or other languages. The professor has no way to know if it is a direct copy. 

My ex study electrical engineering master degree in canada. One of her fellow student is from China. She can barely able to communicate with the professor with English. It makes you wonder how can she get accepted by the program in the first place.