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  • iMac review roundup: good performance, good price -- and great colors

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    Apple's solution is the Apple Studio Display ($1599). It is quite nice, albeit pricey.

    10-core iMac 16 GB/256 GB, Mouse, Touch-ID Keyboard, 24" screen $1499

    10-core Mac mini 16 GB/256 GB ($599) with 27" Apple Studio Display ($1499), Mouse ($99), and Touch-ID Keyboard ($199) come to $2396

    Ouch. But your next upgrade will be in the $600 range, rather than the full cost again, since you can easily swap out for a new mini next time.
    apple4thewinronnForumPostwatto_cobra

  • Editorial: Why Apple's first port of the new TV app isn't to Android, but to Samsung's ant...

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    corrections said:
    MAU47 said:
    TL;DR Marketshare

    TL;DR is absolutely a dumb comment.

    As is offering advice on "class" when you make the types of comments you're making. 

    "stating IHS claimed that Android is "winning" when that's clearly the author's slanted narrative"

    I highlighted the text in a photo: there was no misrepresentation of IHS statement: "Android is currently the most popular smart TV operating system platform."

    And please check out the article again. Apple didn't select Samsung for "unit market share." If Apple were trying to cast a broad net by sheer volume, it could write an Android app and target not only most of 2018's smart TVs but millions of Android tablets used as TVs. Apple was not in any way seeking to target volume. That's the entire point of the article. You could get that from standing across the room and just reading the subheadings. 

    If they wanted to reach the most users, then instead of working with Samsung to release a Tizen app, they could have worked with Google, and with Sony, and with dozens of also-rans, to get decent coverage on a majority of Android TV devices that would cover more installed base (maybe) than Tizen. Part of the article's point was that although Android has a larger installed base, it's fragmented, as well as generally being a lower-rent district.

    Samsung/Tizen is the low-hanging fruit for getting Apple TV in front of the largest audience of people who might be willing to pay for Apple services, and thus a good choice for increasing their Services market share. That is the tL;DR. 
    Dan_Dilgerlolliver

  • Meross Wi-Fi Smart Plug review: A low-cost way into HomeKit automation

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    There is a page on the US Amazon site that features Homekit compatibility for what seems to be the same model, but costs about $10 more for a four pack after an $7 discount coupon. Apparently one is the mss110 and the other is mss110hk?

    https://www.amazon.com/meross-Smart-Plug-HomeKit-Pack/dp/B084JHJBQT?ref_=ast_sto_dp&th=1
    watto_cobra