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  • Hands on: Apple's new 13-inch MacBook Pro has a lot of bang for the buck

    My wife uses a 2014 Air for writing 2-page Word documents, uploading photos to Facebook and showing cartoons to our daughter. The important things are low weight, good battery life and ability to close laptop any time then open it later and continue working, well also a durable metal frame - nothing to do with the specs. And all the wifes/girlfriends of my friends are the same, like still using 10-years old laptops.
    I thing you are overestimating the performance needs of non-technical people. Nothing wrong for the companies to have a base model $500 cheaper by using i3 and 4GB RAM.
    macpluspluschia
  • Israeli spyware claims to beat Apple's iCloud security

    So this spyware only needs a physical access to the device and an admin password to work?
    Sounds like an old joke about viruses on Linux - they work if you find and install correct versions of all necessary libraries.
    cincymacracerhomie3magman1979[Deleted User]watto_cobra
  • Study: Apple Pay at 9% adoption in US, lags far behind PayPal and traditional payment meth...

    It’s very simple! Retailers do not like it or want it because they can’t trace the sale! Retailers use your credit card number to identify you. They use a hashed version of that, and other cards you use, to create a unique customer record on you! The data is used to understand shopper behavior, brand affinity, etc., who helps merchandise stores and select the assortment. Because Apple Pay proves them no traceable data it’s considered like a cash sale and non-traceable. Apple needs to further update the loyalty program capabilities to address some of this so companies like Starbucks will support it. 
    Starbucks supports Apple Pay in Finland, just like any other NFC payment methods. Don't let businesses screw you, and they won't.
    chiaGeorgeBMacwatto_cobra
  • Apple's iOS 13.1 caps certain iPhone Qi chargers to 5W

    Well if Apple did not design iPhones to work with other charging standards, better wait a bit longer than burn your house.

    Besides it makes no difference for overnight charging, and fast charging is faster with a cable...
    StrangeDayswatto_cobra
  • Connect your DIY eGPU to a USB-C display with this cable

    Isn't that a simple passive cable that uses an alternative DP-mode of a USB-C port? Got a similar one for $10 (but much uglier though) to connect external display to macbook pro. Worked fine with 1440p@144Hz.
    watto_cobra
  • Review: The BenQ EL2870U monitor is an inexpensive gateway into 4K & desktop HDR

    How can it be ”HDR” with 325nits when the lowest HDR spec demands brightness of at least 400 nits? Also paying $300 for a TN panel? Looks like Benq tried to get all the fancy ”4K HDR” labels on the box without delivering any of the quality to back them up. But hey! At least it’s cheap.