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  • Inside Apple Pacific Center: Vancouver's gorgeous store

    The new store is over 4x the size of the original. Just the sales area is double what the entire old store used to be.
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  • Apple Vision Pro $3,499 mixed-reality headset launches at WWDC after years of rumors

    The VIDEO dude. As it was announced. They clearly tried to minimize cable visibility. The hippie with long hair, the Asian girl wearing curtains, etc. it was glaring. Don’t pretend. 
    LOL! You are literally pointing out all the incidents in which you noticed the cable to make the argument that they tried to hide the cable.

    You’re contradicting your own point. 
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  • Apple debuts colorful 24-inch iMac with M1, upgraded camera and audio

    Just because the power supply is magnetic, does not mean it can be easily detached. All I can find on Apple’s page about the new iMac is the power supply is easily attached. Did the keynote say the power supply is mag safe, or to prevent the computer from crashing down? Again the area of the magnet is larger and thus should be harder to detach. There is nothing on Apple’s webpages that there is a battery meant to prevent power loss. They could have enough capacitors to prevent power loss for a brief period. Apple doesn’t detail what the advantage of the magnet attachment is, other than easily attached. The magnet could simply be to ensure proper alignment. 
    A magnet that is strong enough to have the same (or greater) pull out force of a conventional power receptacle is straightforward enough, so maybe this is what's in place.

    Most power cord receptacles have some depth to have the surface area to provide a spring loaded friction fit or for a threaded connector to keep it in place. Having Ethernet in that cord complicates things, so a custom connector had to be developed. I think the advantage of the magnetic power cord is that it allows secure attachment to the thin structure of the iMac with a shallow receptacle that does not require the length for threads or friction. (I suppose a protruding receptacle on the back of the iMac could work, but the lever arm of such a thing could make it easier to crack the mounting plate or even break off). 
    Good point about the ethernet connection, which is one thing I thought might have prompted the redesign. Otherwise, if it's not meant for easy detachment, it feels like a bit of over-engineering.