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  • Apple will launch HomePod with 7-inch screen in 2024, says Kuo

    irwinmauriceirwinmaurice
    Goofy combination to be honest.  Any form factor that doesn’t alter the sound imaging by obstructing the speaker?  I can’t get the image of a second gen iMac out of my head. 




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  • Siri is reborn in iOS 18 -- everything Apple's voice assistant will be able to do

    irwinmauriceirwinmaurice
    One of the greatest features AI or Apple could provide for the mail app is a WORKING rule/filter/ intelligent ‘look’ at spam email.

    When it’s plain as day to any actual person looking at the subject line, sender, or brief 3 word ‘glance’ at the content of the email and it still can’t be picked up by rule, junk filter or whatever mail app tool is being utilized? 

    It’s highly irritating if not infuriating that this still needs manual deleting it move to trash or even move to junk folder.  Adjusted the settings several times to no avail.


    …. rant is over
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  • Apple's iPhone SE and Mac mini spring event is on March 8

    irwinmauriceirwinmaurice
    A more affordable, prosumer grade Apple display, 5k in the 27"-30" range sitting atop a completely redesigned Mac mini with beefed up M1 pro/max capability designed to sit 'invisibly' beneath that display stand and I'm thinking this would be a great iMac replacement.  

    ... in addition to the modular elements that now give MacBook owners an affordable Apple display option or Mac mini owners a solid upgrade option. 

    I'd like to "Peek" at that 
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  • Everything Apple released at the 'Peek Performance' event - and what we thought

    irwinmauriceirwinmaurice
    My ‘aging’ late 2015 iMac was looking to get replaced.  Spec’d out upwards of $3000 in 2015 I was figuring / hoping a mid $3k price tag to replace it.  Yesterday’s studio / display have me looking $4100+.  I’ll swallow hard, stick a crowbar in my wallet for that setup with no regrets.  

    As for an “Inferior” screen, by what metric? 

    Pricey? Perhaps. Inferior? Try one of the blurry craptastic 2k screens that our IT dept forces on me in my MS office environment.  THOSE are inferior.

    My 7 yr old 5k iMac screen is still beautiful.  I expect nothing less so from what was shown yesterday.
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  • Data about Apple's AR headset screens has been leaked

    irwinmauriceirwinmaurice
    Still holding out hope Apple’s offering looks NOTHING like the renderings and current offerings on the market.  All of them butt ugly, nasty devices I wouldn’t want to wear even if paid to do so.  

    Hoping for the original iPhone launch “wow factor” in that it looks and interacts like nothing else at the time.  

    A guy can dream, right? 
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  • California man uses AirTag to confront thief who stole his BMW

    irwinmauriceirwinmaurice
    Sooooo, how exactly was this ‘thief’ able to steal the car without a key?  BMWs have either had custom keys replaceable only by dealers or the new-ish key fobs w remote or electronic starts.  

    LONG gone are the days of hot wiring the cars.  

    Or did the ‘tracker’ lose track of his key?  
    Something doesn’t seem quite heroic as much as foolhardy followed by CYA for “I left my car fob on the table at Starbucks and forgot it when I left…”
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  • Desktop Mac buyer's guide: which Mac to buy in early 2025

    irwinmauriceirwinmaurice
    Genuinely interested in which iteration of any like for like Apple silicon would be compelling enough to upgrade.

    Right now my M1 Max Studio does what I need, flawlessly.  There’s nothing from the M4 Max that has me considering an upgrade.  I know the day will come, but when?  M7 Max? M10 Max?

    So far the upgrades appear to be nice spec bumps but little more except to the power user… which I am not.  Just a Logic hobbyist.
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