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Apple sources 20M face masks, designs and ships face shields for medical workers
georgie01 said:seanismorris said:
My amateur projections saying the number of infected will quadruple over the next 2 week (in the USA)...
I really hope I’m wrong.I only say these things because our panic and overreactions to the coronavirus is causing more problems than the virus itself. We need to take it seriously, but we need to have perspective and patience.
And we also need self discipline—if people were acting responsibly this outbreak would already be under control, and we’d also not be perpetually out of foods and supplies and greedy losers charging $40 for a 16oz bottle of ‘Equate’ (Walmart brand) isopropyl alcohol on eBay. -
Apple debuts new $5999 Mac Pro with up to 28-core Xeon processors
Anyone notice that the new Mac Pro SSD read/write speeds are slower than the new iMac Pro? From Apple's own site, I see the following exact wording: iMac Pro (up to 4TB SSD): 3.3GB/s write performance 2.8GB/s read performance new Mac Pro (up to 4TB SSD): 2.7GB/s sequential write performance 2.6GB/s sequential read performance Can anyone provide any insight here? It sure seems like the iMac Pro would be quite a bit faster, particularly with write speeds, unless the word "sequential" means something more here than I understand. Woody -
Mac Pro in retail packaging spotted at Austin factory [u]
anton zuykov said:lowededwookie said:Cook is so hating the fact that the Mac Pro is being overshadowed by that idiot. -
Taika Waititi slams Apple's MacBook Pro keyboards in Oscar speech
He was partly making a joke and partly telling the truth. Honestly, he isn't really seriously answering the question posed to him, but instead saying (with a smirk at the end) that the "WGA needs to step in and actually do something" about Mac keyboards.
I do believe he is serious about Mac keyboards sucking, and I totally agree. I have a 2018 13" touchbar Macbook Pro, and it is the worst laptop keyboard I have ever used in my 30 years of using a Mac. Hands down, the worst. Sometimes keys don't respond, sometimes they are mushy, and the travel is nonexistent (although more than my iPhone or iPad, I suppose). I've had the keyboard replaced once already (under warrantee). I am relieved Apple is going back to the scissor mechanics (and away from the crummy butterfly) for future laptop designs. But I would never "move over to a PC" due to the keyboard (comments like that are kind of over the top), but the complaints are legit.
I also recently purchased the new Mac Pro (awesome) which came with the impossibly thin (and similarly crummy) no-travel external keyboard. I immediately replaced it with a third party keyboard (an aluminum Das Keyboard 4 Professional for Mac) and a different mouse (Logitech M720). Yes, this third party keyboard harkens back to the days of the original IBM PC, but it's WAY easier on my hands and arms and posture, and (I know it's strange to say) it's more fun to type with it. Click-clack.
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Zoom iOS update removes 'feature' that sent user data to Facebook
I am actually happy that Zoom responded as quickly as they did, already issuing an updated app. With their massive surge in popularity, they really didn't NEED to do this, but they did anyway. So, my take is different than the other posters, and for the moment, will take their apology at its word.
I do agree that people using social media logins are asking for any tracking that they get.