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It's time to drop apps that don't support Apple Silicon natively
Just another Dropbox alternative. Box has added Apple Silicon support and is now using the native APIs as well...
Interesting how many developers didn't take notes after what happened to QuarkXpress. It was THE page layout program. Then it didn't get on board with the migration to Mac OS X and actually suggested people should just switch to Windows. How'd that go over for Quark??? -
Apple's new 16-inch MacBook Pro coming in October for over $3000, claims report
McJobs said:I'm so sick of the Tim Cook era, where every product redesign comes with a substantial price increase over previous model. When Steve was there, products got better at the same price points (e.g. MBP--->unibody MBP), or even were less expensive at the same time (e.g. polycarbonate iMac--->aluminum iMac).
And Jobs raised prices too. Look at the Mac mini. Started at $499, raised to $599 in 2006, and raised again to $699 in 2010. -
Leak shows alleged front panels for Apple's new 5.8-, 6.1- & 6.5-inch iPhones
fastasleep said:I'm still confused about this lineup. I don't understand how they're going to market the mid-sized LCD model in comparison to the other two. It appears that it'll have slightly thicker bezels, but what other differentiating factors will there be that separates it from the OLED models to the average consumer? I don't think most people are going to know or care about the difference between LCD and OLED. Plastic body like the 5c?
Their designers should be forced to hold a baby and use the phone at the same time for a week or two before releasing a larger screen. And they have to pay for it every time they drop it... -
Mac Pro won't get China tariff waiver, says President Trump
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Microsoft acquiring Activision Blizzard in $68.7B gaming deal
highframerate said:techconc said:This is the type of acquisition that Apple really needs to make. Apple just doesn't get the gaming market or simply has no interest in it. Small indie games in Apple Arcade are fine, but Apple's platforms need A list games. Apple has great hardware with the M1 Max but a poor gaming selection. Ironically, Mac sales are at record levels now, but gaming on the Mac is worse than any time in history. Sad.
The only path into AAA gaming for Apple is to emulate Microsoft and create their own gaming console. The problem: the AAA console gaming market is in turmoil right now, which is precisely what Microsoft is taking advantage of by snapping up beleagured studios left and right. And - as I mentioned above - currently if you combine the efforts of Microsoft, Nvidia, Google and Amazon and you have 42-45 million cloud gaming subscriptions. It would take Apple 3 years at minimum to launch a console gaming platform; who knows how many cloud gaming subscribers there will be in that time.This should have been Apple. They need to push having a few top games available on iOS, macOS and AppleTV. They need to push low-cost controller availability, etc. Make the AppleTV the family gaming platform, one that a lot of people already have in their home. Go for the market the Wii filled, and promote all of your subscriptions at the same time. -
Goldman Sachs denies claims of Apple Card gender bias
crowley said:Something doesn't have to knowingly target gender to be sexist. There seems to be something off in the algorithm if it's giving such widely disparate results for individuals who you would otherwise expect to get the same or similar result. It is very logical to question that.
Even though we are both listed there are a couple of accounts that I am still listed as the primary (there was no other way to do it and I had the accounts before we were married). I also used credit cards more often and for longer.
Despite the fact that our credit scores are going to be nearly the same I am going to qualify for a much higher credit line than she is simply due to my stronger credit history.
Want an even worse example, my mom owned 50% of my parent’s business and was denied a credit card in the business’ name.
A lot of banking only lists one primary account holder and who ever has that is going to have more credit history. -
Developers on who can move to Apple Silicon - and who should wait
I'm not sure you talked to that wide of an array of users if you didn't find any that are concerned about this transition.
As a home consumer, sure, it should be great. As a professional, I have a number of concerns that I suspect will mean we have to move away from Macs in a number of use cases.- Bootcamp - One of the major advantages to Macs for our needs are that we can run Windows on them as well. I have by Bootcamp partition running in VMWare Fusion about 95% of the time to access Windows only tools.
- Scientific software - I support a research department at a university. We have a lot of macOS because we can easily compile and run a LOT of scientific software. A lot of that software is dependent on OpenGL, which Apple had already deprecated. I fully expect that this was simply so Apple didn't have to migrate it to Apple Silicon. This alone may push a lot of our users toward Windows, where we now can run a full on Linux layer. We may be able to get around this with virtualization and running Linux on the new Macs, we'll need to test, but it won't be nearly as convenient as running the software directly within macOS.
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FileMaker 16 brings enhancements to Mac & iOS databases
palomine said:Database software is absolutely CRITICAL for business. I hope they are improving the advanced side of this app. Companies run Windows databases because FileMaker hasn't been adequate. Last time I looked it was still hard to do a basic table layout and joins. Apple could jump into the enterprise right now if this software is up to the task. The same goes for the other usual office applications. Maybe IBM will fill the gap? -
Unsurprisingly, a 2020 iPad Pro will bend if you try to break it
AppleInsider said:
And it is reprehensible to break an iPad Pro just to be patronizing. You can argue that Apple makes the iPad Pro by the millions, and you can argue that Apple designers or engineers were well paid for their work. But this is still someone's work, and destroying an iPad Pro is vandalism. -
Apple's iTunes for Windows update closes off ransomware attack vector