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  • Apple debuts colorful 24-inch iMac with M1, upgraded camera and audio

    titantigertitantiger
    I haven't really chimed in on the whole chin issue.  I would have preferred it be a little thicker and lose the chin myself, but it's not a deal breaker.  Right now, it's the specs - or lack thereof for the price point - that will keep me on the sidelines for now.
    williamlondon

  • Apple's iPhone 12 Pro Max Review: A lot of smartphone, and not for everybody

    titantigertitantiger
    dewme said:
    This was a nice balanced review. The only thing I’d add is that choice of case is very critical with the larger phones. I’ve found that Apple’s silicone cases tend to neutralize a lot of “bigness” of the big phones because they impart a feeling of confidence when holding the phone. Apple’s silicone cases seem to have the perfect combination of grippiness versus friction, in other words they feel great in your hands and still slide into your pocket easily. 

    I despise hard plastic cases, even on the smallest of phones. My wife has an iPhone 11 in a hard plastic case and I always feel like it’s trying to slip out of my hand.  My iPhone XS Max is in a silicone case and it is much easier and more secure to hold. Heck, I even have an Apple smart battery case for my XS Max that I use occasionally and it’s more comfortable to hold than any hard plastic case. My second choice is Apple’s leather case, but it’s still not nearly as secure feeling as their silicone cases. In my opinion, having a secure grip on your phone is at least 90% of the way towards protecting your phone from damage. 
    The thing to do with the leather case is to dampen your hands and rub the leather really good.  Do this periodically and you'll see a patina develop but also it will get a little bit of grip to it.  Not as much as the silicone, but better than the leather right out of the box by far.  
    dewmewilliamlondonurdamanwatto_cobra

  • Canadians may never get to use AirPods Pro 2 as hearing aids

    titantigertitantiger
    I don't understand why Apple can't just enable everything like the US has (but perhaps have the features off by default up there with the user able to go in and enable them), but just label it something else.  Let the user decide.  Just don't call it a hearing aid or advertise it as such.
    badmonkkkqd1337watto_cobra

  • Female Apple employee put on administrative leave following tweets about sexism in the wor...

    titantigertitantiger
    I hope for her sake, she's got better evidence of sexism and harassment than a supervisor giving her constructive criticism on giving presentations.  It's annoying as hell to listen to someone end every sentence with their voice going up and sounding like a series of questions.  That's a valid critique.  You can do that every once in a while but not constantly.  And it has nothing to do with being a woman.  It's public speaking 101.
    Beatswatto_cobra

  • Second release candidate betas of iOS 18.4 & iPadOS 18.4 seeded to testers

    titantigertitantiger
    I don't know about anyone else, but the last couple of betas have caused instability for me.  Two or three times in the last week or so, I'd be using the Find My app or one time a Sudoku game, and the phone would just go black and reboot itself.  Never been a problem before.  Hopefully this fixes that.
    jwdawso

  • Apple SSD in Touch Bar-equipped MacBook Pro fixed to motherboard, not removable

    titantigertitantiger
    Let's say the SSD in someone's new MBP dies after the warranty expires and they didn't get Applecare.  Or they did but it dies after that.  Normally one would expect you could easily replace the drive yourself for the cost of the drive itself and maybe 20-30 minutes of your time (or that of a tech savvy friend of yours).  Might even be able to get a larger capacity drive this time.

    Is the drive replaceable even by Apple?  And what is that repair going to cost you?
    avon b7

  • Apple SSD in Touch Bar-equipped MacBook Pro fixed to motherboard, not removable

    titantigertitantiger
    spheric said:
    Soli said:
    Why isn't the T1 chip modular? What if that breaks? What if the GPU breaks?

    Apple should make EVERY chip on the logic board socketable so that I can easily replace it all myself¡ Anything smaller than 3" is too thin for notebooks¡
    Strawman argument.  It has already been said multiple times that no one is expecting a Lego set with infinitely replaceable pieces.  But SSDs/hard drives and RAM are standard upgrades that even relative amateurs can undertake or have a slightly more tech savvy friend do for them.  
    No. They USED TO be "standard upgrades". Same as power supplies, displays, Floppy drives, Fans, and generic motherboards. That was never true to the same extent for laptops as for desktops, and the world has changed over the past few decades.

    I notice that you're no longer whining over non-upgradeable displays on laptops. Why? Don't you miss the days where a techie with more time than sense could stick a 1024x768 display in his toilet-seat iBook?

    Yes, people used to do this. But at some point, the benefits of newer technology outweighed the benefits of having modular, replaceable design. 

    You won't find socketable LPDDR3 laptop RAM because it simply does not exist. Welcome to 2015. 
    But you've yet to explain these supposed benefits of newer technology that outweigh being able to replace SSDs or RAM.  
    avon b7

  • Apple SSD in Touch Bar-equipped MacBook Pro fixed to motherboard, not removable

    titantigertitantiger
    macplusplus said:
    Because you are not qualified to do such upgrades. RAM has many undocumented parameters which are only disclosed to OEMs. These parameters are beyond your reach or your everyday component shopping site.

    Those are LPDDR3 true notebook RAMs, not desktop RAMs enclosed in a notebook enclosure. Apple and Microsoft are honest companies and they'd never fool their customers by selling desktop RAM in a notebook. Desktop grade components require desktop grade cooling systems. Find a socketed, user-replaceable LPDDR3 module (not DDR3L or DDR3 SIMM with fake LP qualification in the title) and come back again...

    The same is true for the SSD because it depends on a custom Apple controller beyond your reach.
    1.  Horseshit.  It isn't hard to find reputable 3rd party RAM suppliers, such as OWC, who do have the proper parameters.  The new MBP is not some special snowflake.  I've added/swapped RAM in various Macs, both notebooks and desktops, for years.  

    2.  The fact that certain components that match the new specs aren't out yet is not the same thing as such things not being available ever.

  • Apple SSD in Touch Bar-equipped MacBook Pro fixed to motherboard, not removable

    titantigertitantiger
    Dear Apple,

    Stop doing this shit.  No one likes it.  It's of zero benefit to your customers.  We don't care if it allows the laptop to be two microns thinner or a tenth of a gram lighter.  Two things should always be user upgradeable:  RAM and a hard drive.  If the motherboard or some power port is hard to access and replace, so be it.  Most people will never touch those things.  But if my hard drive craps out or the RAM goes blinky, I should be able to pop open a case, pull the bad part out and snap the good one in.  

    I love Apple products, but this shit is getting old.


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