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Apple's obsession with thinness is causing them endless problems. Do pro laptop users (as opposed to consumers) care about thinness? Well, put it this way: My work laptop (my employer's property) is a Dell Lattitude running Linux. It is signific…
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jeff fields said: javacowboy said: Why not just replace the lightning port with USB-C and get with the industry standard connector? Because USB-C is a) significantly larger and b) mechanically inferior to Lightning. And has no rea…
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Why not just replace the lightning port with USB-C and get with the industry standard connector?
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I have a love-hate relationship with Apple spellcheckers.Apple to this today refuses to implement a context menu keyboard shortcut, in a flagrant violation of desktop computing standards supported by Windows and Linux. Instead, Mac users for the lo…
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Most Linux window managers support the following out of the box with keyboard shortcuts:Snap window left/right/top left/bottom right/etc/etc/etc Move window to another monitorMove window to another workspaceApple not including this functionality in …
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Which does/will Apple make more money with? Developers/professionals who expect Windows and/or Intel instruction sets (ex: Linux devs who need to run docker/virtualization).iOS users who have held off on switching to Macs because they can't run cert…
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No mention of Linux anywhere in the story or the comments. Windows/Microsoft isn't Apple's only competitor in the workplace. I've used Linux on my workstation at my job for the last 7 years and it's highly reliable.
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How will this impact open source software, homebrew, etc?
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This was the most intersting part of the editorial: But more importantly, Apple has already demonstrated that it's possible to support ad-click referrals without tracking the user across every site they visit. Instead, Apple developed an API to trac…
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The article author believes that the TouchBar and TouchID should stay. FaceID would be far more convenient on a laptop than TouchID. Presumably Apple would need to add dedicated camera and image reading hardware as well as some embedded CPU, but I'…
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...is a herald of a day where Apple goes to an all-glass keyboard on the line... I made a similar prediction in a previous forum post.
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Rayz2016 said: Five years sounds about right, and they can kill two birds with one stone: The expense of having to manufacture a boatload if different keyboards. Silence the wailing for a touchscreen Mac by coming up with a design that actuall…
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Here's my speculation as to why Apple is so stubborn about keeping this keyboard form factor, despite all the heat they're getting for it: Either: It's way cheaper to manufacture than the 2012 model MacBook Pro keyboard, such that is has a huge imp…
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There are two Mac competitors you're not mentioning: ChromebooksLinux PCsI have both, as well as a MacBook Pro. Just to be clear, I've been invested in the Apple ecosystem since buying my first MacMini in 2004, as well as several iPods, iPhones, a…
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RealDavidGurney said: ...Today he's the Trump of product design, seeking only to destroy achievements of previous generations. Even more embarrassing is Apple's continued, infantile thrashing instead of admitting its gross failure. It doesn…
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The preference of typing on physical keys is changing however, along with the physicality of computers themselves. Really? So why are companies making custom mechanical keyboards, such as Ergodox EZ, doing so well nowadays? Looking around…
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Going to comment on the keyboard specifically: I have a 2016 MacBook Pro. Aside from a brief early problem with repeating keys that soon resolved itself, I haven't had any flaws with the keyboard. It works as it was designed to. Having said th…
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Apple, why do you constantly neglect keyboardists? Every other file manager on Earth on Windows and Linux supports F6 to toggle keyboard focus to and from the sidebar. Not so on macOS.
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The iPad has a serious problem in iOS that prevents it from being a serious desktop replacement: spellchecking. On Windows or Linux, you can spellcheck from the keyboard by invoking the context menu key or SHIFT-F10. On macOS, on first party text …
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Marvin said: javacowboy said: ..or risk being forced to fork Chromium like Microsoft did: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/12/the-web-now-belongs-to-google-and-that-should-worry-us-all/ Now that Microsoft will abandon Edge and fo…