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paul94544 wrote: » ...6) file management is for nerds, next you will be touting its command prompt (LOL), really most people don't give toss about the nightmare of managing a file directory... I agree with all the rest of your points., and t…
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ingsoc wrote: » benjamin frost wrote: » So the crown is redundant, as you wouldn't use it. The crown is used for a lot more than zooming in and out of maps. I heard an audible intake of breath among the audience when Tim introduced the cro…
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tallest skil wrote: » But don't worry: Consumer Reports can be counted on to troll the iPhone 6 reviews. “Despite the iPhone 6 being the best device we’ve ever tested, its record breaking quality and satisfaction ratings mean we cannot recom…
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thepixeldoc wrote: » wizard69 wrote: » Why are you so defensive of Apples designs? It isn't unreasonable to expect better performance out of the hardware we buy from Apple year after year. Hey Wiz, I gotta say that I really have enjoyed re…
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truffol wrote: » My money is on real gold rather than gold-plated. Apple already has "sport" and "watch" to tackle the 200-500 dollar watch market, but the trick is to crack the $1000 Swiss market dominated by mechanical swiss watches worn by us…
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bigpics wrote: » First the cost of the watch and tech piece of the equation (about $350 give or take), is gone - i.e., the guts and tech are e-waste without a case. So, if not being sold as a "working classic (i.e., obsolete) Apple Watch" just sc…
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suddenly newton wrote: » rickers wrote: » Cook Steve was a mythmaker, and he was fully capable of taking credit for others' ideas. But Steve himself knew what made Apple tick: rich creative collaboration. He learned this running Pixar. Th…
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eauvive wrote: » lorin schultz wrote: » The moderators here seem to be remarkably tolerant of interesting, informative, and/or constructive OT discussions. For that I am grateful! Yeah, I concur. But that's another reason why I wouldn'…
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sflagel wrote: » We will likely also see a change in update strategy. People do not buy a new gold watch every year or two. The whole point of gold is that it is timeless and always valuable. A good watch is deemed to be timeless. So I expect that…
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icoco3 wrote: » Marvin wrote: » ... It just says 18 Karat rose gold, you can get watches like that on Amazon for ~$100: [URL=http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8 If Apple comes out with gold "plated" watches, they will never h…
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mpantone wrote: » mac-sochist wrote: » One thing—it is laminated to the crystal, so if it is LCD, when the backlight wears out, the whole thing needs to be replaced. What's the half-life on these things, 20,000 hours? The term is Mean Time Be…
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wizard69 wrote: » tallest skil wrote: » Because their processors are literally the only thing worth using. Nonsense! About half of Apples shipping product base doesn't even leverage the ultimate performance that Intel can deliver. It …
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eauvive wrote: » There’s a fallacy here.... Could be. You'll have to take it up with the guy I got it from: Roger Penrose. If you've read The Emperor's New Mind, it's clear that he's a nut in some areas, but as a General Relativist, I th…
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eauvive wrote: » There is no such thing as time, that’s a fallacy introduced by Newtonian thought. Every object “lives” in its own frame of reference. For example, an explorer who falls into a black hole would never reach the horizon, as seen from…
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mj web wrote: » darkvader wrote: » Meh. It's a watch. I don't wear watches any more, haven't since college. I've got an iPhone, I can look at that if I want to know what time it is. I can't see myself ever wearing a watch again. …
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tallest skil wrote: » I thought LCDs were higher than that. The LCD itself will last essentially forever. Back in the early digital watch days they had a problem with water in the air like AMOLED, but by the early 80s that was handled. The l…
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tallest skil wrote: » It’s Apple, so no. I imagine it’s just cut from the same sheets as the iPhone 6’s new display. Or however that happens. From Apple's website: A Retina display is the primary surface for every interaction with Apple W…
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So we know the battery will only last a few years. That means it's replaceable—not at home of course, but at the Apple Store. (Or at any number of authorized jewelers for several times the price.) Knowing that, why do we think the guts of the watch…
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tallest skil wrote: » Well put. Steve's stamp isn't there any more. His office is. I’m of two minds about that. It’s a wonderful tribute, but it’s also slightly odd. Yeah, at first glance it sounds like Lenin's Tomb. But unless he…
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tallest skil wrote: » I think my account was banned there...you know, for pointing out the truth. I buy that. I don't. The only way to get banned from MacRumors is to point out some of the Fandroid lies. I had a few posts "edited" with a …