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  • It wasn't a mistake -- Apple betas are now free

    Xed said:
    zeus423 said:
    I had to read the headline twice because the first time I saw, "Apple beats are now free"! Wishful thinking, I guess.
    They are. You don't even have to wait for the public betas, you merely need a free developer account to install them.
    @zeus423 had read it as "Apple BEATS are now free", like the headphones.
    darkvadermuthuk_vanalingamwatto_cobra
  • Even with so many demonstrated use cases, Apple Vision Pro might not yet have a purpose

    "Everyone wants a real keyboard on their phone. iPhone will be destroyed by Blackberry."
    This is not that. 

    The iPhone had a clear cut mission. And it did it better than anyone else. 

    The blackberry looked outdated as soon as iPhone was announced and it started dying shortly after iPhone launch. 

    For every naysayer, there was someone who recognized the obvious. 

    With the apple headset, it really doesn’t have any clear mission or purpose. Some other people started doing this and so here’s apples take. That’s pretty much it. The really strange drawback is that immersive entertainment such as gaming is absent  from apples presentation thus far. I guess they hope developers will find a way to create purpose for it. But Nintendo tried relying on developers with the ambiguous Wii U and ended up losing support and the product died an early death. 

    The tech is neat and could be fun. But it doesn’t really seem to have an honest to goodness reason to exist, unlike the iPhone, the watch, or the Mac - or even the rumored car. 
    Well, the Vision Pro made all other VR Goggles look like toys, mainly because Apple put out a new computer whereas others were busy selling gaming kits or "experience" kits.

    It may not be in the "essential" category like the iPhone, but like the Apple Watch, I am sure it will grow.

    I, for one, am really looking forward to getting this. I have been saving up for a top of the line MBP, but I am now pivoting towards this. Hopefully it will launch around the world this time next year.

    For my (very casual) gaming needs I plan to get the PSVR2.
    watto_cobrajony0
  • Apple Vision Pro developer kits will be made available eventually, and to a select crowd

    entropys said:
    I can see it now, a music video with a room filled with orderly rows of vision pro wearers head banging away. 
    Hmm, maybe a bit creepy, especially in B&W.
    You've just described the next Rammstein video, if they ever make another one!!
    Alex1Nwatto_cobra
  • Apple's iPad is propping up a collapsing tablet market

    chasm said:
    narwhal said:
    iPads have gotten a bit too expensive. 
    Wow, iPads start at $300 and you’re complaining about the price?
    This is clearly a troll who has never owned an iPad, or thinks the only iPad worth owning is the 13-inch iPad Pro.

    I have an 11-inch iPad Pro and I freakin’ LOVE IT. It is hands down the best and fastest “laptop” I’ve ever owned, and I haven’t even upgraded to the Mx version yet.

    Yes, there are a few computing-type jobs an iPad can’t do as well. But come down out of your specialist ivory tower and spend some time in the real world, where the vast majority of people write, draw, socialize, read the news, communicate and relax with their “computer.” The iPad — especially when paired with a keyboard and trackpad — can absolutely be that computer, and an iPad Air is half the cost of the cheapest Apple laptop (the admittedly luscious Air) and really has 99 percent of the features of the iPad Pro.

    There is so little of my everyday stuff that I’d even think about needing a Mac for (luckily I do have one) that it sits very lonely on my desk most days. The recent release of FCP and Logic for iPad, while not quite up to the Mac versions, shows that Apple doesn’t think anything is “off limits” for the iPad — even “pro” apps.
    I don't dispute anything you've said except that @hmurchison has been a moderator on this forum years ago and I don't think he is a troll. He has strong opinions but has never been a troll.
    I have seen a lot of Apple fans grow disillusioned with the company here on this forum. Doesn't make them trolls though.
    williamlondonwatto_cobra
  • Apple's unique headset design is causing problems with component suppliers

    AppleZulu said:
    I'm skeptical that any of these reports on design and features of this rumored device are either current or accurate. We may find out shortly, but I'd bet that the image above will bear little resemblance to any actual Apple device released to the public. I mean, why would the company that makes AirPods build wearable goggles that include clunky speakers on a head strap? If you want immersive audio to go with your AR/VR, you're not going to use head strap speakers, you're going to use AirPods that play the spatial audio directly into your head through your ear holes. Further along these lines, would a company that introduced an iPhone that depended on regularly connecting to a Mac, and a watch that was initially highly dependent on a connection to an iPhone develop a clunky $3,000 device seemingly made to operate independently of every other device that Apple makes? 

    I'm betting that whatever it is, it will be slimmer, smaller, and less expensive than suggested here, and will rely on (and be enhanced by) integration with existing devices like AirPods for audio and an iPhone or Mac for computational power. The more functions it can offload, the smaller and lighter it can be. I'm betting that even the thing about the external battery pack is either nonexistent or an optional add-on, or, surprise, the thing described here is simply a MagSafe connector that uses the same charger as the Apple Watch to charge the device, with no expectation that you'll walk around with a wire hanging off of your left temple. 

    It boggles the mind that people supposedly interested in and aware of how Apple actually does things will every time (seemingly for lack of imagination) fall for the idea that Apple would develop and sell something that fits the description of the perennially compromised and clunky design habits of its competitors. 
    My rating for your prediction:


    watto_cobra