rob53

"abusing the power of iOS and its dominant position in the market." Are iPhones dominating the cellular market? No
Are iPads dominating the tablet market? They're currently at 30% (Q2 2021). Call that really nice but dominating. 

Of course, Apple iOS devices dominate the high end marketplace because they only provide quality items, they don't compete in the throwaway market.

For him to compare privacy with sales of equipment is meaningless. Two totally different things. Typical politician.

entropys said:

This really is a return of Macintosh greatness, after half a decade of frankly disappointing hardware.

replaceable battery! Awesome. Does that mean the M2 MBA will also have it, and maybe, just maybe, upgradeable storage? 
[enters swoon dream]

No on storage. Apple has integrated storage in a way that replaceable storage can’t compete with. Same with memory. I don’t see how Apple could add the ability to use replaceable NVMe storage that would run in the 5000MB/s range unless they provide multiple sockets with hardware RAID. I think this, along with the ridiculous bus speed, might be how Apple gets that storage speed. Best way to add storage is through Thunderbolt. 

fastasleep said:

rob53 said:

They didn't question me and I've been a customer since 1989. I know this is a different branch of the DOJ than the ones looking into the larger topic but it would be nice if they didn't waste their time on going after Apple while there are much more important things to investigate. I'm also wondering if the current DOJ needs to be investigated to make sure everyone is actually following the law and doesn't have any interests in Apple competitors. 

Imagine thinking that as a customer you have something to offer an investigation like this. Also you seem to have missed that this started under the previous administration, and that the DOJ is capable of doing more than one thing at a time. 

I guess you didn’t read the second sentence of this article. It said DOJ lawyers were questioning customers and I’m a long standing customer. I worked with the federal side of Apple for years and had a hand in purchasing a few million dollars worth of Apple hardware.  I’ve also been at Apple headquarters for meetings so yes, I feel I have something to offer. 

My comments in-line. To summarize, this person is an idiot.

Samik Chatterjee, JP Morgan

JP Morgan lead analyst Samik Chatterjee believes the event can be seen as an attempt by Apple to make small changes to its existing product lineup in an effort to drive adoption across a wider range of price points. 

---If they are only talking about the AirPods, fine, but they are absolutely clueless when it comes to the MacBook Pros. Two things; 1) all they need to do is see the over the top excitement from almost everyone on youtube. I'd say every one of them did not see the multitude of things Apple released and they were screaming in delight. All of you on this forum know what I'm talking about but these analysts know nothing about the products they are covering, and 2) I forgot what I was going to say because I'm so angry with this analyst who should be fired by JP Morgan for their comments, unless, of course, they are trying for a short sell.

Although the flagship announcements were the high-end MacBook Pro models, Chatterjee notes that the cheaper second-generation AirPods and cheaper Apple Music plan could drive an expansion of Apple's total market.

Chatterjee sees the 14-inch MacBook Pro and 16-inch MacBook Pro as "niche high-end" models, given their price points ranging from $1,999 to $3,499. However, the AirPods and Apple Music announcements created a new entry-level for their respective categories.

---Niche, high-end products? They are what power users want and there are a ton of Apple power users. I can't help it if this analyst is saddled with a Chromebook and hasn't a clue what real people do with computers. As for them being expensive, they aren't when compared to comparable PCs and even a full-blown 16" M1 Max could be paid off with a couple jobs by people using them for their small companies (musicians, photographers, videographers, etc.). They're free coming in the door for larger companies because the increased power and speed means billable work is done quicker. Time is lots of money nowadays and these are not that expensive when you talk about tools of the trade. Canon EOS R5 mirrorless (body only) is $3500 (I've seen these being used by youtubers). Lenses can cost more than a MBP and I haven't the faintest idea how much all the audio equipment costs for music production people. A lot can be done on the Mac but they still need lots of other things. This is not a niche market, it's where a decent portion of Mac purchasers live. These will be used in colleges/universities, small and large businesses, government sites (yes, some are allowed to buy Macs and I see some scientists drooling already--time on supercomputers is not cheap, having one on your desk pays for itself quickly). Just because JPM doesn't do anything other than connect a terminal to a server for all their work doesn't mean that's what everyone else in the world does. In fact, having a person at a company that isn't involved in the businesses Apple sells to discuss anything about Apple is plain stupid. 

melgross said:

Just to clear something up that some people might be thinking about, Apple has had a TPM for years, it’s called the Secure Enclave. It’s just not compatible with the TPM  used by AMD and Intel, and Apple will never open it up for third party use.

but this development shows that the TPM, as used by AMD and Intel, at least, can easily be worked around by software, so its value is questionable.

Has anyone tried emulating Secure Enclave? I just updated my Intel version of Parallels and will poke around to see if TPM has any settings.

Not a good start. I updated my Parallels software, it installed the updated Parallel's stuff and here's what I got when checking for OS updates. Guess I'll need to check with Parallels on who to do. Did a quick check of all settings and nothing about TPM showed up. I'm running a late 2015 iMac so Parallels should be able to adjust things to get Windows 11 to work, especially with the TPM emulation.



Ran Health Check and it says my CPU isn't supported. I went through Microsoft's list of supported Intel Core CPUs and there's a ton of them. It also says the PC must support Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 is not detected. I already submitted a service request (kind of, to their blog).