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  • Apple escalates legal fight with iOS virtualization tool provider Corellium

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    zimmie said:
    Why does every commentary on this case bring up jailbreaking? The two issues are only related in that they both involve iOS. May as well talk about this case's impact on the App Store.

    From what I've been able to find, this is more like a hackintosh. It's running a real copy of iOS in a VM and providing access to that VM.
    This is my understanding at the moment and frankly it would stink ifApple wins this case.  It would put any virtualization offering at risk!    Frankly any multi platform developer would end up at risk and even the use of VM’s on production hardware would be at risk.   This is probably the biggest dick move by Apple in a decade or more.   I’m really sadden you’re the definition reaction the company is going.  
    williamlondon

  • Apple escalates legal fight with iOS virtualization tool provider Corellium

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    lkrupp said:
    This outfit will suffer the same fate as Psystar. 
    I hope not because that would lead to attacks on all virtualization solutions.   At least the way I read this ,  that is all the company is offering.    Frankly things like this is why I’m less inclined by the day to support Apple.  There are very legitimate reasons to run operating systems in virtualized environments and if Apple can’t handle that then screw them.  

    Frankly this only becomes more important with the latest generation of hardware that can virtualize multiple systems on the desktop with no performance impact.    Apple is way behind the technology curve here with respect to both MacOS and iOS.   
    williamlondon

  • Apple sued over atrial fibrillation optical sensor in Apple Watch

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    lkrupp said:
    DAalseth said:
    I'm usually very skeptical of these suits, but this one might have legs.
    Nope. Reread... significant prior art, never developed a product. Just another “inventor" who thinks they have Apple by the short hairs. 
    Inventing something and developing a product are two separate things.   Why people don’t grasp this is beyond me.   The doctor actually has something to stand on, it might not be enough but it isn’t air like many suits against Apple.  

    Things like this actually makes Apple look a bit pathetic.   Simply buying the patent would have eliminated the whole nonsense of this legal action.  
    sapporobabyrtrnslarryjw80s_Apple_Guybeowulfschmidtllamamuthuk_vanalingam

  • Mac Pro demonstrates 'masterclass in repairability' in teardown

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    zimmie said:
    lkrupp said:
    and the big question in my mind, is the CPU replaceable, or does the motherboard firmware tie it to a specific clock rate etc?
    That question is answered in the hands on review on AI in the comments. The answer is yes. Keep in mind, though, the market this machine is targeted at doesn’t swap out CPUs or much else either. Same goes for RAM. They buy this machine configured the way they want for the task at hand. A movie studio doesn’t have time to fiddle with the hardware. Neither does a number crunching lab. Stop thinking of this machine as a consumer, tinkerer, “prosumer” machine that enthusiasts platywith. It’s not anything of the sort. 
    Sure, but upgradable CPUs will matter for the second-hand market in five or six years. It's nice to know they can be upgraded when they are no longer doing the job they were originally hired to do.
    Actually this is pretty misinformed!   All of these HEDT machine are impacted by memory bandwidth and as such in 5 years whole new architectures to address that will be online.  One shouldn’t expect higher performance  chips that far into the future.  In fact AMDs low end socket gets phased out in 2020 and thread ripper is dramatically different for a desktop chip.  

    It is just a really hard time to be justifying a purchase on upgrade capability 5 years down the road.   Maybe in a year or two when the new architectures come online but that isn’t a certainty.  
    cornchiptmay

  • No, Apple's new Mac Pro isn't overpriced

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    mike fix said:
    Cinebench scores:
    https://www.servethehome.com/intel-core-i9-10980xe-review-18-cores-of-pure-intel/intel-core-i9-10980xe-cinebench-r20/

    Most expensive Mac Pro processor, Xeon W-3275: 10,903.

    AMD Threadripper 3970x: 16,660.

    Mac Pro obsolete before it even shipped.


    Yep!    Intel has failed miserably to keep their lead, they are no longer the go to vendor for performance.    AMD is driving it’s success hard into former Intel strongholds.  If some of the rumors about the next Zen revision are true they will only move farther ahead of Intel.  


    williamlondon