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albertaguy said:

I was one of the customer who was looking into buying Apple computer but in the end decided against it. When I wanted to buy laptop, I could not justify the exorbitant price of Mac computers and then went on to buy Asus Zebook and saved almost $1,200 CAD and with the more powerful and latest hardware. I was then looking to replace Mac Mini 2014 but after seeing that SSD is soldered and Apple throttles it, I hold off buying the over priced Mac mini. The only thing I want from Apple is MacOS and I am even willing to pay for it same price as Windows but since that is not going to happen, I am going to build myself Hackintosh and save myself paying Apple tax and get far better hardware at far better price. Talk about the missed opportunity. Except MacOS, I do not care about Apple and they can go ahead and close down their business and I will not loose a sleep.

I know we shouldn't feed the trolls but here goes anyway!!

When I bought my MacBook Pro (Retina) nearly 7 years ago, I was aware that there were cheaper Windows machines out there with the 'latest & greatest' hardware but what I wanted was a reliable machine, running OS X/MacOS that did what I needed it to do without any 'faffing' around. I haven't been let down and have a machine that still demands no compromises from me in day to day personal usage when compared to my much newer Lenovo laptop that my employers provide.

I hope that the amount of time you will spend building and maintaining your Hackintosh is worth it - it wouldn't take too much time before your $1,200 CAD saving is wiped out in the hours you will have spent making it work. I'm happy to pay a little more up front and reap the subsequent benefits of a machine that just works!

AppleInsider said:

Google's services will attempt to monitor the movements of a user's device even if the user disables location services, with some Android and iOS apps produced by the search giant allegedly recording location data without the user's knowledge, an investigation into the feature claims.

"We provide clear descriptions of these tools, and robust controls so people can turn them on or off, and delete their histories at any time," Google said.

It was found that another setting other than Location History would need to be turned off to stop the recordings from happening.

Leaves me happy that I have no Google Apps installed on any of my devices and once work moved away from Android devices due to security concerns and the cost to support, I was also able to delete my Google account.

I find some of the adverse comments about Apple’s dongle a little strange. I have mine attached to my B&W P5 headphones (when I’m not using my AirPods) and it just lives there, so what’s the difference between that and one of these cables? 

dblanch369 said:

maury markowitz said:

macxpress said:

Apparently the AirPort Extreme is prone to fan failures...usually right around 12-16 months in. 

It doesn't have a fan.

I think the Time Capsule does tho. The Extreme does not. 

Thankfully my Time Capsule is running strong 5 years in, as is my 10 year old Extreme.

Whilst I understand that with wifi routers being included by all (in the UK at least) ISP's this is not a growth area, when one (or both) of these eventually fail (or are no longer safe to use), I'm not looking forward to having to find something as simple & reliable to use.

tzeshan said:

....... HomePod will be another Apple flop. 

Out of interest, which “Apple flops” are you referring to?