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  • Mac is less popular among Apple customers than iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch

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    Between my wife and I, we have 2 iPhones, 2 watches, 2 Airpod Pros, an Apple TV 4k, and I have 2 Homepod Minis in my office.  The only thing we don't have are Macs and that is simply because they are, to us, too expensive for what you get.  My Dell PC with the same performance and specs as a Macbook Pro is less than 1/2 the cost.  I simply cannot justify the extra money for the same performance.  I have used a Macbook Pro in the past when supplied by my company, and loved it.  If Apple would just come down on their pricing for the Macbook Pro, we'd jump in a heartbeat.
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  • Leaked plan shows Intel will try to be more efficient than M1 Max by late 2023

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    Well, one thing that everyone here seems to be ignoring, is that no matter what Intel does, Apple is NEVER going to use their CPUs again.  Yes, the Wintel group will benefit from the better performance, but not one single Mac by that time will ever have an Intel chip in it.
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  • South Korea ends Apple, Google control of app store payments

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    harrykatsaros said:
    aderutter said:
    This will have far reaching effects, so really hope Apple & Google simply pull the app-store from South Korea.
    I

    100% agree. Pull the stores and leave South Korea scrambling until consumers rip the government a new one for trying to fix something that wasn’t broken. People retaliating against this legislation will prevent other countries from attempting to do the same. Allowing alternative stores opens up the platform to a world of hurt. There’s a reason I don’t use Android. I don’t want my experience as a consumer to be ruined or compromised because some clueless government bureaucrats half way around the world went on some bullshit self righteous crusade in seek of good press.
    Just because other app stores are allowed, doesn't mean that you have to download apps from them.  Stick with the Apple app store, and there is no change for you (or me).  I would never go to another app store other than Apple's, so not a big deal to me.  If people want to be stupid and download unknown apps from another site, that is on them, and one thing I really hope Apple does is have some sort of disclaimer that if you do, you may void your warranty.

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  • Tim Cook confident Apple will emerge strongly from COVID-19 crisis

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    Happy_Noodle_Boy said:
    KTR said:
    How do you plan to recover when all your products are either under powered (the Mac Mini's GPU) or overpriced (the MacPro) or outdated just like your current iMac and iMac Pro? You have years in between updates were you completely neglect products for your desktop users. Nope, for once I really hope Tim Cook falls flat on his face so he learns a valuable lesson to quit ignoring his customers, instead of focusing on making super profitable products for Apple rather than actually updating products regularly so his customers have the Mac that they want to buy. I would like an updated iMac or affordable Mac Pro. But noooo, instead let's update the MacBook Pro line again for the third time this year!
    The vast majority of Mac users are MacBook users not desktop users and it was that way prior to Cook becoming CEO. So when Apple priorities the MacBook it is doing exactly what you are saying it should do, focusing on what it’s customers want. Focusing on single use cases like yours would get you what you want which is Cook falling flat on his face. Sorry, to say that that does t seem likely.  Bummer for you. Good news is you will always have the AI comments section in which to wail and gnash your teeth. 
    What Apple product(s) do you use, if any?
    I’m not sure what relevance that has to my comment but in no particular order, iPhone, iPad, MacBook, MacMini, Apple Watch, AirPods, HomePod. Currently subscribe to Apple TV+, Apple Arcade and pay for monthly iCloud storage. Also have an Apple Card. I use most most of the products that were firmly bundled as iWork and iLife as well as Logic and FileMaker. I dabble it FCP but not a big user. I also have some Beats stuff kicking around. 

    Edit: also use an AppleTV and Music Memos (such and underrated product). 
    I think he wanted to quote Virtualshift, and accidentally selected your post.

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  • Apple squashes iOS 11 bugs with quick release of iOS 11.0.1

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    kkqd1337 said:
    not seeing this update in the UK
    For those of you not seeing the update - do you have the iOS Beta profile loaded on your phone? If so, you will not see the commercial releases until you remove the profile and restart your phone.
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