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  • New 14-inch & 16-inch MacBook Pro sport M3, and come in black

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    AppleZulu said:
    roundaboutnow said:
    Starting price of 14" MBP with M3 being less expensive than previous 14" MBP is interesting. That Space Black looks pretty cool too. Definitely something to think about...

    I noted that they mentioned more than a few times how much better things would be for those still on Intel Macs (rub it in, why don't ya!), and in particular, how the 24" iMac M3 was offered as a replacement for either the 21.5" or 27" Intel iMacs. I wonder if that means we won't see a larger iMac any time soon.

    They will be drawing a hard line to discontinue support for all Intel Macs in the near future. The remarks about the comparative boost is both marketing to convince people to upgrade from those and also a warning the the MacOS written to use that new speed and capacity will soon be too much for Intel Macs to handle. 
    Yep, that's what I'm afraid of...
    thtAlex1Nwilliamlondonwatto_cobra

  • FTC sues Amazon, alleging users are being tricked into signing up for Prime

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    Well as long as we're Amazon bashing here, it sure would be nice if Amazon could do something about their search and sort/filter features. It's always amazed me how relatively useless they are in this regard. It's incredibly difficult to narrow down results to specific terms or categories and sorting by lowest price first still has higher priced items higher up the list, never mind the "featured" (sponsored) items getting so much prominence.
    williamlondonAlex_Vwatto_cobra

  • EU law requiring easier iPhone battery replacement inches closer to enactment

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    entropys said:
    Q1: who gets to decide what is a sufficiently replaceable battery?
    Q2: is the manufacturer able to identify the proportion of the increased cost for the device as the EU cost?
    Q3: does this also apply to EVs? (exactly this scenario ktappe).
    All excellent questions.
    williamlondonwatto_cobraAlex1N

  • Five boring apps that Apple shouldn't forget about for the Apple Vision Pro

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    chutzpah said:
    roake said:
    This may have been addressed.  I know Apple Vision Pro is a different kind of (spatial computing) platform, but it certainly seems powerful enough to additionally manage compatibility with other platforms.  What I wonder is if it will have any compatibility with Steam VR or any other platforms/games/apps without that app having to be written for this platform specifically.

    I really want to try Half Life: Alyx!  I hear it’s maybe the only honest-to-goodness excellent VR game in the VR world.

    I can imaging a world where Steam modifies their library to work with Apple’s hardware to make it easier on their developers.  But I doubt they would do it unless they could own a huge percentage of the sales (very common, but only Apple catches he’ll about it).
    SteamVR doesn’t even support macOS, there’s no way that you could accomplish this with minor modifications. 

    And VisionPro’s compatibility with VR motion controllers is an unknown factor. Without that most of SteamVRs library is useless - you can’t use gesture controls to run!
    I don't know much about Steam or SteamVR, but I just read the recent AI article reporting that Steam just updated their app (not SteamVR I realize) and supports hardware acceleration on macOS. 

    I recall that they used to support SteamVR on Mac but stopped doing so a couple of years ago. They might be re-thinking that decision now that AVP is out.

    So far as controllers, while not spelling out details, Apple is saying on their AVP web page "Spatial computing makes new types of games possible with titles that can span a spectrum of immersion and bring gamers into all-new worlds. Users can also play over 100 Apple Arcade games on a screen as large as they want, with incredible immersive audio and support for popular game controllers."
    FileMakerFeller

  • Hands on with Apple's new Pro Macs -- Mac Pro & Mac Studio with M2 Ultra

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    On Mac Studio M2 Ultra, I see 4 TB ports on rear, 2 TB ports on front, and 1 HDMI port on rear. So no way to directly connect "Eight displays with up to 4K resolution at 60Hz" ...at least one TB dual-display adapter would be needed.

    If I want to drive 8 HDMI displays, it should be possible to install four TB-to-dual HDMI adapters on the 4 rear M2 Ultra TB ports.

    I'll be looking into this further, but if anyone has any insights on doing this, I'd appreciate hearing about it.

    I think the key is daisychaining. Google it.
    I know what daisy chaining is. You’re assuming I am using TB monitors. I’m not. My applications use commercial monitors for video wall type arrays or multiple projectors for projection mapping. 

    (Many commercial displays can be daisy chained, but this is for distributing the same signal to multi-monitor arrays. If you don’t need to address the native resolution of the entire array, this can work.)

    PS: I appreciate you taking the time to post, but if you’re going to make a suggestion, a brief explanation or link would be helpful. Just saying “Google it” is lazy. 
    williamlondonwatto_cobraAlex1N