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larryjw said:

CloudTalkin said:

larryjw said:

I know nothing about Kia. 

So a quick scan of Kia website was in order. I can't image Apple producing a car that was not at least a Hybrid. If it's to be made in Georgia, that's only the Sorento, if a commenter above is correct.

The only other such vehicles is the Niro brand: Niro EV, Niro plug-in Hybrid, and the plain Niro Hybrid. Where are these made?

Sounds as if you're looking at this as if it's a co-branding project.  As in an Apple branded Niro for example. Apple isn't looking to simply attach their tech to a Kia.  I don't think that's what either company has in mind.  I think the relationship will be Kia serving as an OEM Manufacturer, like Foxconn or Wistron.  Kia as a contract manufacturer makes sense.  They are located in the US, have capacity, and can scale tooling and machining to contract manufacture Apple's design specifications without affecting Hyundai's growing reputation.  

Another example of a OEM manufacturing by an established automaker is General Motors is going to build 2 eSUV's for Honda (1 Honda, 1 Acura).  No co-branding, just an OEM platform partnership.  https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a35141150/gm-honda-acura-electric-car-building-plans/

I'm not thinking of co-branding. I would seem obvious that, if my guess is correct and Apple will be going with an EV Hybrid, they'd be looking at a factory which has existing infrastructure to make such a vehicle for Apple. If they have a number of lines for the Sorento, then these lines would either need to be "duplicated" for Apple, or reconfigured for Apple -- by necessity, then, an Apple vehicle would initially have much in common with the Sorento. If the Niro vehicles are made elsewhere, it's likely Apple's vehicle would not have too much in common with the Niro. 

ID0 said:

DangDave said:

ID0 said:

I would prefer if Apple would cut the mandatory music upload to iPhone / iPad with iTunes. 
Just allow uploading music with Files to a local folder which the Music app can use as library.

You do not need iTunes to upload music anymore. Just enter “How to upload music to an iPhone” in your browser for the latest options. 

Can you post a link please? The search result promote just some other Mac or Win mandatory software. 
To refine my question: I attach an hard drive to my iPad and upload music to Files and how to get them into Music app???

jdb8167 said:

Beats said:

jdb8167 said:

JWSC said:

jdb8167 said:

I wonder if Apple already has a car partner lined up which is why they have sudden movement on this project which seemed nearly dead. I also doubt that Apple can market a stand alone car chip/board but with a partner lined up, the odds change. Don't doubt that plenty of companies have taken note of what is happening at Intel since they rejected Apple's offer to partner on the iPhone.

Apple doesn’t do OEM.  It’s car or nuthin’.

Except you have no idea what they are working on. Why does it have to be a complete car designed by Apple? I can easily see an Apple car co-designed by Apple and existing car manufacturer. It could still be an Apple car. "Designed in California manufactured in Japan by Mitsubishi."

Apple doesn't do what everyone expects. They are very good at surprising the markets if you haven't noticed. I still suspect it will be nothing though.

None of us know. We are going by history.

Also that tagline is like saying "Designed by Apple in California manufactured in China by Foxconn".

Partnering with someone is pretty different than hiring them as an OEM. It is actually possible that Apple would use a manufacturing strategy like they do for all their other hardware products but I'm not sure you can hire an OEM car manufacturer. History says that Apple doesn't manufacture their hardware products, they hire someone to do it. What contract car manufacturers are out there--not snark, I honestly don't know if they exist.

Edit: hardware products

nmoura said:

djfriar said:

Damnit Damnit Damnit. I have been waiting for these M1 computers since the transition was announced, money set aside and everything, but as I also invested in dual LG Thunderbolt 4K displays (which are bomb I may add), there is no way I'm buying another non-matching display just to use the Mac mini.

Seriously, seriously disappointed. Apple absolutely dropped the ball here; there is literally no excuse to not support dual 4K over TB3. It was already frustrating that they dropped form 4 TB3 ports to 2 (I have zero use for USB-A now having already fully converted over due to the 13" MBP).

Seriously Apple, WTF!?!?

I share your disappointment. I’ve bought a MBP two weeks ago, returned and bought the M1 version and didn’t even think this was something to check. This is the kind of thing you never imagine they would do. You tacitly take it for granted.

Anyway, until they launch a better one with support for more than 1 external display, I’d like to explore all the possibilities I might have. Currently I use two external monitors with a single USB-C cable on a Kensington Docking Station (SD4700P) that has DP and HDMI outputs. I don’t need 4K+ monitors, but I really need two external monitors for my productivity developing/engineering.

Is it possible to use two external monitors as one big stretched display in this M1, like a big wide monitor? If yes, what are the best options in your opinion to improve the usability to the closest as possible as of having two external displays? Someone mentioned the Matrox QuadHead2Go, but it’s pricey. I found that there’s the DualHead2Go that costs around 150 pounds in UK (I’m from Ireland), but I don’t know if it works for the intended purpose. Even if it works, I’d like to consider all possibilities. For a long time I thought of giving a chance to try one of those window managers apps like BetterTouchTool, Divvy, etc., but never tried. Does anybody recommend any of these?

At first I thought of using the split view configuration on these two monitors working as a single display, but it’s too limited and too far from having two external displays.