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  • Wired CarPlay vs. wireless - the pros and cons

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    I am impressed at the length of this article.

    I would also point out that in some jurisdictions being seen with a phone within cooee of the driver is a big no no, particularly for younger drivers.  Having it in your bag helps avoid that problem. Heck you can even have it in the boot.

    Newer iPhones (or newer versions of iOS) seem to have much less a problem of battery drain. I’m wireless charger also addresses this,although in my Hyundai with a vertical charger I have noticed the iPhone can get quite hot.

    I have converted both my cars to wireless carplay, in the older one by replacing the whole head unit, and then new one with a wireless carplay dongle. Yes the only real downside is switching phones can be fiddly tbh.  On the dongle, you can easily switch in start up. Thus the easiest way is just to pull out out of the usb port, put it in again and switch in the start up process. Not ideal, and takes over thirty seconds all up from thinking about swapping.
    Connecting the phone you want to switch to wired is also pretty quick, overriding wireless.

    One that matter, startup is about 20 seconds in the installed Kenwood head unit, and about 28 seconds for the admittedly now relatively old dongle ( I got it early 2021). This isn’t long, but it really can seem a long time. It is over a block of travel. Newer dongles are apparently much quicker, but, this one does the job.


    Anilu_777watto_cobra

  • A new Mac Pro is coming, confirms Apple exec

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    And that there is exactly the problem with Apple today. 
    They stopped innovating and designing great computers to make customer's lives better first - and instead innovate and design with the first priority being on financials. Needlessly locking down their products with firmware, glue, solder and proprietary screws. 
    Without the handheld side feeding the company - the Mac side of the business would not even exist.
    So 'rounding error' sales of their flagship computer can easily be viewed as a failure. 
    I personally don't have high hopes for the Mac Pro. There will be some completely ridiculous catch that alienates 99% of the professional market. That's pretty much a guarantee at this point. It won't change until Tim is gone. Similar to how the dongle disaster didn't end until Ives left. 

    Quite so. Totally the case.
    WWSJD? This is what he said in 1998:

    What happened at Apple, to be honest, over the years was the goal used to be to make the best computers in the world. And that was goal one. Goal two, we got from Hewlett-Packard actually which was "we have to make a profit". Because if we don't make a profit we can't do goal one. So, yeah, I mean we enjoyed making a profit, but the purpose of making a profit was so we can make the best computers in the world. Along the way somewhere those two got reversed. The goal is to make a lot of money and well, if we have to make some good computers well ok we'll do that... 'cause we can make a lot of money doing that. And, it's very subtle. It's very subtle at first, but it turns out it's everything. That one little subtle flip... takes 5 years to see it, but that one little subtle flip in 5 years means everything.

    …..

    Lastly, we're really big on making computers our friends can afford, and not all our friends are Larry Ellison. So, we've got to make computers that are really affordable and I think that's another place that Apple got really off-track and we are just driving that really hard.


    What happens when a supply chain guru is put in charge. Probably why Forstall was shafted too. He no doubt fought against the move back to this priority.

    williamlondondewmedanoxwatto_cobra

  • A new Mac Pro is coming, confirms Apple exec

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    You could read those comments as a veiled hint at the discontinuation of the Mac Pro too.

    I long ago concluded that the Apple leadership team isn’t really interested in high end PCs, or at least treat it as a priority. That has been pretty clear since 2013. Too small a market, software is more limited. Take CAD for example. You would be silly to buy a Mac for that purpose. apple would have to address the software front for that too.

    I think it’s the wrong perspective, as even if the Mac Pro doesn’t have a lot of sales, it is certainly an important halo device with the bragging rights driving sales of the rest of the line up. The only conclusion I can reach is it is all too hard to actually build a high end workstation with Apple Silicon that will function as potential buyers want.
    williamlondondewmewatto_cobraAlex1N

  • Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra didn't beat the iPhone 13 Pro in camera test

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    Mishu said:
    Honestly, I'm thinking about switching to the s23 Ultra, it's just perfect for night photos and landscapes. And I just love the natural color It keeps on your photos. Apple's algorithm tends to saturate the colors giving it a fake glow-up. The new iPhone 14 just sucks at taking night photos.
    Ironically, five years ago the situation was the reverse with the Samsung model the  over saturated one. Although both iPhones and galaxys sucked at night then.
    williamlondonbyronl

  • Apple's 12-inch MacBook may be coming closer to a rebirth

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    baconstang said:
    For my mobile stuff I like them as small as possible.  Still rocking my 11" MBA and my 12 mini.
    At home, it's a 5K with an extra 4K monitor.
    I got my 11 inch MBA out of the cupboard the other day and updated the OS.  Love the size, but damn but that is a low res screen.
    Alex1Nwatto_cobra