dysamoria

Risking components with gaming is a legit issue. Running games on Mac computers is a sure fire way to cause it to throttle CPU and GPU. Why is it throttling? Heat. Too much heat. 

I point you to the MacBook Pro 3,1 and other models with known failures due to GPU and heat... I myself played most of Half Life 2 on my MacBook Pro 3,1 and it's GPU flaw eventually killed it. It's not something users should have to concern themselves with, but experience shows it happens on these small/thin designs. 

p-dog said:

Well, it’s a good thing somebody didn’t spill hot coffee onto their lap as well.

You should learn the facts of that case before making another ignorant comment. The case against McDonald's was a solid case of corporate malfeasance. Sadly, their media campaign to slander the victim of their unsafe coffee temperature was very successful because people like you reference it as a frivolous lawsuit. An utterly inappropriate association. The woman got third degree burns, was not driving, the vehicle was not in motion, and accidents happen to anyone. People shouldn't have to suffer life-changing injuries from an accident with a cup of coffee.

Is "AI house style" why the text consists of one sentence paragraphs?

Meh. Unimpressed with all of this. The bash editorial by a known lousy "media" outlet, the editorial bashing the editorial, the uncritical worship or bashing of one side or the other, "entertainment news", the clamor over iPhone X (the second Apple product that validates the previously usually incorrect claim of "luxury products for spoiled wealthy people"), the acceptance of everything Apple does without complaint, the attacks on Tim Cook for supporting humanitarian ethics, the arrogant dismissal of usability experts who have valid complaints about Apple products (yes, usability has been going downhill since 2013, but almost no one wants to admit it because they like change for the sake of change)... blah blah blah...

I started on AIM at one of my tech support jobs. I kept my account around since 2001. I guess Verizon doesn't like maintaining the products they acquired. I know everyone is all hipster about AIM... "is that still a thing"... but it was a useful chat tool for ages. Almost a standby. ICQ never got into the mainstream. Jabber never caught on. A dozen dozens of other chat products abound and the only thing that everyone can rely on as an open and consistent experience is...?

I just deleted my AIM client on iOS. Never even used it for the reason I installed it: Someone wanted me to acquire yet another online account to chat with her (via a clone of the also defunct Google Talk), and I already have 160+ internet accounts to keep track of. I asked her to acquire an AIM account since I already had one and AIM was more prevalent than defunct chat systems. Ha ha... Guess she won that battle.

Someone else has already gotten me onto KIK because she wanted off of OKCupid. Sigh. What a constant tail-chasing scenario, these chat services (as I watch my cat chase her tail; she even hissed at it). I absolutely refuse to be pushed to Facebook's messenger BS (pushed by their website harassing me and blocking the built-in messaging feature on the mobile site).