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  • Apple Silicon iMac Pro coming Spring 2022, no 'iPhone Fold' until 2023 analyst says

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    tht said:
    While Young did not detail anything about the 27-inch iMac beyond the display, it's likely that any new pro-focused iMac model will sport Apple's M1 Pro and M1 Max chips as options.
    It really needs to have the rumored "M1 Max duo" as the top end SoC. It has to be >50% faster than the 18-core iMac Pro in CPU which scores about 13000 in GB5 multi and >50% faster the Radeon Pro 5700XT which scores about 80k in GB5 compute. It's will be 2 years+ from an update to iMac 5K and iMac Pro. There needs to be a reason to upgrade and the M1 Pro and M1 Max really aren't going to be enough.

    An M1 Max Duo with 16 p-cores, 4 e-cores, and 64 g-cores should score around 20k in GB5 multi and 110k in GB5 compute. Also, 128 GB RAM should be the top end RAM config at least.

    I just want an M series iMac with a black bezel. I hope the entry point for the pro version isn't ridiculous. Also really hoping for some color options as well.
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  • #AppleToo organizer is no longer withdrawing her NLRB complaint against Apple

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    williamlondon said:
    Throwing the term "woke" around is almost as obvious as wearing a white hood, just more cowardly.
    Lol. I can’t believe ppl that think like this actually exist. Dramatic much?

    It’s no surprise why there’s a political divide. It’s comments/ppl like this that ratchet every thing up to “everyone that I disagree with is hitler,” and make the world worse by dismantling dialogue. 
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  • #AppleToo organizer is no longer withdrawing her NLRB complaint against Apple

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    Blew through the go fund me money already, eh? It’s a shame one can’t just survive on on self righteousness and narcissism. 
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  • Apple made secret 5-year $275B deal with Chinese government

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    This is a giant bribe to the corrupt Chinese government officials. Apple values human rights a lot less than virtue signaling about the environment and global warming. By paying off Xi and his crew, Apple thinks that it can guarantee that it will be left alone to manufacture and sell as many iPhones as it can in China without any more government or court interference. This was kept a secret for a reason. I don't think the Chinese people will be happy to learn that their leaders just pocketed over a quarter of a trillion dollars. Never forget: China is currently engaged in genocide.
    Humans are no longer in fashion. It's all about vaguely helping 'the planet' and saving zebra snails. Apple, like most people who want to do good, but aren't sure how to go abut it, takes their cues from popular social narratives, which typically have ulterior goals and motivations. To Apple's credit, I do like their recycling (wood, parts, etc.) initiatives, as these will have a meaningful impact on the environment and sustainability. 

    It's a shame because Apple has so much potential for efficiently deconstructing and solving complex problems (except their services...), which could make them a leader in meaningful humanitarian aid. For instance, rather than hyperfocusing on the inane social sensitivities of westerners in comfortable developed nations, they could help bolster the economies of the areas they depend on for materials mining, or communities that are affected by industrial/technological waste, etc.
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  • Apple made secret 5-year $275B deal with Chinese government

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    sdw2001 said:
    On one hand, I don't blame Apple for threading the needle with the CCP in order to get access to a market with 5 times the population of U.S.   But on the other, that's a lot of money and resources that are building Communist China instead of the United States.  China is a major competitor, biggest trade partner, and #1 threat to the U.S. all at the same time.  Their government's goal is to be the world superpower by 2050.  This was a long-term plan started in the 1970's.  We dismissed them for decades, thought we "free" trade could liberalize the CCP, and their military was subpar compared to ours.  All that has changed in the last 20 years.  While we still have a superior military, they have the capability to win a battle (for example, Taiwan) before we can respond with full force.  They also have sophisticated enough equipment (planes, missiles, anti-satellite etc.) to give us real problems.  






    Agreed, Apple is in a tough spot, but it does seem like they could do more domestically at the same time, doesn't seem like this needs to be mutually exclusive.

    I think the other barrier is that domestically (US), there's not much political incentive do do anything the CCP doesn't like, particularly given the fact that the CCP has bought out or otherwise compromised so many US politicians. Even the current President has been caught making illegal deals with the Chinese companies (via emails found on his son's laptop, and publicly corroborated by one of their business partners), not to mention a member of the house intelligence committee (Swallwell) having sex with a CCP spy named Fang Fang, and a member of the senate intelligence committee (Feinstein) having a CCP spy as her chauffeur for over a decade.. If this was a movie it'd be too hard to believe, yet this is our reality, and it's not looking good. Unfortunately, people are so ideologically blind that they become immediately defensive, and so we don't get a chance to discuss these issues as a society.
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