aussiepaul

douglas bailey said:

iqatedo said:

wookie01 said:

I'm an ANZ customer using Apple Pay everywhere that payWave is offered in Australia and it's a breeze (with the watch). 
I hope the other scumbags are hemoraging customers and money

What is your experience with ANZ's iOS offerings (mobile banking)? Bankwest (Commonwealth) for example, is excellent but of course, no ApplePay. 

I also switched to ANZ, the day they got ApplePay. The app is very good except that it does not currently list pending authorizations. I personally find this frustrating because I can see that my available balance has been reduced but can't see the specifics of the transactions that have reduced it until they process a few days later.

You'd think I could track my own transactions? But what am I paying the bank for? (I actually have a few unpredictable Direct Debits.)

Anyway, I hear they have recently finished an upgrade of their back end systems so I hope they can add this feature soon. + TouchID on their Go Money App.,

Are you entering the card into the wallet app?  That's the way to go.  I personally don't use the ANZ app.

My partner and I switched to ANZ because of Apple Pay.  Paying for things using the phone (and her watch) at the checkout has been a revelation.  I often don't carry my physical credit cards out anymore.  It is probably the most useful and important Apple technology since the original iPhone.  I can't believe the other banks are so stupid as to be bleeding customers to ANZ left right and centre over this...

Soli said:

aussiepaul said:

irnchriz said:

OR you buy ONE dongle which does SD card, USB 3, LAN and HDMI.  Then you only have one dongle.

So you think that having to buy and carry around a $300 brick sized dongle to restore functionality that the previous gen model had is ok? 

1) The previous model didn't have Ethernet/LAN. That left 4 years ago.

2) Why would you pay $300 for something you don't need, especially when there are all sort of varieties ranging as low as $5.

3) If you're still using VGA, Ethernet, DVI, an SD card, and other archaic ports that the rest of the world has been moving away from then you need to ask yourself why the fuck are you looking at a modern MacBook Pro in the first place? The answer is simple: you're not. You're just here bitch and moan.

Totally rediculous and insulting comment.  Never mentioned Ethernet and pro cameras/photographers use SD card and will do for some time.

irnchriz said:

seankill said:

Rayz2016 said:

seankill said:

The next couple of years are going to be interesting for Apple. Their drive for thin products is getting ridiculous.

The Touchbar strikes me as something like the S7 Edge. Not convinced it is a groundbreaking new UI that I would use, unless I decide to like Emojis.....
Your mileage may vary.

Not to mention a user couldn't connect their 1 month old iPhone 7 (+) to this laptop without a dongle. Not to mention SD cards, USBs, HDMIs....... I totally understood DVI, VGA, Cd drive, and MAYBE Ethernet but no HDMI? Every projector I have seen in the last 4 years uses HDMI; you know, what "professionals" do with laptops. The included port is why I bought the mid-2012 retina. 

Apple needs to get their interface connections in order. It is sloppier than I have ever seen it with poor consistency. If they are going to cold turkey USB-C on their products, the iPhone 7S/8 better go that way as well.

 Of course, Apple apologist will find some reason that Apple is prefect. 

Yup, the usual:

I can't see a use for the Touchbar, so it must be useless.
It can't connect to a one month old iPhone because none of Apple's customers would ever think of just connecting it wirelessly (if they ever need to connect an iPhone at all).
Apple's customers will need every single dongle every created because WIRELESS DOES NOT EXIST!
It doesn't have every single socket dating back to the candle holder on Babbage's Difference Engine, so surely no one will buy it. Remember WIRELESS IS SOMETHING YOU IMAGINE DUE TO YOUR DRUG HABIT. IT DOES NOT EXIST!
The only reason this thing will sell like hot cakes is because apologists think Apple is perfect.

Nice job; I think you covered everything. 

"Of course, Apple apologists* will find some reason that Apple is prefect" - That one is for you.

Not sure how one calls USB 3.0, HDMI outdated......... Everything in my house, including my iPhone cables use it. Sure, lets phase it out but why not include one port for 3-5 more years? Then USB-C might be more mainstream. Nor did I say it needed every port ever. But again, I should expect logic from the "Apple can do no wrong crowd." Wireless is still a subprime experience. Air Play is a joke compared to HDMI in my experience.

I have two dongles for my mid-2012 Pro, I would need 5 or so for this new one. 

OR you buy ONE dongle which does SD card, USB 3, LAN and HDMI.  Then you only have one dongle.

So you think that having to buy and carry around a $300 brick sized dongle to restore functionality that the previous gen model had is ok?  What is the point of making the laptop so thin if you need to carry around such a dongle to make the laptop usable?  Furthermore, these are the most expensive laptops Apple has released in a long time.  The added cost of dongles is an extra burden.
These are *not* pro machines.  Pros need things like hdmi for presentations, optical audio for music, SD card readers for photography and competitive graphics with CUDA support for scientific applications.
These are at best prosumer machines and represent a continuation of the trend away from pro markets at Apple.
I can understand removing ports if better alternatives are available and it makes the experience better but this just crippling the machine for the sake of some designers preference.
The number of different port formats Apple has used for video makes me seriously contemplate that the dongle business is very important to Apple.
As an Apple user and supporter through the darkest days and continuing to this day, I'm disappointed.

I wonder what would happen if you filled up a Samsung washing machine with a bunch of Samsung galaxy phones?  Armageddon?