thedba

MacPro said:

blastdoor said:

Beats said:

I don’t doubt it. Everyone’s talking about M1.

8% global share is too little. I wanna see Apple take 15-20%.

That would mean Mac marketshare being about the same as iPhone, which I think is an appropriate goal for Apple. 

Interestingly, matching iPhone market share would mean the Mac gets ~50% share of the US market. 

I think the number one obstacle to achieving that goal is the state of gaming on the Mac. Now that Apple has total control of their hardware+software stack, they are fully capable of surmounting that obstacle. I hope they do it. 

There are other obstacles, too, but I think those other obstacles melt away as marketshare increases. Gaming requires more focus from Apple. We see hints of that focus, but they aren't there yet. 

I totally agree on gaming.  Not to compete with Steam, rather working with them.   And all get the makers of the top-tier game over onto Apple Silicon too.

rob55 said:

crowley said:

rob55 said:

Funny story, I asked a 20-something co-worker if he thought he would be interested in lossless audio if Apple offered it, and he asked, "what's lossless?"

I hope you responded with 

"it's when they include all of the sound that you probably can't hear anyway and make your data usage quintuple"

I mentioned this on another thread on the topic, but there are settings that allow your streaming app to fall back to low(er) bitrate lossy audio when you're not on WiFi. You'll also be able to download your favorite tracks / playlists to your device beforehand so you don't use any data.

I can stream my lossless audio library via Plex natively, and my data usage is just fine. I just make sure I'm on WiFi, or I download what I want to listen to while I am. For everything else, there's Spotify at 96 / 160 / 320 kb/s.

harry wild said:

I recently downloaded a classical piece and did stream it to my HomePod. 

It was in Apple lossless format.

Point is in order to get the most out of lossless music you need specialized DACs, preamp/amp setups with dedicated speakers and a very quiet listening room in your house. Maybe then, some can actually “hear” the difference. 

Gone are the days of 64 bit MP3s downloaded from Napster/Kazaa et al. Today’s 256 bit AAC is pretty damned good. 

Any headphone or earbud over $75 will play lossless music!

canukstorm said:

GeorgeBMac said:

chadbag said:

hmlongco said:

The iPad is amazing hardware... that's hobbled by requiring iPadOS for all apps, even when connected to a keyboard and trackpad.

Sounds like you want a Mac.  Just buy a Mac instead.  

Actually, you mean:  Buy both:  a laptop for laptop work and a tablet for tablet work.   Then lug both of them around.

It sounds silly -- because it is silly.

This was an interesting post I just came across. Might help solve some of your issues. 

https://pilky.me/mac-apps-on-ipados/

GeorgeBMac said:

thedba said:

GeorgeBMac said:

thedba said:

GeorgeBMac said:

Imagine an iPad able to run, at the whim of the user based on his needs: 

-- iPad OS

-- MacOS

-- An fully functional ARM based Windows

 

It would be the most awesome machine on the planet.

And even if Apple did design a future iPad to do all that, you’d still come here to these forums and complain about how hobbled it is because RAM is soldered onto the logic board, how you cannot change the SSD yourself, etc. etc. 

Actually, they already did.   Try to keep up.

And nobody has ever suggested removable RAM and SSDs in an iPad.   Try to stop making stuff up.

Nice little strawman world you've built there for yourself. 
I honestly don't see the point of you hanging out in these forums constantly moaning and groaning why Apple isn't giving you MacOS on an iPad or touch screen on a Mac. You're not even their target clientele, since you've so often told us of lack of upgradeability and how your 10 year old Lenovo on Windows 10 is running perfectly with all your legacy 32 bit apps. 

LOL....  How is reality a strawman?    I guess it is to somebody without an argument.

And, why are you attacking posters on ai?
Who made you the forum police?

Oh! I get it!   You don't agree with the post.   And you don't have an argument against it.  So you just want it to all just go away.

Go play with your dolls little girl.