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  • Apple Car US production reportedly assigned to Hyundai subsidiary Kia

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    larryjw said:

    -- by necessity, then, an Apple vehicle would initially have much in common with the Sorento. If the Niro vehicles are made elsewhere, it's likely Apple's vehicle would not have too much in common with the Niro. 

    Nnnah. I don’t think so. 

    Other manufacturers just do that because it makes things easier/faster/cheaper to program the bots so they can sell one model at a lower cost and an identical model with slightly different front bumper styling for 20% more. But at the end of the day, they’re just assembly robots. You just reprogram them to build the car you’re making. Yeah, I realize that’s an oversimplification, but, also, it’s kinda how it works. A line of robots is a line of robots. The rest is just a bunch of people that you teach how to do what you want them to do. 

    I seriously doubt Apple is going to go “ok well now we’ve got our manufacturing partner locked in; alright guys, we need to whip something up as close to the Sorento as possible”! I imagine it’s more like they go to potential manufacturing partners and say “here’s what we’re looking at building, are you capable and interested in reconfiguring a line or two and build it for us”? 

    It’s not like Apple is inexperienced in setting up custom manufacturing lines. Different scale, sure, but from machining laptops out of solid blocks of aluminum, to custom cylinder extrusions for desktops, to exotic materials, to bespoke finishing processes.. I’m pretty sure Apple isn’t looking to make a KIA clone.
    muthuk_vanalingamJWSCwatto_cobra

  • Apple Car US production reportedly assigned to Hyundai subsidiary Kia

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    Makes sense. They got their start in automotive building other companies designs. 
    watto_cobra

  • Apple working on redesigned iMac, two Mac Pros, cheaper display for 2021

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    Just refine the old ‘floating monitor’ (“Luxo lamp”) version of the iMac. It was a great design and the monitor could actually be repositioned in intelligent ways back then.
    G4 iMac was Apple doing what it does best. One of my top five Apple product designs. In case nobody was curious what the other four are in no particular order:
    • iPod shuffle - no buttons (own)
    • iPhone 4 (own/ed)
    • iPhone 12 (admire on the internet)
    • Mac Pro “cheese grater” (own) 
    Honorable mention - G4 cube & “Trash Can” Mac Pro. 

    I am amazed by Apple’s technology acquisition strategy. I am in awe of their long term planning. I wish I could work at a company that had the discipline to say “no” like Apple does. There are many reasons I admire the company, but the thing I love the most about Apple is that they are willing to take major design risks. Like not some goofy styling tweak that can be remedied by a twenty thousand dollar tooling fee. Not a bizarre color option that ends up costing half a million in unsold goods and warehousing fees. 

    No, like a MAJOR design risk, like an MP3 player with no buttons. Like a phone made almost entirely of glass. Like a cylindrically shaped workstation grade desktop that took millions in tooling investment for the outer shell alone - not to mention the hardware tooling for the innards, the custom graphics boards and on and on. So risky, that there’s a really good chance half your customer base in that segment call you nuts and some even will switch platforms suspecting you’ve basically given up entirely. That kind of risk. 

    And the ability to know when they’ve made the wrong decision and start over. And not just make some tweaks mind you, but start from scratch. It’s really just a lot of fun to watch. 


    But to actually reply to your comment; I wonder if they would go with something like stuffing iMac components into something similar to the pro display, which would be pretty sweet imho. 

    hydrogenwatto_cobra

  • Apple testing vapor chamber thermal tech for next-gen iPhone, Kuo says

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    blastdoor said:
    This sounds more relevant and feasible for macs. Apple is already way ahead of the smartphone pack in terms of cpu performance and will likely stay ahead for some time, based on the superior performance/watt of their designs. No need to increase the watts 

    I believe you are probably correct, however, I wonder if they wouldn’t  “pilot” the tech in less critical scenarios? I wonder if the recently reported thickening of the iPhone case has anything to do with this? 
    watto_cobra

  • MagSafe return & better displays in 2021 MacBook Pro backed in new report

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    Faster processors and new displays?! Guys this is incredible news!

    but seriously, MagSafe coming back is pretty cool. I’m betting that it’s going to be more like the wireless tech in the watch & phones, and there won’t be a physical plug-in with contacts. But maybe there’s not enough room for that in such a small connector yet?
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