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  • Kuo: Redesigned MacBook Pro models with MagSafe, no Touch Bar, more ports coming in Q3

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    MplsP said:
    After using it for 2 ½ years on my MBP the Touch Bar is a big Meh. Occasionally it's helpful, most often it's a big gimmick. Save the money and leave it out.

    I still miss MagSafe on a regular basis. The magsafe connector was far easier to connect and also had a convenient LED to know when you were done charging. Considering that charging is the one thing that EVERY laptop user does, it makes sense to have a dedicated connection for it. (I've tried a 3rd party USB C magnetic charging adapter and it was garbage - I want apple quality on this!)

    I still miss USB A ports. Just last week I got a Logitech wireless mouse that had... a USB A connector! This week I got a new BT keyboard, and it also came with a USB A cord! If they're are obsolete, Apple really needs to tell the rest of the world that's still using them. Honestly, an HDMI port would be nice, too. Yes, you can use USB C for video, but I just bought a new 4k monitor and pretty much every monitor on the market has HDMI. I only found a handful that had USB C. The other problem with using TB/USB C for the monitor is that any other USB connection through it is significantly slowed so you end up having to use 2 ports anyway. 


    I think that Apple thought switching to USB C would help the world switch over to it, but because they dropped SD Card Reader and HDMI port which many still used it was easier and cheaper for everyone to just go out and buy one multi-port dock and continue using their old peripherals.   Also should have come out with wired USB-C keyboard.   I look forward to these new machines finally coming out instead of the crap designs they have had the last 5 years.   Till then I'll keep using my 2015 MBP (wish I could upgrade it someway but will wait).
    canukstorm

  • Apple could begin producing its own car with a 'next level' battery in 2024

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    rcfa said:
    The only “next level” battery technology worth talking about is one without lithium.

    It makes me want to puke when self-righteous “environmentalists” drive around in their stupid BEVs pretending to save the world, while they destroy a unique eco system and the livelihoods of many indigenous people.

    BEVs based on lithium batteries are a disaster, lithium batteries in general are a disaster, but the sheer volume of those going into cars make them particularly unsustainable.

    EVs are not bad per se, that’s why there are either FCEVs, which would be best, because they also get rid of the charging problem, or BEVs with non-lithium batteries.

    I strongly hope that Apple isn’t the next billion dollar company greenwashing BEVs with lithium batteries.
    FoolCells have been a failure in the Market.  Toyota has been pushing them for years.   How many places where you can refuel in the country.   Probably less than 1000.   And it's not like you can refuel by plugging in at home.
    llama

  • HomePod mini now available to preorder for $99

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    So glad I went SONOS.  Nothing about the HomePod or HomePod Min is impressive other than their price.
    williamlondon

  • How Apple Silicon Macs can supercharge computing in the 2020s

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    blastdoor said:
    The title is about the future, the content about the past.

    Here’s a thought about the future — I wonder if “desktop AI/ML” will define the Mac of the 2020s the way desktop publishing did in the 80s. 

    Combine user friendly tools for training models with your data with uniquely powerful hardware. Train on Mac, deploy on iPhone 
    Yeah, I read through all that to only get 5nm.   But one thing is guaranteed-this is about PROFITS.   I'm sure Desktop ARM chips will be cheaper to make and will have greater profit margin.    I'm hoping Apple tries to increase its volume but won't hold my breath on this.   With the move to an arm based architecture I am expecting macOS to become more iPhone/ipad like as they share a common software base.  SuperOS for the future.

    DED is usually very good a reiterating the history of Apple's rise to dominance, but doesn't have the same track record with prognostication about the future.
    williamlondon

  • Three Apple products make 'Time' magazine's best gadgets of the decade list

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    bluefire1 said:
    At least Time got the best gadgets of the decade right, as opposed to their person of the year.
    Person of the Decade should be Elon Musk.
    probably next decade too when man gets to mars.
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