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In 1989 I attended a NeXT presentation in the Reston, VA area, and Steve presented the product, and even ran the demos. At a time when people coded programs on monochromatic text screens, I recall his example of creating a program graphically by defining the various objects, laying them out into a process, and it was ready to run. It was OpenStep. 

AutigerMark said:

I do not want even 1 of those services much less all of them combined lol.

That’s why you have choices

retrogusto said:

commentsf said:

Ugh

The “Air” nomenclature has to go awaaay 

it doesn’t fit the “classes” for Apple products. Either that or Apple needs to launch an iPhone Air and iPod Air

I’m ready for an iPhone Air. I still miss the slimness and the lightness of my iPhone 6. They have been slowly getting thicker and bulkier ever since, despite the courageous sacrifice of the headphone jack. 

I’m also a fan of of the rounded back of the iPad Pro from a few years ago—it feels good in the hands. But Apple seems to alternate between the flat and the rounded edges, so I imagine they’ll be back again.

I currently have an iPhone X, and previously had an iPhone 6.  Prior to the X coming out, I purchased a case for it, to use as a comparison with my iPhone 6.  Physically, there was about 1/4” increase in size for the iPhone X, which to me was negligible.  The thickness remained essentially the same.  But the big boost in performance, as well as the larger OLED display, sold it for me.  I’ll miss the size of the iPhone X/XS/11Pro, because the 6.1” 12 Pro will be larger, and the 5.4” iPhone 12 will be too small for me.

multimedia said:

tommikele said:

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My wife and I will be getting new phones (12 pro max). We've had our Xs for three years now. I will get a series 6 watch and my wife will inherit my series 4 (her idea, not mine!). I love new hardware and it has been a while. Really looking forward to this.

That’s a pretty good trick since the Xs has only been around for two years. Only the original X model is 3 years old. I know because my Xs Max 2 year AppleCare expires in November. I’m going for the 512GB 12 Pro Max too. Have WATCH Series 5 so my graduation to Series 6 depends on if the battery life and processor speed improvement are substantial enough to warrant the move. I’m still not happy with the battery life.

I started with Apple Watch 0, which had a battery life of less than one day.  That was pretty crappy, and it was also slow to respond, and took forever to boot up.  I still laugh when I think about those people who spent $10K+ for the gold version of Apple Watch 0.

I upgraded to a Series 4 (no cellular), and battery life is substantially better.  I charge it every other day.  I also wear it during the night, to track my sleep, so I’ve switched to charging it during the day while I sit and work at my desk.

While it would be great to charge the watch less frequently, like once per week, the current battery duration works well for me.  I imagine it would take a new generation of battery technology to substantially increase the battery life of the watch.  My wife’s Garmin seems to last a long time on one charge, but it is not as fully integrated with her iPhone as my Apple Watch is.  Essentially making the watch an extension of the iPhone means that it’s in almost constant communication via Bluetooth or WiFi, so it’s going to use more battery power.

Given that COVID-19 will prevent a live gathering, there really is no need to send out invitations two weeks ahead of time.