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  • How Apple's 40 years of learning & iteration is powering Vision Pro

    I wouldn’t say Apple was outfoxed in the 90s. Apple just lost their way. It took Steve Jobs return and acquiring another operating system to get out of bad engineering decisions of the time. 
    MS outfoxed Apple using the agreements about Word/Works to steal the complete user interface of Macintosh and create Windows. That’s what the eventual investment/payment from MS to Apple ($150,000,???) - can’t remember off the top of my head how many O’s were involved.- was about. 

    The bad engineering decisions were another story. I believe what happened was in some way attributable to the change in culture Steve’s “being outed” brought about. When he was pushed, all his followers were devalued as well. The new power was held by conventional, cheap as thinkers. This also locked Apple into the old OS past it’s us-by-date. Steve always had a sixth sense about when a technology was outdated and how to transition to the new. He returned with the transition mostly complete with OSX. 

    Steve’s final departure had the opposite effect than his first - it entrenched his way of thinking in the company culture and empowered his people to endeavour to create. 
    "That’s what the eventual investment/payment from MS to Apple ($150,000,???) - can’t remember off the top of my head how many O’s were involved.- was about."

    It was $150 million
    watto_cobra
  • Soon, you'll be able to stream Windows through a Microsoft app on iPad, Mac, and iPhone

    iOS_Guy80 said:
    And why would I want to do this?
    From the perspective of a home user, I agree.  If you're a software developer or using Macs in an enterprise setting where Microsoft 365 is prevalent then this service may come in handy.
    auxioCurtisHightentropyswatto_cobra
  • iMac 24-inch M3 review: A clear sign that Intel Mac support is ending soon

    jonamac said:
    Is there any logic to that headline whatsoever? What about this iMac is a clear sign of intel support going away???
    This is addressed in the text.
    I give it by 2025 when new macOS versions stop supporting Intel Macs.
    9secondkox2Alex1N
  • iMac 24-inch M3 review: A clear sign that Intel Mac support is ending soon

    The M3 iMac is a very nice upgrade but Apples pricing for memory and SSD upgrades is ludicrous.  These upgrade prices should be sliced in half immediately and Apple would still be making huge profit margins on them.  Minimum configuration should be 16GB and 512GB SSD.  The lower options should not exist. 

      Moreover, Apple is always pounding its chest about how green they are but then they create an entry level high volume consumer product that will be out of use and in a landfill within 5 years.   If they doubled the memory and SSD size it would last many more useful years 
    "Minimum configuration should be 16GB and 512GB SSD" => In this day and age, I agree.
    muthuk_vanalingamwilliamlondon9secondkox2Alex1NnubusjonamacPauloSeraawatto_cobraargonaut
  • iMac 24-inch M3 review: A clear sign that Intel Mac support is ending soon

    "Our review unit had a 512GB SSD" => How much RAM did your review consist of?


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