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  • Apple invests $10 million in carbon-free aluminum production project

    linkmanlinkman
    It would be nice to know how much direct greenhouse gas emissions come from smelting aluminum. I'll bet that the direct amounts pale in comparison to the indirect amounts. The amount of electricity needed for most aluminium production methods (coaxing alumina from bauxite ore) is huge.
    entropys

  • Dell XPS 13 9370 vs. Apple's 13-inch MacBook Pro, the ultimate comparison

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    avon b7 said:
    Soli said:
    KITA said:
    Soli said:
    KITA said:
    linkman said:
    KITA said:
    I'd be curious how something like the MateBook X Pro would fare. It has a 14" 3000x2000 display with the same brightness and color gamut as the 13" MBP. They also managed to stick a low power dGPU in there, the NVIDIA MX150 with 2 GB GDDR5.

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    MateBook X Pro? Just how is that not trademark infringement? Huawei even capitalizes the B in the name. And the laptop is very similar looking to the MacBook Pro. If I were Apple I'd definitely be suing.
    Why would it be a trademark infringement? While certain aspects look similar to a MacBook Pro, it has a 3:2 touch display with essentially no bezel and a camera hidden in a keyboard key. These are very distinct design features.
     
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    Apple never sued ASUS for any of their ZenBook laptops and some of those look very similar to the MacBook Air.

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    Having a distinct feature doesn't mean it's not infringing, or are you McDowell and think your burger is "distinct" because you omit the sesame seeds on the bun? The difference between MacBook Pro and MateBook X Pro are very close and they're the exact same type of product for same type of customer so I easily see how this is infringing on Apple's brand.

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    The distinct features are inherent of a different design. Even the chassis is a different shape than the MBP.
    Again—and more directly, this time—what the fuck does that have to do with the god damn name?
    For naming:

    In 2011 there was the Huawei Ascend X.
    In 2013 the Huawei Ascend Mate line was released.
    Later, 'Ascend' was dropped from the name leaving just 'Mate'.
    Later came the P series with 'Pro' versions.
    The exact same naming options were applied to the Mate line so there are Mate Pro versions too.
    When Huawei entered the laptop market it didn't take a genius to come up with 'MateBook' for naming in different versions. It makes complete sense and no one has had any complaints whatsoever. Likewise, with the step up in features, adding the 'Pro' label to MateBook was a no brainer.

    The names are somewhat similar but no one is going to confuse them. Both have their own reasons for having the names they have.





    It doesn't matter what path Huawei came to it; the MateBook X Pro name is very similar to the MacBook Pro name. The two products are in the same category. If I were in a jury deciding whether it infringed or not, I'd vote that it did. If someone sues, that decision is ultimately up to a jury.

    https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/226140
    SoliStrangeDays

  • Dell XPS 13 9370 vs. Apple's 13-inch MacBook Pro, the ultimate comparison

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    DAalseth said:
    OTOH its a Dell. I dobt like, or trust, Dell systems. Been burned, and seen to many others get burned by shoddy construction, terrible support, and haphazard quality control. 
    I have no love for Dell. They have outright lied and been deceptive with some of their problems and advertising. I'll provide some links to support this on Monday. I used to recommend them -- not anymore.
    watto_cobra

  • How to use your iPhone to create your own passes and ditch your wallet

    linkmanlinkman
    In our trials, in a larger city, Apple Pay is the solution 90 percent of the time we need to pay for something. While it doesn't allow us to completely ditch our wallet, it gets us most of the way there.

    Almost all airlines now support physical tickets, so as frequent travelers, that is one more thing we don't need to carry around in our wallet.
    Nice article. Some very useful info here, especially the Pass2U.

    Too bad for me, but I'm quite the opposite on the 90% experience. I can't pay with AP on 90% of my purchases (which are a single grocery chain and three fuel stations).

    I think "Almost all airlines now support virtual tickets" was meant here. They supported physical tickets for a very long time.

    One potential problem with replacing loyalty cards or passes with a phone version is that the retailer might use a laser scanner. Laser scanners only support 1-D barcodes and also cannot scan any type of code on a screen (I'm not sure about OLED screens though).
    watto_cobra

  • Spotify upgrades iPhone & iPad app with data-saving mode, new options for free listeners

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    AppleInsider said:

    Though Spotify doesn't make as much money from it loses boatloads of money from it, the existence of a free tier may be the service's main weapon against Apple Music, which doesn't offer any free listening past a three-month trial.
    Fixed the original article. Now Spotify is in the position to lose money faster than ever with all of the free subscribers it will gain from this. What insane VCs are pouring money into Spotify?
    watto_cobra