mcdave

crowley said:

mcdave said:

crowley said:

mcdave said:

crowley said:

mcdave said:

crowley said:

Apple looking very good on the main specs that count, but weird how they've let themselves be shown up in the versions of HDMI, SD and Bluetooth.

Because they’re appeasement features with little to no value. Nobody needs 3 seperate ports providing power, video & data. Even the corporate workplace gets the single cable approach replacing the proprietary laptop docking stations. As CFast emerges, SD drops out of the Pro market necessitating dongles anyway.

There were just to many emotive, irrational, old-thinkers with loud voices who lashed out when something was taken away.

These ports make as much sense as the Mac Pro.

You’re replying to the wrong guy buddy, I like that the ports are back. Also, Bluetooth isn’t a port, and since when did the Mac Pro not make sense?

And you didn’t even address my point. If Apple were trying to appease the “old-thinkers”, then it seems even more odd that they’ve left room for criticism by delivering outdated protocols.

You said “…let themselves be shown up in the versions of HDMI, SD and Bluetooth.” - I offered an explanation as to why.  They did a half-arsed job because old ports are a nonsense request.

Do you always react this way when people disagree with your point of view?

React what way?  We're just talking, and it's ok to disagree.

I don't think Apple consider these ports to be nonsense.  It also doesn't strike me as very Apple-like to consciously do a half-assed job. 

HDMI is probably restricted by the M1's limited I/O, but the SD speed and Bluetooth versions are an odd limitation.

If it has enough bandwidth for 3x Thunderbolt 4 controllers I think it can handle a consumer video port.  Appeasement & satisfaction aren't the same thing, the only reason people are complaining is because some (largely redundant) things were taken away, so they gave them back if only for customers to realise they no longer need them -because the world's moved on. 

Thunderbolt 4 does not support HDMI 2.1, it doesn't have the bandwidth; even if it is a "consumer video port".  And it's reasonable to assume that the M1 doesn't have an HDMI 2.1-capable video interface, because otherwise they would have used it on either or both of the MBP and the Mac mini (which never lost HDMI btw).  I'm sure it could be re-engineered so it does support HDMI 2.1, but that's not the M1 any more, that's an M2.

Postulating that Apple deliberately didn't do something that was easy for them to do in order to spite customers who don't know what they want (while giving them want they want) seems bizarre to me.  Apple are in the business of selling things; they want to make things that people will buy.  The MBP seems like it doesn't have HDMI 2.1 because it can't, the M1 doesn't support it.  And it has slower SD and Bluetooth speeds probably just because Apple had other priorities.  I'm sure they'll fix it, though it's a little disappointing that they need to.

22july2013 said:

Kuyangkoh said:

Will Apple make those high end Mac in US? Or made in usa simply just a PR a while back!!!

I think if Apple did make a machine in a free and democratic country I would be more inclined to buy it because I support human rights and companies that make products in free countries. Indeed, when I buy things like cutlery in stores I look at where it's made and pay more for products not made in dictatorships.

I think someone needs to create a "Seal of Approval" for products that are made in free countries. I would call it the "Freedom Seal." Maybe the logo would look like a seal swimming in the ocean. How many products does Apple make that might qualify for this seal?

zroger73 said:

I've had two HomePods in different rooms for a few years and have enjoyed their sound quality. I recently moved them into the same room and configured them as a stereo pair connected to an Apple TV 4K and was absolutely blown away by Dolby Atmos content and the increase in bass that seems exponentially greater than the sum of two HomePods.