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  • Belkin's MagSafe Boost Charge Pro review: worth the wait

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    These Belkin charging stations have always been pricey, and exclusively sold through Apple Stores and Belkin.

    Obviously not aimed at those who shop for $25 stands on Aliexpress, or for those who don't want to wait weeks for delivery, on Amazon.
    watto_cobraF_Kent_D

  • Apple's M1 MacBook Air smashes Windows on ARM in new benchmarks

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    The last sentence of the PCW article says:
    "But without the combined miracle of a much better CPU from Qualcomm or another Arm chipmaker and continued improvements from Microsoft, the future of Windows on Arm looks grim.

    Not if MS decides to commit to a version of Windows that will run on Arm Macs.  As Federighi noted. the ball is in their court.

    MS just needs to further embrace the "agnostic" philosophy it has been preaching, and be willing to sacrifice some hardware sales to benefit its software division.
    razorpitwatto_cobra

  • MagSafe Duo review: almost everything you need, but has too many compromises

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    An iPhone that employs USB PD can draw 22W, and up to 25W, from an adapter that can supply it, so 18W is certainly not the maximum.

    That's just Apple being conservative with the adapters it bundled with the 11, though not to the extent of the ubiquitous 5W adapters for the XS models and older.

    Of course, if there's no practical need to fast charge, battery life can benefit by charging at lower power levels.
    watto_cobra

  • Grovemade's walnut and steel iPad stand review: it belongs on our desk

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    SpamSandwich said:
    That is not an attractive piece by my standards.

    It's an odd design, isn't it?

    No doubt it's well made, but why go to the trouble of using a piece of wood, and then hiding it on the back, where it won't often be seen?

    And personally, I'm not a fan of stands that rely on minimal contact areas to support the device.
    watto_cobra

  • The real story behind MagSafe, USB-C PD, and why you need a 20W AC charger

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    jdb8167 said:

    Any PD 3.0 that supports 9 V 3 A will work. That’s the normal profile. You only need the 2.22 A if you want a 20 W charger. Apple isn’t doing anything odd here it is just the spec is pretty new and not widely adopted yet. 
    Yes, ultimately, I think the simplest way to put it is that a PD 3.0 adapter, which incorporates PPS, and thus variable profiles is the requirement.  The article is correct.

    Unfortunately, that's not how PD adapters are commonly marketed, least of all by Apple.  Contrast that to QC, where the version number is often front and center, and where variability arrived with its v3.0 as well.

    danncer