gustav

We can argue about whether it’s a console or not, if it has the correct API, but the bottom line is if we want console-quality games then we have to pay them.

It’s not hard to figure out why we don’t have games that normally cost $50+ on a platform where customers routinely complain “I gotta pay $9.99?!? What a ripoff!”

allmypeople said:

If Trump can do some things to encourage companies to build in the U.S. I think that's great.

I'm sick of all the whining/doom & gloom about him. He clearly wants to help create jobs.

Here in Canada we have a progressive ideologue (Prime Minister Zoolander) that is doing absolutely nothing to spur job growth. I hope for your sake that Trump is successful and that brushes off on Canada.

The problem is the US simply doesn't have the infrastructure and logistics to build iPhones or other high-volume electronics in the US any more. It's not just about cost. Apple would be happy to pass that cost on to the consumer. It's just not feasible to make so many phones to meet demand. And let's be honest: "encouragement" means a tax break. That solution doesn't scale. If every company gets a tax break, where does government tax revenue come from? PM Trudeau (use his real name if you have a valid point; name calling just cheapens it) is doing something to spur job growth. Except that he is looking forward to jobs of tomorrow (e.g. renewable energy jobs) instead of traditional manufacturing and oil jobs that are going away no matter where they are.

volcan said:

StrangeDays said:

I've already mentioned it but as a pro software developer I certainly don't need those ports on my portable. My portable needs a good keyboard, a good screen, faster storage, and wifi. Tho this design is perfect for my use case, and putting in all those ports, with the sacrifices and tradeoffs any hardware design incurs, would be unfavorable.

I find it odd that a software developer would depend on a portable device as their main computer. I do software development as well and I use an iMac 5k and a Mac Pro. For me using my MBP is the worst case scenario when I'm on the road and I do need a bag full of dongles because I don't want to leave home without them.

Myself, and almost every software developer I know uses an MBP as their main computer. Beyond a charger and an lightning cable, what "dongles" does a software developer need? If you do presentations, a video dongle or two. But that's always been the case - not unique to this model of MBP.

So it seems like Windows lets you turn the volume up enough to blow the speakers. On regular audio equipment this has never been an issue, but computers traditionally never allowed the amplifier to run hard enough to do this. Given the speakers are integrated into the machine, this seems like a hardware design flaw. The amp should be hardware-limited.

tenthousandthings said:

It hardly makes sense to imagine them selling a 5K Thunderbolt 3 external display with an integrated graphics card without offering one without the graphics card. Mainly due to the Mac Pro, not to mention the iMac 5K, and the coming Thunderbolt 3 versions of each.

So I would look for a Thunderbolt 3 "Retina" 5K Display with an optional integrated graphics card for use with MacBook Pros and iPad Pros.

Agreed. While it would make sense that you could purchase without the graphics card, if they slotted it, you could buy it without, and those who bought it with a graphics card, could even upgrade it later. Sadly, Apple doesn't really do upgradeable these days.