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  • Developer says Apple rejected update for not forcing auto-billing on users

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    ...is this what is left when an operations zeitgeist succeeds a visionary...?
    Oferelijahg

  • ARM iMac, 13-inch MacBook Pro coming at end of 2020, says Ming-Chi Kuo

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    "Apple would also not be beholden to Intel" - is this ironic in that Apple now seems to make (almost) every move to increase customer dependence on a proprietary Apple ?

    "the switch to in-house designs from Intel chips will reduce processor costs by between 40% and 60%" - what of will this be passed on, and / or what pain (is time money?) will it cause, and has Apple like so many visionary rise (and fall) corporations moved from truly trying to serve customers to increasingly simply monetizing them ? 

    Is Olympus (cameras) worth noting as a company that had renowned innovation in photography, an ecosystem approach and a lead designer (Yoshihisa Maitani) who lead the company (eg. OM-1) for ~40 years...

    elijahg

  • Compared: Razer Blade Stealth 13 versus Apple's 13-inch MacBook Pro

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    macxpress said:
    Remember too Razer is a gaming laptop and the MacBook Pro obviously isn't. Kinda comparing apples to oranges IMO. 2 different laptops for 2 different purposes. No business or true professional is going to buy a Razer laptop to do their work on.
    What? Why?

    If 'pro' software needs or benefits from a GPU then is the MacBook even an option...? One has choice with Razer... All the Mac thinness and choice is limited to fiddle with and lug an eGPU? I simply don't understand so many of the computer hardware design decisions coming from Apple since 2011.  Do the larger Razer models compare even more favourably with the equivalent MacBook Pros in review... ?

    elijahg

  • Apple Watch Series 6 may add anxiety monitoring and sleep tracking

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    Could this be required for all gun owners...? BAC for drivers to start their cars...?
    GeorgeBMac

  • ARM-based MacBook, Apple game controller coming soon says leaker

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    lkrupp said:
    hodar said:
    I would like to see the Mac become more "reasonably" priced.  When the Mac Mini came out, it was priced aggressively to serve as a user upgradeable, entry level desktop to get people introduced into the Mac ecosystem.  My 2012 i5 was bought at the price of ~$700, I later upgraded the RAM, replaced the Logitech mouse/keyboard with Apple products, both the mouse and trackpad, and the extended keyboard.  I later upgraded and added two SSDs.  It's been a solid performer.

    To replace this $700 component today, with the same base components costs $1,000+ with 500GB storage I cannot upgrade.  I went from a 500GB HDD to a 1 and a 2 TB SDD in my old Mac Mini - I can't do that anymore.  Why did they do this?

    Would love to get the 2TB SDD i7 version of the Mac Mini, but at $2,000 before you add a nice monitor, and the Apple keyboard, mouse and trackpad.  Just seems like humble Mac Mini is stuck with a tremendous Mac Tax.
    Nope! You need to leave the platform for that.
    Indeed it seems that way now, by design...?

    To me the last mini that seemed a significant balanced upgrade was the 2011 model:
    - 2.7ghz i7 dual core (4 hyperlinked)
    - discrete GPU
    - upgradable retail twin drive slots (dual, Fusion, RAID, Time Machine setups, etc)
    - upgradable retail ram (to 16gb)
    - under $1k
    https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_mini/specs/mac-mini-core-i7-2.7-mid-2011-specs.html

    The server model traded the GPU for a quad core (8 hyperlinked) CPU and twin 7200 rpm drives, also under $1k...

    The former allowed a reasonably capable, versatile and elegant budget workstation that was entirely self contained and truly 'mini' with full mac ecosystem features as few as 2 wired connections to power and Thunderbolt display(s).

    Is the new Apple consciously externalizing features and closing their ecosystem down? Will ARM continue this trend ? Is this improving sales, or perhaps as importantly customer value ?

    RIP SJ

    entropys