spheric

canucklehead said:

Happy_Noodle_Boy said:

Fidonet127 said:

Just because the power supply is magnetic, does not mean it can be easily detached. All I can find on Apple’s page about the new iMac is the power supply is easily attached. Did the keynote say the power supply is mag safe, or to prevent the computer from crashing down? Again the area of the magnet is larger and thus should be harder to detach. There is nothing on Apple’s webpages that there is a battery meant to prevent power loss. They could have enough capacitors to prevent power loss for a brief period. Apple doesn’t detail what the advantage of the magnet attachment is, other than easily attached. The magnet could simply be to ensure proper alignment. 

This! People seem to be overlooking the fact that magnets differing levels of magnetic force to the extent that they can be impossible to separate by hand. The XDR display uses magnets to hold the display to the stand and you don’t see stories of people or pets accidentally bumping them lose.  People are assuming it will be like MagSafe which was designed to easily detach rather than something more appropriate for a desktop. It’s a totally misguided assumption. Apple can easily design something that offers the same level of secure for as the  previous solution. 

So then, what is the advantage over the normal plug? Why did it need a redesign? My iMac power cable just stays connected.

The fact Apple implemented this feature does beg the question of "what problem does this solve?". 

How deep is the power socket on the back of your iMac?

macseeker said:

Apple has gotten skimpy in the storage capacities.  These days 2 TB isn't enough.  8 TB is the right capacity.

This is the lowest-end M1 machine you're talking about. 

tommikele said:

22july2013 said:

When do EU countries have their own regulators and when do they use EU regulators?

As soon as they don't get their way with one group they turn to the other group. It is very similar to jurisdiction shopping by lawyers in America. 

You know how in the United States, you have federal laws and state laws? 

Kind of like that. 

We don't actually have an equivalent to the ridiculous "jurisdiction shopping" you get in the States. 

jfanning said:

Clarus said:

 Before the iPhone, the OS and apps were controlled by the carriers. 

OS maybe, but not the apps.  There were app stores available to get apps for your phones

The “app stores” here in Germany were invariably controlled by cellular carriers, since phones were almost always issued by the carriers and locked to authorised/preinstalled software. 

crowley said:

spheric said:

crowley said:

Xed said:

MacQuadra840av said:

anantksundaram said:

HiramAbif said:

From Apple's website - "Charges with a Lightning connector"... 🤦‍♂️

It think it's genius. For anyone who has an iPhone (which is many hundreds of millions of a market segment), they don't have to buy a charger.

They do have to buy a charger because it is USB-C on the other end of the lightning cable.  Those millions of iPhones all have a USB-A charger.

You've oddly overlooked that any Lightning cable will work. If you only have ways to charge via a USB-A port then use a Lightning cable with a USB-A connector on the other end. You know, what all "those millions of iPhones [with] a USB-A charger" came with.

Apple might as well not include a cable in the box either then.

Or rather: IF they are going to include a cable in the box, it makes more sense to include the cable people DON'T have half a dozen of flying around at home. We're going to need USB-C cables more in the future than USB-A cables.

That doesn't really work.  If your assumption is that people are unlikely have the cable then a linked assumption would be that they are unlikely to have a charger for that cable.  And they didn't include a charger.

That's not what I said. I said we're going to need USB-C cables more in the future. The assumption is that a) most customers will have USB-A to Lightning cables in the house, and that b) more chargers will be USB-C in the future. 

I am a piece of anecdotal evidence. I have a bunch of USB-A power supplies around the house and the corresponding Lightning cables. However, newer devices charge so much faster with fatter power supplies that I am loathe to use the old adapters. When I leave the house, I only carry my 95W USB-C power supply, which will charge my MBP, iPads, and iPhone — using USB-C cables. Often, I'll have the 'Book on the power supply, and an iDevice chained to the 'Book via USB-C for charging. 

Any additional charger I may be purchasing in the future will be USB-C, not USB-A

I definitely have more use for USB-C to Lightning cables than for yet another USB-A to Lightning cable. 

It feels likely that I am not alone in this.