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  • Movie studios may sidestep theater chains in deals for early Apple iTunes rentals

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    holyone said:
    I pesonaly hate the theatre, theres nothing that ruins a movie more for me that people who cheer or clap hands or abruptly stand infront of me, Fuck !!!!, I've probably only been to an actual cinema maybe 5 times in my entire life and the last time I went to watch something I just had to experience with other people was MJ's "This Is It" and thankfully no one ruined that for me, I got the discs later and it was even more enjoyable. I think an experience that requires you to actually get all dressed up and leave you're house had better be all kinds of awesome, something that can't be recreated at home, with a kickass 120 inch :p, AVETAR was crazy with a "k", and that should be the only type of experiences that people should leave their houses for.
    You sound like the stereotypical 30-year-old that stills lives in his parents basement.  Do you melt in the sun?

    As for me, living in the Phoenix area, we have Harkins Theaters which is a great chain of cinemas.  I can get discount tickets from work so that a movie for the wife and I comes in around $20, including a soda and snack for each of us.  The theaters (and even the bathrooms!) are clean and comfortable.  I'm in the minority on this one, but I'll take watching a new release film in a theater any day over watching it at home, even though I have 7 channel sound and a 70 inch screen.
    StrangeDays

  • iDevices launches new Apple HomeKit Dimmer Switch for $100

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    Are we really at the point with technology that we need to control light switches in our homes from a smart phone, as opposed to just walking up to a wall switch or the light itself to turn it on or off manually?  A lot of this smart home stuff has pretty limited utility.  Paying $100 to control a dimmer from your phone is the height of stupidity.  And laziness.  I'm all for technology, but this is just vain.
    beowulfschmidt

  • Apple said to be targeting March quarter 2018 launch for second-gen iPhone SE

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    davidmalcolm said:
    I really hope they don't stick us with the A10. I'd gladly pay an extra 100 for an A11 version, and I suspect that they won't be having CPU production issues so bad as to make that impossible. Having a super powerful 4 inch phone is important!

    theothergeoff said:
    davidmalcolm said:
    I really hope they don't stick us with the A10. I'd gladly pay an extra 100 for an A11 version, and I suspect that they won't be having CPU production issues so bad as to make that impossible. Having a super powerful 4 inch phone is important!

    The purpose of the SE is to give current CPU in the 4" form factor.   The leak has to be taken with a grain of salt.   That said, the question is whether or not the A11 introduces any major capabilities other than speed, as the key issue is maintaining iOS compatibility for as many future releases as possible.   

    radarthekat said:
    Whether A10 or A11, the SE is a great way to continue to amortize the outgoing processors.  That and the iPod Touch.  Apple has been masterful at sharing components across their iOS line over the years.  

    Apple used the 6S's A9 processor when the SE was first released, only 6 months old at the time.  So it'd be nice to see Apple put the A11 in this new rumored SE next spring.  I'd certainly buy one to replace my gracefully aging 5S.
    baconstangwatto_cobra

  • Review: Apple's new 12" MacBook boasts incremental speed improvements

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    saarek said:
    It's a beautiful machine, I was strongly tempted to get one.

    But the form over function aspects such as just the one USB C port and lack of MagSafe were deal breakers for me personally.
    Sounds like you are a little confused on your requirements.  If you need more ports, and need to keep your laptop hooked to a charger because you're using a lot of juice, then why would you even bother looking at the MacBook?  The point of the MacBook is ultraportability; i.e., enough battery to keep you going all day without plugging in to charge, and no or very little need to plug anything else into it since everything else can be done wirelessly.

    The charge of "form over function" against the MacBook is a false one.

    (I'm not a MacBook owner.)
    watto_cobra

  • In MIT speech, Tim Cook says Apple offered him a 'higher purpose'

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    "How can I serve humanity? This is life's biggest and most important question."

    Really Tim?  Says who?  Why?

    I get you're speaking at a graduation ceremony, and what you say is going to be full of fluff.  But if you're half serious about this particular conclusion on life, I feel sorry for you.
    cgWerksholyone