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  • Apple is world's largest PC vendor with $47B in iPad & Mac revenue

    electrosoftelectrosoft
    I’ll consider it a computer when it can run World of Warcraft in  4K ultra settings on a large display with a gaming keyboard and mouse. 

    When it supports Xcode. 

    When it has native, numerous usb-c ports

    When I’m able to diagnose and repair external media and devices

    And there’s more...

    Everybody has their own potential criteria which shows the limitations of the iPad vs a full fledge desktop/laptop. 

    I love LOVE my iPad Pro and I use it extensively daily and it has the ability to mimic some (not all) of my desktop and laptop use cases. But there are numerous use cases where I have to switch to my desktop or laptop. 

    I find trying to lump in the iPad with traditional computers misleading and disingenuous to try to declare it some type of misplaced winner in PC market share. 

    The potential is there, but there is no way an iPad could replace my desktop or laptop......yet. 
    watto_cobra

  • Apple cuts prices on high-end MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, Mac mini SSD upgrades

    electrosoftelectrosoft
    Based on my workflow, frugality and security concerns with T2 controller and soldered on storage, I use external media for most of my offloading via NVMe USB-C drives and keep the core OS and targeted apps internal. 256GB is usually enough with 512GB being the max needed. If somehow my Macbook Pro 15 2018 goes to the big Steve Jobs Theatre in the sky, I can quickly just attach another Mac and keep working.

    Those times I need to take a project(s) with me, I can either move it to local internal storage or just take the external drive with me.

    This isn't anything new with me. I've been this way ever since my SE/30 died on me many moons ago along with its internal SCSI drive and I went into panic mode. Since then, the bulk of project/mission critical files has been external depending on the setup (IE, Cheese Grater I installed OS on one internal drive and projects, files on another).

    It just makes financial sense now on top of everything else. :wink: 


    80s_Apple_Guypkisselwatto_cobra

  • Apple suppliers like Largan & TSMC turn elsewhere in wake of weak iPhone sales

    electrosoftelectrosoft
    "Parts supplier(s) no longer facing strained production capacity suddenly use available production capacity elsewhere to continue to maximize production"

    News at 11.


    StrangeDays

  • Apple unveils 5th-gen iPad mini with Apple Pencil support, better Retina display

    electrosoftelectrosoft
    Metriacanthosaurus said:
    And it's still $399, now for half the storage as before. Talk about DOA release.
    Who is this for exactly? The person who wants the cheapest way to get Apple support? Oh wait no that's the larger and better and cheaper 9.7" iPad at $329.

    So its for the person who wants the smallest and least usable Apple Pencil support? What a joke.

    Because no one is going to buy this as just an iPad, because its a terrible buy in that regard.



    16GB->64GB
    Truetone
    A8 -> A12
    Apple Pencil Support

    Still $399.99 as the Mini 4.

    This is FAR from a DOA release and I'm not seeing the downside.

    Any product can have it's nits picked if one so desires.

    This is the form factor my daughter and wife prefer. For anyone who places size/weight as their top priority, this is a solid upgrade with optional pencil support if so desired. My wife is using a 4, so she's good to go, but this will be replacing my daughter's 2 this fall and she will be extremely happy.
    roundaboutnowthtmuthuk_vanalingammacplusplusStrangeDaysDAalsethleftoverbaconwatto_cobra

  • Test suggests 2018 MacBook Pro can't keep up with Intel Core i9 chip's thermal demands

    electrosoftelectrosoft
    The problem here is that Apple decided to cram what is probably Intel's hottest and most power hungry mobile chip ever(i9) into that same thin chassis (I'm sure Haswell could have given it a good run though).  The i9 is unlocked and designed to run as hot and heavy as your cooling and power will allow it.

    Even with a beefier HSF, I'm not sure how much you're going to get out of the i9 with an 87w PSU but let's start with performing as advertised.

    In Apple's defense, just about every notebook is having problems containing this beast even gaming notebooks from Alienware and MSI that have much better cooling than Apple's HSF design and it takes a lot of tweaking, repasting with liquid metal, BIOS level adjustments and sometimes physical modifications to run the chip in a decent capacity (defined as running as advertised or better).

    On the opposite end you have systems from Clevo/Sager that are brick houses with 3lb power supplies and 12lb chassis that can only last a few hours on battery and sound like a jet engine under load but...BUT....they have lights out performance and run as fast as desktops because they use desktop CPUs and desktop class GPUs.

     I find it hard to believe that Apple didn't benchmark and do sustained under load runs even with their own suite of computationally taxing software (FCP for one) and see that these chips heated up under long jobs and thermal throttled to well under the rated 2.9 on all cores? That even presented with compelling data they still pushed this through?

    and then we have those who clamor to Apple's defense by railing on Dell? DELL? You're using Dell as your watermark? Ok.

    One thing Apple CAN do, firmware/BIOS update wise, is adjust llc with a touch of undervolt to combat out of control thermals to find out the perfect sweet spot for sustained loads. It might not get to 2.9ghz across all cores, but it will be better.

    I'm not looking for the exceptional above and beyond performance that the i9 can eeek out in top shelf gaming laptops from Alienware and MSI after much poking and prodding. I'm just looking for the CPU to perform as advertised (4.8 one core, 2.9 all cores) under sustained load. Apple has long needed to set their baseline to, "We need the hardware to perform as advertised and build around that."

    So pick your poison or acknowledge there is a level of compromise somewhere in there Apple might want to acknowledge and address and adjust their Form:Function ratios a bit.


    cgWerks