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okypinoky said:

hmlongco said:

okypinoky said:

We are quickly getting into an era where these delays are commonplace, and perhaps even accepted.  I have waited nearly 7 months for my custom MacBook Pro and have begun to wonder ... at what point do we see such delays as unmanageable and simply wait for 'the next version'?  .

Uhh... how does that help? When the next version appears you'll probably need to wait for it too.

10 goto 10

Glad you see my point.

Actually, I don't. Just had the situation today where a new hire needed a new machine and we can't simply wait, as you suggested, until the shipping times "get better".

Sorry that it's onerous for a developer to keep an app up to date, but I have to agree with Apple on this one.

Apple updates iOS with new features all of the time and old apps that haven't received an update since iOS 6 or so reflect poorly on the store, hide more modern apps in the clutter, and perhaps more to the point probably don't reflect modern security practices and privacy notifications and behaviors.

entropys said:

i still think Musk is a carpet bagger sucking in gullible investors and government officials...  

We need more carpet baggers if they can create things like Tesla and SpaceX.

Those two things have earned him a lot of goodwill in my book, and because of that I can forgive his occasional, boring lapse.... [sic]

Nice, but whatever happened to the tap to transmit contact information feature?

netrox said:

fallenjt said:

Ver Unlikely. It’s a gimmick and pron for damage but add zero or little benefit. Apple doesn’t design gimmicks based on Dieter Rams’ good design principles they followed.

I agree but look at MacBook Pro with HDMI and Magsafe, making the ugly MacBook back in style despite the fact that USB4 offers BOTH features. 

Umm... it's thicker at the edges NOT because of those ports but to maximize thermals and battery space. The 2013 MBP had thin edges and HDMI and MagSafe.

And, personally, it's not ugly.