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Curved glass on the iPhone 6 has resulted in more cracked screens than previous models. Drop one on its corner and bam, whole screen shatters. Fragility isn't exactly a feature I'm interested in. 

So repair it for 200, or buy a new one for 50 bucks more. Tough choice there, which I'm assuming is the point. 

Or you can sell your items outright on eBay or Amazon for even more. I just sold my Air 2 64GB Wifi + Cellular on Amazon Seller for 500 bucks. After fees and postage, I'm making about 450 with minimal hassle. 

Disaster? That thing is hilarious. It's the most entertaining social media project I've seen in a good long while. Can we not hate on this beautiful mess simply because it's a Microsoft project?

melgross said:

bdkennedy said:

Considering Apple underclocks all of their Ax chips, I'm willing to bet if Apple threw a couple of normal clocked A10X chips in a MacBook they would be good to go.

Why does everybody oversimplify this?

Because they've bought into all the advertising that brainwashed them into thinking Processor Speed = Computing Power. 

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Apple's A series processors have to be not only be strong enough to run desktop-level apps specifically coded for them, but desktop level apps NOT specifically coded for them as well, just like Intel's chips had to do after the switch from IBM's PowerPC's. They accomplished this with a bit of software called Rosetta, which was baked into OSX for five years until 10.7 was released. On top of that, there is a lot of tech built Intel's chips including memory controllers etc that would have to be added to Apple's SoC's. Apple knows this, which is why there have been zero credible rumors of a switch. I'm sure they're experimenting behind heavily shielded doors, but it's fair to say any such move is a long, long way away from prime time.