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Hyundai and Kia confirm 'Apple Car' talks have ended
That’s the end of the iKia and noKia jokes then.
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EU demanding Apple give equal treatment to all apps in privacy shakeup
Well that’s a box easily ticked.
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China implements anti-monopoly law changes aimed at tech giants
Enforcing copyright is a good way to reduce monopolies... just saying. -
Intel swipes at Apple Silicon with selective benchmark claims
This is a nonsense argument because it has no relation to the topic. Your take would make more sense in a “Windows versus macOS” discussion.GeorgeBMac said:EsquireCats said:I look at these benchmarks and don't see a good reason to stick with intel....My grandson would likely say the same -- until phe discovers he can't do what he needs to do on the M1.It doesn't matter how fast it is if it can't do what it needs to do. Would you take a Porsche to pick up a yard of mulch?For me, it brings back memories of project I was handed to transfer data from a DB2 database into a proprietary system and, the only way to do that while retaining data integrity was to type it into the receiving system. I had both a Mac and a Windows machine sitting on my desk at work but neither would do it. Instead I had to use my home computer running OS2 to read a record from the DB2 database and then type it into the proprietary system using a keyboard emulator. In that context, both the Mac and Windows machines were worthless.
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Intel swipes at Apple Silicon with selective benchmark claims
I look at these benchmarks and don't see a good reason to stick with intel - intel's tests demonstrate the opposite: That even with a set of cherry-picked scenarios, the new M1 still shows comparable performance even when using Rosetta translation: all of this despite all software for the M1 being relatively new and not benefitting from the years-on-years of optimisation that the intel platform enjoys.
Secondly when the functions being shown are not frequently performed by users then using the words "real world testing" is disingenuous. Apple's marketing of the M1 line up was careful to show real world scenarios that are frequent pain points for users. Further to this, Apple's marketing also drove home a number of other pain points for users of Intel machines: With the M1 being a cooler and quieter units that feature extraordinary battery life. These are also important real world considerations; after all, what's the point in shaving a few seconds off a process if the computer will only operate for half the time, while giving one's lap a barbecue.
