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sog35 said:

SpamSandwich said:

If Nintendo were to simply convert all of their early arcade and home video games to iOS they would have a continuous revenue stream from people wanting to relive those classics. Wake up, Nintendo!

They will. Eventually.

People would gobble up Super Mario 1,2,3, Zelda 1,2,3 ect like no tomorrow.

Or even better?  They should charge $10 a month for a Nintendo subscription. You can play all the classics from the arcade, NES, SNES, N64 for $10 a month on iOS/AppleTV. 

rob53 said:

xixo said:

dcgoo said:

What? ...not a word about the massively fast SSD?  I came from an early 2013 MBP, the storage performance is incredible! 

nor a word about the total lack of upgradability of the SSD, or general lack of serviceability / repairability
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/MacBook+Pro+13-Inch+Touch+Bar+Teardown/73480

if there turn out to be engineering errors, great sadness will ensue
https://www.google.com/search?q=mbp+2011+gpu+failure&ie=UTF-8

consumer value: one star
shareholder value: five stars

How often do you Macs have hardware issues? Have the issues reduced with never equipment? I constantly hear people complain about the inability to repair their computers yet the majority of people I talk to and help with software issues, don't have hardware issues, don't know they do, and generally never plan of upgrading the insides of a computer they've purchased. This website has lots of people who like to tinker and a lot of current and former IT people (me included). My best week/month was one where I didn't have to repair a computer and it was the best time for my customers (well, my co-workers but they were my customers) because it meant they could continue to work and make money. Upgrading the new isn't the same as it used to be. You can't simply expect to plug in a faster RPM hard drive like we used to. This extremely fast storage is more a part of the computer than it's ever been and people need to think that way. Buy what you are comfortable paying for then use extremely fast external drive for that data that doesn't need to be with you all the time (like movies, TV shows, etc.). As for serviceability, it's overrated. The only computers we even tried to fix where I worked were the Macs, all the PCs were simply replaced because it wasn't worth the time. I haven't seen any statistics from Apple on repairs of newer Macs to see if they actually require less repair that previous Macs but I bet they do work better, longer, and require less repair. As far as I'm concerned, consumer value is a lot more than one star and shareholder value has never had anything to do with the quality of Apple products but everything to do with the insanity of Wall Street and analysts. 

Do you like your Mac? Would you like one of the latest MBPs? If so, then quit complaining and buy one and use it. If not, then go find a Windows PC and see it that satisfies your urge to waste your time fixing things instead of being productive.

soundsinmotion said:

Why wasn't anything mentioned about the MacBook Pro not coming with extension cord? All previous MacBooks came with one and this is the first time Apple is making you buy such a simple part? It should come free like it always has. 

franklinjackcon said:

"Rather than quitting an app and then being asked about what documents you'd like to save, and waiting around as the app finished up various tasks it wanted to complete before giving you control over your own computer again, the original iPhone introduced a radical new user-first model featuring the equivalent of the similarly round "Go Home" control from the Gong Show."

Am I missing something? Isn't this the same as hitting the windows key for the start menu or WIN+D for the desktop?

"After nearly a decade of wild experimentation, Samsung's latest flagship has settled on a copy of what Apple introduced ten generations ago."

And yet many other Android devices don't have a physical home button, which no doubt, is the way that Apple will eventually go.