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  • 16-inch MacBook Pro, 14-inch MacBook Pro expected to have same performance

    Eric_WVGGEric_WVGG
    > But it also makes me wonder why the 13" Pro exists at all

    yeah, same. Best guess I can come up with is: they knew a lot of developers would need ARM Macs fast because they wanted to get those early dev kits back and out of circulation, and thought devs would be all "wut, I can't work on an Air, that's nuts"
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  • 16-inch MacBook Pro, 14-inch MacBook Pro expected to have same performance

    Eric_WVGGEric_WVGG
    Hard disagree. All signs point to the 14” model having the new “square sides, small bezels” design language of the iPhones, iPads and rumored Watch 7. That means the 14” MacBook Pro will be the same size as the 13” MacBook Pro, just with a bigger screen crammed inside. 

    What reason does the 13 have to exist after that? Would it be redesigned to a smaller form factor like the old 12” MacBook (which could handily fit a 13” screen with smaller bezels)? What’s the point when the Air is far better suited for that slot?

    nah, the 13” is getting phased out for sure. It has no reason to exist.

    Although the 14 and 16 are almost certain to have identical CPUs, I wouldn’t be surprised if the 16 has an option for more GPU cores, those screens are understandably popular with video professionals. But that would just be a marketing call, not a hardware/cooling limitation like the Intel and PPC eras.
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  • Apple has been testing in-screen Touch ID, but it won't be in 'iPhone 13'

    Eric_WVGGEric_WVGG

    it’s going to end, I know it’s difficult for some to accept. But please understand, you will not have this to cling to forever. You’re going to have to find purpose in something else. You’ve been given notice. 
    So funny, this is the article currently open in my other browser tab: The Coronavirus Is Here Forever. This Is How We Live With It. 

    if this article doesn't convince you, here's a fun little fact it overlooks: COVID has spread to "animal reservoirs." 30% of Canadian white-tailed deer have it. Lots of ferrets, and a handful of incidents of dogs. You can't do a mass immunization program of wild animals. COVID is as much a fact of life as the flu now.

    If you're referring to the pandemic and mask situation… well that will go away sort of… hopefully the west will develop habits like in Japan where it's just considered good manners to walk around with a mask when you have a common cold like in pre-COVID days… but anyway, that's where we are now.
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  • M1X Mac mini with more ports could launch within months

    Eric_WVGGEric_WVGG
    the Intel Mac mini is gonna be around for years

    Apple always had one or two quietly hidden, deeply obsolete models that just tucker around for years due to niche needs. like the 21” iMac that still has a hard drive, a 2014 pedigree computer, only discontinued like last year? 

    Apple will need to have one token machine available for developers who have a difficult time transitioning to ARM — like, five or more years — and people who use quirky, special needs software (lots of musicians in this bucket). The Mini is the cheapest computer that ticks these boxes. 
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  • Hank Azaria tapped to play Tim Cook in new Showtime series about Uber

    Eric_WVGGEric_WVGG
    after Christian Bale (and really everyone else) in Vice, I think we all gotta wait and see before mocking these casting choices
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