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  • New MacBook Pros with mini LED unlikely to launch at WWDC

    Eric_WVGGEric_WVGG
    The conspicuous absence of Micro-LED from the 11" iPad Pro is a pretty good signal that they're nowhere close to ready to deploy Micro-LED at scale, and at best it would only be an option on 16" MacBook Pros, not standard.

    I believe it is near-certain that ARM 16" laptops will be announced next week, Micro-LED be damned. My chequebook is ready.
    ne1watto_cobra

  • New job ad suggests Apple launching 'homeOS' [u]

    Eric_WVGGEric_WVGG
    Home-OS. Homos. Cool.

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 
    watto_cobra

  • Now-deleted scam app demanded positive review before it even worked

    Eric_WVGGEric_WVGG
    ★★★★★ impressive flex, much balls
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  • M1X Mac mini will be thinner, use iMac's magnetic power connector says leaker

    Eric_WVGGEric_WVGG
    I was about to quip "What, no USB-C ports?" when I realized that I had mistaken them for a vent. Cool!

    I hate this trend to take the power supply out to pretend the device is smaller. No, your device is actually bigger now, and sloppier, and more stuff to break/lose. Reminds me of that awful old X-Box 360 power supply that was bigger than a shoe… sloppy, messy. Eff that. 
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  • Belkin Soundform Connect brings AirPlay 2 to any speaker

    Eric_WVGGEric_WVGG
    uktechie said:
    I’ve been buying second hand Airport Express devices to use for Airplay 2. They work really well and can work as an extra WiFi hotspot too to extend the WiFi range around a big house. 
    I've been doing the same, but tbh really looking forward to retiring it.

    Unlike modern mesh wifi, when you extend with an Airport Express, the wifi throughput gets cut drastically (I believe as much as by half, but don't quote me on that). I've got my Express wifi turned off and am just using Ethernet. In the era of Chromecasts and Amazon Fire sticks, it feels just ridiculous to be using this block for simply pumping audio.

    And when I start playback, there seems to be a delay of a couple seconds while it's handshaking or whatever… maybe it's the nature of the protocol (someone with a Homepod could probably inform us), but it sure seems like a symptom of 10+ year-old hardware. (on the other hand, the Belkin thing doesn't have Ethernet, so maybe it won't connect more quickly at all?)

    Finally, it'a just weird to advise people to go on eBay and look for discontinued hardware as the best solution to enabling a nice home stereo system… this Belkin thing is long overdue, glad to see it hitting the market.
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