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jdgaz said:

While google steals every bit of information about each one if its users and sells it to the highest bidder.

Apparently, such slimy measures are going so well, even Vizio has gotten in on the action.

A 2.2 mil slap on the wrist and they continue on...

spice-boy said:

Does anyone that has the new MacBook like it? Maybe Apple spent too much effort on that "nobody asked for it" led strip and forgot about what a pro needs from a pro machine. 

I broke down and bought a 15" maxed out except the SDD (only 1 TB) because I needed a laptop and this was the best one I could buy.

The only lament I had was only 16 GB of RAM after I had gotten used to my iMac 5k with 64 GB (third party RAM - 16GB each card -and yes it is awesome). Was hoping for 32. Then after comparing the Del XPS, I realized this was the better machine in many ways.

I braced myself for trouble after the many youtube slams. 

But I have come to find out much of that is lies. I am loving my MBP. Battery life Is awesome. Performance is amazing. It is extremely sturdy, and it even looks great.

It feels a bit heavier than I was expecting. But it isn't really heavy. Just solid.

I was afraid to use Premiere after seeing videos of GFX card corruption, so I took the plunge on FCP X. BEST THING I EVER DID. It blows Premiere out of the water.

Everything is so much simpler to do and somehow the software is like 10x as fast at everything. Exporting a video short that normally takes 5 minutes is done in 5 seconds.

It's crazy.

I did en up being forced to use Premiere to get some work done while learning FCP, but never encountered the issues others mentioned. 

Today, I updated to the latest software revision and tried Premiere. It works as I remembered. No difference.

Literally no complaints. I am ecstatic. Love it!

igorsky said:

How brilliant does Apple now look for removing the headphone jack?  And how monumentally stupid do the critics look?

That's always been the difference. Even with Apple supporters unsure of or even critical of Apples moves. 

Its foreseight. 

Where everyone else can only figure out solutions within a container of possibilities, Apple considers the container as a possibly flawed limiting factor and reinvents. They do think different and they do insanely great things. Because they dare to defy convention and think through an entire process, pro, con, and revolution, before they ever let the public know about. People reflexively react, not realizing that all contingencies and scenarios have already been processed and that this was still the course of action deemed proper to pursue. 

Not it only are AirPods a great business expansion, but they are also a simply BETTER way to listen. 

And mid that's always been Apples secret sauce. They do t do something just to bleed your wallet. They do something to actually improve your life (while bleeding your wallet simultaneously). 

Its thev he creation of something so valuable that you gladly exchange capital for this product. 

Apple let is a brilliant company and it's great to see that the bright spark of brilliance has not diminished from one leader to the next. Cook is no steve. But the opposite is true as well. Apple is in the best position its ever been.

It could have easily nosedived. But instead it has thrived. Cook must certainly be recognized and appreciated for that.