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2021 Apple TV 4K versus 2017 Apple TV 4K - Who should buy the new model, and who should no...
The Apple TV 4K is the third most used Apple device I have and it’s my only source of evening tv viewing. Given that I’ve decided to replace my current 4K with this new one. I’m looking at the upgraded specs and they’re enticing enough to make the switch. Specifically the hdmi spec upgrade gives me hope that it’ll reduce the occasional stutter I see. Also the increased CPU performance is an added plus. And *maybe* it’ll get a memory increase. Probably not but one can hope.
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Apple's 'M2' processor enters mass production for MacBook Pro
Well, incremental upgrades like memory and SSDs are budget friendly if, like many people, you don’t plan for future expenses.bageljoey said:
EXACTLY!nht said:
He replaced a $6K machines with a $1.2K machine. And it worked. Let's see...he can replace his MBA FIVE times for the cost of the Mac Pro. Video editing with FCP was faster on the MBA than on his Mac Pro.GeorgeBMac said:Fidonet127 said:
For every point, there is a vast majority of people who never upgrade the internals of their computers. You can rally and complain about that all you want, however there are millions of computers including Apple that haven’t been upgrade for years. Our 2014 Air and Mini are some of those. Apple is selling more ASi Macs than Intel Macs and every one of them are all soldered together. Apple knows their market. Rather than scrapping them, Macs do have a high resale value.GeorgeBMac said:For all those defending the "Everything Glued together & soldered together" assembly of the MacBooks by saying "Nobody ever upgraded a computer", Andrew just called bull!His biggest (only?) complaint about his M1 MacBook Air is that it can't meet his needs because it is frozen in time with what it came with when he bought it -- versus his MacPro which grew and developed with enhancements as his needs, wants and requirements grew.Likewise, my 9 year old i7 Thinkpad runs perfectly well and meets all of my needs -- because it's been upgraded to a 500Gb SSD, 16Gb Ram and an internal harddrive used for ongoing, real time backups. Without those cheap and very simple to install (5 minutes or less) upgrades the machine would have been scrap
Did you watch the video? Andrew called bull....
Nobody gives a shit about upgradeability when your cost is cut 5X. Especially when you can dock and connect to your RAID array, power, network and other peripherals with one (or two) cables. The Mac mini becomes a HUGE freaking bang for the buck. And while eGPUs don't work with enclosures other cards have been updated to with a M1 Mac. For example BlackMagic released Desktop Video 12.0 adding Mac OS Big Sur and Apple M1 support for DeckLink 4K and 8K models, Intensity Pro 4K and UltraStudio Thunderbolt 3.
Why spend 5K on a machine and then several K more upgrading it to drag it through 10 years when you can drop 1 or 2 K a few times over the same years. It’s more cost effective, it keeps you running recent processors with the latest and greatest AND you can sell your old computers, give to family, or donate them to help those without.The think is, his story breaks down on many levels. For instance, the thing about upgrading older machines is compatibility and trying to source the correct memory modules, etc for old tech. In fact, older tech upgrades tend to be more expensive, at least those times I wanted to do it. Also, WRT memory, the older tech devices couldn’t upgrade beyond the limits of the time. Putting in 32G in a machine with a hardware/bios limitation of 16g just doesn’t work.
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State of Apple Silicon - half of the most popular Mac apps still need Rosetta
I thought Rosetta 2 did translation and not emulation.
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UK blames Apple and Amazon for 'tsunami' of electronic waste
Repairing broken electronics these days involves replacing the broken parts. These parts are too small, too fragile or too complex to be repaired so end up in either the recycle bin or landfill. The small repair shops don’t have the resources to recycle and reuse that Apple does. So, I’m thinking that repairing sounds good in theory it isn’t as clear cut as you imply.crowley said:
Generaly speaking, repairing something is more environmentally friendly than recycling it. That's the point.jkichline said:I mean just turn your phone into Apple and they recycle it. How complicated is this? They make that very clear.
Reduce, reuse, recycle, in that order.
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Developers on who can move to Apple Silicon - and who should wait
Nope, I have the benefit of having made those mistakes 25+ years ago and developed those good practices over time. I’m sure you can find any number of books on the subject ... if only there were a way to easily search for them. My main beef is not that they made the mistakes but characterized them as needing “rethinking” rather than an outright development mistake.crowley said:
I could I borrow your Coding Practices manual to see where it says that? And then maybe you could let the developers know what they should have done to fulfil the same function.Wgkrueger said:Who writes code like that? Having code that depends on the specifics of the CPU like the CleanMyMac X example is the very definition of bad coding practices. How embarrassing for them.
Moreover, it looks from the code snippet and explanation that the architecture is interpreting a request in a different way and returning a different result. How would the developer have know AppleSilicon would do that when they wrote the app years ago?
easy to be an armchair critic with the benefit of hindsight.
