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Benchmarked: Razer Blade Stealth versus 13-inch MacBook Pro with function keys
512 GB HD should be the absolute minimum spec for all models. Files are getting bigger and storage is shrinking. I understand the SSD component is expensive, but they need to find a way to make this happen.
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Apple looks to make Group FaceTime audio calls more realistic
The US patent office filings are a wonderful source of great US ideas for foreign countries to copy. My guess is that this will be implemented in a Chinese or Korean Android phone within the year. For whatever reason, Apple is slow to move on these types of concepts and will again be labeled ‘no longer an innovator’ -
Mac mini 2018 Review: Apple's mightiest mini yet
Ray, how do you get the remote out from between the couch cushions? Oh .. feel around for thirty minutes in frustration - got it. How do you charge the mouse ahlf way through a project when the battery dies - turn it upside down and plug it in... Great.Rayz2016 said:Fatman said:Yes, I agree, redesign to make better - not change for change sake ... they've had YEARS to work it out. Ive also made an awful AppleTV remote (which side is up? Lets add a white circle) - complete fail. A poor first Apple pencil, maybe they got it right on take 2? An iphone with a notch, and rounded screens to cut off content. An iphone case with a hump. An Apple mouse with the lighting port on the bottom. Do I need to go on. Get rid of this guy, his time is up. How about balancing ergonomics with his pretty designs - that's where real genius comes in. One more thing ... the bad tables at the Apple stores - try sitting at a corner. For those that know my posts - I am extremely invested in Apple, and own an 'irresponsible' number of shares in the company, but bad decisions need to be challenged.
The Apple TV remote. Right, you're the second person on this forum who seems to be foxed by this, so here's a quick cheatsheet.
If you can feel the smooth bit at the top, you have it the right way up.
If you feel the glossy bit at top, you haven't
If you can't feel the buttons at all, then you have it face down.
If you can't feel the remote at all, then you've dropped it.
If the remote feels bent, then you're holding a banana.
Hope that helps.
The first Apple Pencil was good. The second one was better. That's how product development works.
The iPhone has a notch because Apple knew that the only people who'd be bothered by it are fake design expert wannabes.
The iPhone case had a hump because no one has come up with a battery with Tardis functionality
The Apple Mouse has the lightning port on the bottom because a mouse with a hole you can see would look like crap (the inconsistency in your thinking is beyond astonishing).
Oh, and as for the tables at the Apple Store? Don't try sitting at the corner; try sitting at one of the flat sides where you're supposed to sit.
Christ on a bicycle …
Get rid of Ive. He's getting sloppy and he's going unchecked. There are students creating better design concepts than his. Hey,
As an Apple fanboy it is OK to also have an opinion of what works and what doesn't. Along with the great design there are unbelievably crappy ones that should never have left the testing stage. Hey and don't get me started on the Apple Watch ... :-) -
Mac mini 2018 Review: Apple's mightiest mini yet
Yes, I agree, redesign to make better - not change for change sake ... they've had YEARS to work it out. Ive also made an awful AppleTV remote (which side is up? Lets add a white circle) - complete fail. A poor first Apple pencil, maybe they got it right on take 2? An iphone with a notch, and rounded screens to cut off content. An iphone case with a hump. An Apple mouse with the lighting port on the bottom. Do I need to go on. Get rid of this guy, his time is up. How about balancing ergonomics with his pretty designs - that's where real genius comes in. One more thing ... the bad tables at the Apple stores - try sitting at a corner. For those that know my posts - I am extremely invested in Apple, and own an 'irresponsible' number of shares in the company, but bad decisions need to be challenged.StrangeDays said:
Ive has already spoken to this many times, you just weren't paying attention.Fatman said:I really don't get why Apple refuses to change the external design of their products for years - the internals are completely redesigned on this mini, but it looks identical to models of past. The same can be said for the iMac, Macbook Air. Maybe they need to hire a new enclosure designer to freshen things up?
“It starts with the determination not to fall into the trap of just making things different. Because when a product has been highly regarded there is often a desire from people to see it redesigned. I think one of the most important things is that you change something not to make it different but to make it better.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/jony-ive-interview-apple-ipad-new-macbook-air-mac-tim-cook-event-a8614421.html
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Apple's Tim Cook visits Shanghai amid alleged Chinese iCloud spy chip debacle
I was in Shanghai a few weeks ago - walking down Nanging Rd (a shopping district like New York’s fifth avenue ... full of Swiss watch shops and upscale clothing) and where Apple has a store location. About a quarter mile up from the Apple store on the same side there are side streets that have stores with bad knock
offs of American brands - Nike, New Balance (backwards ‘N’) sneakers displayed in front. Ask the owners if they have ‘a better quality version’ and they will take you to the back of the store - where there is usually a hidden door (or in one place a fake wall). It opens to the ‘real’ shop filled with counterfeits indistinguishable from the real products - Nike, Coach, Gucci, Rolex, etc. That’s what China is all about.
