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  • A very false narrative: Microsoft Surface vs Apple iPad, Mac

    therunningvmtherunningvm
    I use primarily macs for home and my business but I IT a small medical clinic and bought 6 surface pro3s for electronic medical records. They are nice - the docs fill out the forms with the styluses because it is 3x more efficient then trackpad - but they still have a track pad option. They can use primarily in desktop mode. They are very light and have all day battery life. I think they don't sell as well because they are a premium product and that excludes 80% of the PC market - I mean an i7 in 1.73 lbs form factor! The "new" macbook (which I have and love except for the keyboard and dongles) is 2 lbs for a crappy slow processor. Instead of criticizing Microsoft here - we should be asking the same or more of Apple. An Apple Surface Pro4 clone - iOS/Mac OS, touchpad key cover - full travel keys, iPad Pro pens and 1.5 lbs with magsafe and new and legacy usb and display ports and a OEM complete dock solution with ethernet and tons of ports would sell like absolute hotcakes.

    If you use PCs and haven't tried a Surface Pro4 - do so. Its an incredible piece of engineering and makes iPads redundant (and that may be why Apple won't knock them off).

    I just wish Apple would step up it's Mac game so we can have decent competitive (in HW and price!) products - I mean touchbar - what were they thinking other then - Apple design committee meeting: "well we got to keep appearing innovative and we can't copy so lets try a touch bar - yea that's the ticket". And those new laptop keyboards.. - I use them but just absolutely hate them - it's not growing on me after 2 years and counting..Yeah, because audio and video editors don't use the touch bar at all, right?


    Also, just because it has an i7 doesn't mean its more powerful.
    The i7 in the surface pro is only 15W, while I can get a much better CPU in the 13 RMBP for almost the same price and thunderbolt support.
    hodarwatto_cobra

  • A very false narrative: Microsoft Surface vs Apple iPad, Mac

    therunningvmtherunningvm
    appex said:
    Apple should make a Mac tablet.
    And make macOS as dumbed down as iOS? No thank you.
    tobian

  • A very false narrative: Samsung Galaxy S8 vs Apple's iPhone

    therunningvmtherunningvm
    Samsung is terrible at software.

    The galaxy s8 still drops frames on some workloads.
    What does that say about samsung.

    Tizen is another example of this.Samsung should keep to hardware Instead of competing with the big boys (google and apple).
    albegarcwatto_cobramagman1979calinetmage

  • EFF: Google Chromebook is still spying on grade school students

    therunningvmtherunningvm
    techrules said:
    This article is implying something that the EFF report is not indicating.   It is not Google that is collecting the data but the schools are allowing other non Google companies to access private data.   Or does the author have other data?

    If not really to be fair should clarify.
    http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/12/02/eff-complaint-accuses-google-of-mining-data-from-school-children
    watto_cobra

  • Apple's comments on future Mac Pro hint at possible virtual reality support in macOS

    therunningvmtherunningvm
    SpamSandwich said:
    Sounds like they are admitting they have a problem and are finally addressing it. This is a very positive development.
    It sounds to me like they want to produce VR instead of using it themselves.
    randominternetperson