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Apple hardware execs discuss 'profound' changes in chip business
I don’t think so, but there’s still evidence of years of bolt-ons. In settings, for example, there are two or three GUI styles — the newer Windows 10 flat menus, but then also legacy Windows panels and expanders and stuff. Some articles about it.iqatedo said:
'Then there is Windows itself, which is still kludgy and awkward' Is Windows still DOS based... or am I just showing my age?StrangeDays said:
I use Dell notebooks for work, and the experience is not nearly as good as a Mac, no ifs or butts. The fact that the fans still kick in on Windows machines sitting idle is a joke — the opposite of the sort of benefits gained from vertical integration. Then there is Windows itself, which is still kludgy and awkward.sirdir said:
Still I‘d say you can have an experience that is almost as good today with a windows PC, something that wasn’t possible 20 years ago.h4y3s said:The incredible vertical alignment that Apple is able to achieve is going to lead to superior products, and the "It just works" principal for years to come. We should feel lucky to live in such an age
Nope.
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Despite what you may have heard, don't write off the iMac just yet
What’s there to not be breathless about? It’s desk Mac. It’s fast. It’s very thin. What more did you want it to do? De-cork wine bottles? I mean c’mon this a pretty mature product category — 40 years of desktop Macs!
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If you're using a Magic Keyboard, you've opened up an attack vector
Who wants a computer on their desk?maltz said:I've never really understood the popularity of wireless mice and keyboards, but especially keyboards. Mice, ok, the cord can be annoying if it tends to get hung up on something, but rearranging the cord or desk layout has always fixed that for me. But keyboards are stationary. What's the point of it being wireless? And having to mess with charging and/or changing batteries is a hassle.That's not to say there aren't ANY use cases - I have a wireless keyboard/trackpad combo for my HTPC for when the IR remote doesn't suffice, for example. And our conference room at work has wireless so the computer driving the large display there can be used by anyone at the table. But the typical "sitting at your desk using your computer" case I don't really get.
Who wants cords laying around their nice desk?
Cords knock things over.
Cords limit your ability to effortlessly move the keyboard to your lap and recline.
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A bride-to-be discovers a reality-bending mistake in Apple's computational photography
nah it’s just accidental panorama. there are only two poses - left and right, stitched in the middle. the clerk likely used it by accident (done the same myself). the original photo is horizontally wide like a short pano.
the two halves of the pano:
left:
and right:
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Sofia Coppola says Apple canned her Edith Wharton series over 'unlikable' lead
Incel-vibe: Highwilliamh said:Seems like a good enough reason. Can't say I'd like to watch an unlikable male lead either. Is Apple under some obligation to fund projects they don't want? What's the point of the article? What's next? Perhaps an article about projects that are canned due to crap writing?
Wait a second, I see it now. The problem is that Apple didn't take the project they don't want because Coppola is a woman and not because they don't want it. Boohoo.
I don't know about this project or most of her other work but I've always liked Lost in Translation.
