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djames4242 said:

SnickersMagoo said:

iTunes should check out Roon! It's what iTunes should have been 5-10 years ago....It's the most incredible playback software ever made.....iTunes could not carry Roon's Jock strap!

It looks pretty, but that's not enough to get me to pony up $120/year, unless it comes with some must-have features, and I didn't see anything particularly compelling on their site, but maybe I'm missing something.

Yeesh, that is a ridiculous price (subscription even). Unless your life is listening to your library, no way it can possibly be worth it.

Latko said:

normm said:

Apple tends to solder the processor to the board directly, rather than using any sort of holstering system, as a means to prevent processor changes after purchase, as well as potentially saving space by not needing the slotting mechanism.

The main reason to solder chips rather than socket them is the increase in reliability.  Each contact in a socket adds a potential point of failure in the future.

Same for car wheels & bolts. Try to be reasonal.

Why did author have to jump to stating the completely speculative clause "as a means to prevent processor changes after purchase" as if it were the definitive/primary reason for the practice, while subsequently giving an objectively pragmatic engineering reason for the choice as if it were obvioulsy secondary. p.s. car wheels/bolts are hardly in the same class of wear and tear / consumable as a cpu chip. That's an absurd rebuttal.

flydog said:

viclauyyc said:

If there is any truth in the story. 

Why she plugged in the MagSafe so close to her face? Unless she has really really short arms.

Unless she was in a pure oxygen room. How can the MagSafe made a spark 59 ignite the oxygen. Not to mention the oxygen from the mask is rather small amount. Unless she stayed in Michael Jackson’s oxygen bed.

The oxygen tank did not explode, or she will be killed.

$75000 is really lowballs in Apple’s standard. I wonder how seriously hurts she was if her claim is true.

Where does it say that the computer was close to her face?

Most people breath through their faces. Hence that is likely where her oxygen mask was.

Having me mask anywhere else (and on full) is a misuse of her medical equipment and reckless in addition to what must have been a visibly unsafe cable (also reckless). 

DavidAlGregory said:

Had Apple designed the iPhone with a battery compartment where owners could swap batteries without special tools this could have been avoided. Of course, then millions would get off of the 2 year upgrade cycle. Finally, what about iPod Touch & iPads?

So how much bigger+heavier would you make the phone to accommodate that compartment? Would you still make the compartment and the battery waterproof? Or how much less of an all day battery are you going to use? Maybe you just would always carry two batteries or be ok with running out of juice some days (running out would result the same behavior that the throttling mitigates, just for the whole life of the phone instead of the tail). This is a game of g, mm, and mAh; You have to give up something. Don't leave out all the negative tradeoffs when suggesting this sort of thing.

@Ericthehalfbee, 1) no apple store/technicial at a reasonable distance 2) I think ifixit covers more models than apple does for older phones.