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DuhSesame said:

The biggest strength from wintel is they’re standardized, but for every standard, they’re limiting themselves.  Intel does want something like Apple’s UMA, but imagine building a PC like that.  No customer will be happy.

The biggest strength from Wintel is that they maintain backwards compatibility for a very long time (software written for Windows 30 years ago often still runs). This is why enterprise loves them, but it's also what keeps the platform from being used anywhere but traditional PCs/laptops/servers. They're basically the Big Blue of this generation.

lam92103 said:

So every single PC or computer manufacturer can use modular RAM. Including servers, workstations, data centers, super computers. 

But somehow the Apple chips cannot and are trying to convince us that it is not just plain & simple greed??

And this really gets at the core of the mindset of PC users who have an irrational hatred of Apple: we do it this way, why does Apple think they're special?

That mindset typically carries into other areas of life too: why doesn't everyone speak the same language, worship the same god, look the same, etc, etc. They feel this need for everything to be the same, and for some reason want to force everything to be that way. I'd really like to know the reason why, because for myself, diversity is what makes life interesting. And in both nature and technology, it's proven to have great benefits for survival and progress.

Would have been interesting if they broke it down by the cost of their current phone when they got it. I'd be willing to bet that the vast majority of people who said they'd be willing/want to change brands own phones which they got because they were free/cheap.

JP234 said:

Here's my personal favorite part of this story:

"Games and video services are not available unless the vehicle is parked."

You would hope this is true, and it is, unless you really, really want to watch movies and play games while you're driving. In that case vehicular suicide is readily available. Here's just one of thousands I found…

https://getjerry.com/questions/how-can-i-bypass-the-factory-dvd-player-in-a-car-while-driving

I actually thought this line was bizarre:
"Tesla charges $99 a year for its premium connectivity, but it doesn't limit people from using navigation or games."

Games? That's the thing they chose to give for free (aside from the basics)? Most people who can afford a Tesla and have kids will likely have bought them a much better portable gaming system.

tobian said:

I won't even try out this so good future product. I'm sure it will be amazing. I just have an exact idea, where to -live life for my own- ends and where -having my life being lived- begins. iPhone is a borderline technology already, just look at the people around you. Still I wish you all to have a great time and superb entertainment with it.

Agreed. It feels like so many people are half in and half out of reality most of the time because their minds have been conditioned to be partially-to-completely fixated on what's happening on their mobile devices at any given time. I get the ADHD appeal and the desire to be occupied with something rather than feeling alone (always a message to be checked or something people you know have posted), but it really becomes a barrier for people to even have simple interactions with each other. Loss of the art of conversation and human connection.

VR is different though in that it'll likely only become a replacement/augmentation for home entertainment devices, where you're already doing an isolated activity. Though AR certainly has the potential to cause the problem to get worse, especially once it becomes integrated into regular glasses and contact lenses.