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  • Apple Studio Display only starts at $1599, and can easily climb to $2458

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    cgWerks said:
    Can someone explain the pricing of this display to me? Is it that much better than the screen that came in the $1800 iMac? I was hoping it would be closer to $1k. While I realize the options for that exact kind of display (resolution, size, specs) limits you to one 3rd party (ie. LG UltraFine), do most of us really need those specs? I think I'd be just fine with something like a BenQ 4k, etc. (or almost a half-dozen of them!) What am I missing?
    When comparing to other monitors, you're forgetting the integrated camera and speakers in this.  I'm not saying those justify the increased cost, but if you need them, it's extra cables and setup hassle to buy 3rd party ones (and they likely wouldn't be as good).
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  • Xiaomi CEO aims match Apple for 'product and experience'

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    laurent_g said:
    That's an honorable goal that would benefit their customers.
    It would truly benefit their customers if they matched Apple's privacy stance.
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  • Apple wants to shrink MacBook Pro by removing speaker grills

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    darkvader said:
    Even smaller MacBook Pro? No thanks.
    Same screen size, bigger keyboard and smaller body.

    All wins

    Not really.

    I bet they could squeeze a 17.5" screen in something the size of the old 17" with no notch, and have plenty of room left for speakers, user-upgradeable storage and RAM, and even a user-replaceable battery.  Maybe even a built-in numeric keypad.

    Smaller isn't better.
    Why stop there?  Just sell the whole thing in modules that are user-solderable.  The tech enthusiasts had it right at the start of the PC era in the 70s. /s
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  • A prominent orange dot in macOS Monterey is causing problems for artists

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    9secondkox2 said:
    If your menu bar is showing up on the LED wall or whatever, you are doing it wrong. 
    Did you read the article?  The dot shows on the screen whether the menu bar is visible or not.  It's overlayed by MacOS itself no matter whether you're running fullscreen or not.  I just tried it out by starting an audio recording with QuickTime and then playing a video fullscreen (no menubar), and the dot is there in the topright corner.  I can't see how any app can overcome this unless they're hooking into MacOS at a lower level than the window server (which would be a security hole).
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  • Apple doubled its smart speaker market share in 2021 thanks to HomePod mini

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    AppleZulu said:
    auxio said:
    eightzero said:
    On something of a lark, I got a homepod mini for a very very low price. I jumped because I am rather curious about it. Initial impression is that it indeed has excellent sound. However, the Siri interface is still very unpredictable, and doesn't seem to understand I have a full library of music in the computer upstairs that she is connected to. Yes, I know this is fixed once I subscribe to Apple Music (and I got a free 6 month subscription to try) but having the functionality of this device tied to a subscription is something I really don't want.
    You can also just subscribe to iTunes Match, which is much cheaper.

    I get that, ideally, the HomePod could connect directly via Wi-Fi to your music library (which shouldn't cost you anything).  But as someone who has actually spent time working on software that tried to do direct connections between devices over LANs, it's unbelievably complicated to deal with all possible network configurations that people have in their homes (I could have spent a lifetime trying to do tech support for poorly configured networks).  Hence why "the cloud" happened.  So you're paying for Apple to have a copy of your music library in the cloud which other devices can access.

    Hadn't thought of this, but it makes a lot of sense. Add on top of that the voice control UI for HomePod, and a HomePod>WiFi>personal music library scenario would be a recipe for frequent failure and constant bad publicity for HomePod. There would be infinite variables outside of Apple's control, causing problems that would universally be blamed on Apple and the HomePod. (This is yet another reason I don't understand why Apple bailed on the WiFi router market. The way to control and limit variables in the network is to control the network.)
    Yeah, that's something which has been Apple's design philosophy from the very beginning: that technology should "just work".  Never expecting that people should know how to do complicated configuration, but instead trying to figure out ways to make it so that such configuration isn't necessary.  This is just another example of that.
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