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rogifan_new said:

Predicted based on what exactly?

Yeah, my fear as well.

anantksundaram said:
I think your post is a silly throwback. It's 2018 -- wear the color you like, and move on.

Heh, while I agree, I think there is a lot more going on in current culture than throwbacks or freedom to wear colors you like. Interestingly, historically, pink was seen as part of the red spectrum, which was more masculine, and blue was a 'calmer' color, associated with femininity. So, the whole pink for girls, blue for boys, is a fairly recent inversion of that.

All that said, I jumped in here to say that I think Hermes fashion is kind of ugly (especially the face). I don't get it at all.

I can do it in less time...

Apple ruins iPhone product line.

(Like 2 seconds?)

tallest skil said:

tenthousandthings said:

Here’s a probably-daft idea... They could aid people who want to use the Mac mini as a home media server (in conjunction with Apple TV) by making it possible to use an iPad as a display (passive, not touch-screen macOS). I wonder how hard that would be to do?

I wonder how useful it would be as a non-touch display. You’d have to… what, go to where your Mac Mini is and use its existing keyboard and mouse, and so you’d just want a real display then.

You can actually turn on remote-control on the Mini, and then get a remote-control app on the iPad.... and it will support touch-screen interaction and use the iPad's keyboard. (Unless they removed the ability... but I used to control my iMac with my iPad 2 years ago when I was away from home.)

claire1 said:
"I do it every time I go for a longer-than-few-minute drive in the car."

My goodness that sounds tedious.
 
What I bolded in your comment is actually VERY very very common, which is why I always though "wireless" charging was dumb, especially when Sammy bragged about it. Which is also why I believe Apple will remove the lightning port but add a Watch-style clip-on charger that clips to the Apple logo or the whole back of their devices. OF course before they actually crack real wireless charging.

But handling 2 cords just to listen to music is ridiculous and never heard of anyone doing it until Apple removed the headphone jack and morons(not you specifically) suddenly parroted the meme against Apple.

"In terms of Apple-stupid, removing the 3.5mm jack ranks right up there near the top. "
Kinda how they were stupid for removing the floppy disk drive, the CD Rom drive, SCSI Drive, Mobile Keyboard etc. etc.

"No but this time's different!"
Heard it before too.

Much easier than spending $50k for a newer car, which probably wouldn't solve the problem anyway. I suppose I could use a BT adapter and only have 1 cable, but it's not much harder to plugin in 2 than 1, and I get better audio quality that way. And, if I didn't plug power in, then the phone goes to 'sleep' unless I go in and change settings (which is a bigger hassle). Also, if using navigation and playing podcasts, etc. it's nice to have it all charged up when I get to my destination.

So, I guess I have to ask... what's the alternative I'm missing?

re: wireless charging - Yeah, I suppose a 'mag-safe' like cord/disc could be a reasonable charging solution. But, there are many other uses for Lightning (or whatever DATA port is there). But, seeing Apple thinks a 3.5mm jack is 'legacy' maybe efficiently/reliably transferring data is too? I don't put about any level of silliness above Apple these days.  And, I hope they never crack 'real' wireless charging, as that just sounds scary.

re: 2 cords - Like I said, my wife and son do it all the time. It isn't just to listen to music either, but watching YouTube or playing a game, etc. My son especially does this, as we often don't want to hear all his gaming noise (so make him wear headphones), and the games suck the battery down. I guess I thought I was actually the unusual one, as I'm disciplined about charging every night and use low-power consumption apps and settings, turn my wifi/cell off when not needed, etc.

re: floppy vs 3.5mm jack - not even in the same ballpark. 3.5mm jacks are still widely in use, and I see no reason they won't be for a long time. They are also mechanically superior to Lightning, which is important on devices people tend to put into pockets (assuming you see the dongle as a solution to the lost compatibility).