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waveparticle said:

So the first segment of the event will be introduction of MacOS Monterey? Highly anticipated!

Hopefully it now sucks way less. That has been Apple's weakness the last decade or so, whereas one could argue it used to be their strength (even more than hardware).

It has to either be smart, or sound good.
And, if it is in that 'sound good' category (like discontinued HopePod) then it needs an audio input so it isn't a one-string-banjo.
I'm not sure why Apple is having such a hard time with this.

designr said:

It seems like regular testing is a good approach. It respects natural immunity which appears to be all but ignored now. It also respects individual's concerns about the current vaccines.

The thing is, very good rapid antigen testing has been available since very early on in the pandemic. It costs much less (~$5 per test) and takes minutes (instead of hours or days). Given all the issues with PCR, one very good questions is why it hasn't been widely used. (It's almost a rhetorical question at this point, IMO.)

But exactly, they could easily test in situations where it would be deemed necessary. That's always been an option, for everyone.

baconstang said:

"It respects natural immunity which appears to be all but ignored now."  
Oh, that's the kind of immunity that 90+% of hospitalized Covid patients have, correct?

No, those would be the claimed (w/o evidence, as far as I've been able to tell) people who are unvaxxed and haven't yet had Covid. While people who have had Covid already can contract it again, the vaxxed are *much* more likely to do so, and it seems are more likely to spread it than those who have had Covid already (or even those who haven't and are unvaxxed).

"SARS-CoV-2-naïve vaccinees had a 13.06-fold (95% CI, 8.08 to 21.11) increased risk for breakthrough infection with the Delta variant compared to those previously infected, when the first event (infection or vaccination) occurred during January and February of 2021. The increased risk was significant (P0.001) for symptomatic disease as well. When allowing the infection to occur at any time before vaccination (from March 2020 to February 2021), evidence of waning natural immunity was demonstrated, though SARS-CoV-2 naïve vaccinees had a 5.96-fold (95% CI, 4.85 to 7.33) increased risk for breakthrough infection and a 7.13-fold (95% CI, 5.51 to 9.21) increased risk for symptomatic disease. SARS-CoV-2-naïve vaccinees were also at a greater risk for COVID-19-related-hospitalizations compared to those that were previously infected."

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.24.21262415v1.full.pdf


Shedding of Infectious SARS-CoV-2 Despite Vaccination | medRxiv

designr said:

That's the immunity that comes from having the antibodies as a result of having contracted the virus and recovered.

This is nothing new. You can read under "Active Immunity" here.

Actually, it's even better than that. It includes T-cells and a much broader ability to detect variants, instead of just last-year's virus.

The downside, is of course, that you'd have to get and recover from Covid. For most healthy, young people, that isn't *usually* that big of a deal. So, there is a risk-calculation here. The problem is that as more data keeps coming in, one side of that calculation is looking more and more scary.

We'll just all have to hope and pray this guy*** isn't right: https://www.geertvandenbossche.org/post/the-last-post
Because if he is, Apple might have a bunch of job openings to fill over the next couple of years (as well as a lot of other companies).
(*** btw, you might want to have a peek at his bio before responding to this with the usual 'conspiracy theory' tripe.)

MisterKit said:

One reason I’ll stay with Mini 5 is the 3.5mm line output. It’s an old beaten down argument but bluetooth audio has latency which does not work for precise monitoring. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. 

Hmm... hadn't thought of that. Are there USB-C to 3.5mm adapters for audio? Yeah, as much as I like my AirPods Pro, it SHOULD NOT be assumed most people will want to use them, let alone needing to. There are many things for which wireless audio isn't a good fit (like GarageBand).

MplsP said:
First, if you have your desktop set up so it's easy to pull the cable, shame on you. Second, there are plenty of other connectors that could be used.

As I understand it, the USB power delivery spec goes up to 240W.

I suppose, as far as it goes, but I was just pointing out the inferiority of it as a power delivery connection. Of course it *can* be made to work.
Just because something can be done ...

stompy said:
When Apple engineers decided to make a thin iMac, they created a litany of problems for themselves that they decided to solve with new ideas.

One "point" of the iMac's magnetic power connector is it's depth: it is significantly shallower than a standard 3 prong port/plug, solving one of these self-created problems.
(Why don't you show us how a standard power port/plug would look on a 2021 iMac?  )

Heh, yeah it is a problem they created for themselves. But, we'll see how it goes. <sarcasm> Number 1 on my iMac wish list was certainly 'as thin as an iPad'. </sarcasm> I sure wish they'd focused that energy into adding a video input to make it a useful display.