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  • M3 MacBook Air vs M1 MacBook Air -- Compared

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    The real cost for a laptop like this is of-course one that is equipped with 512gb of memory, and if you want to truly leverage its performance, with 16gb of internal memory.

    Apple is deliberately equipping it with a measly 256gb so that you are inclined to walk up the ladder, ending up with a ~ EUR 1750 laptop, EUR 250 shy of an entry level Macbook Pro, which in return makes no sense either (and up the ladder you go).

    williamlondonmuthuk_vanalingam

  • Apple IDs may be renamed 'Apple Accounts' by the end of 2024

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    I hope they finally allow the App Store and iCloud accounts to be merged. I'm still forced to use 2 email & passwords for it.

    dewmewilliamlondonappleinsideruser

  • Apple will reap the rewards of the cancelled Apple Car project for decades

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    The A17 Pro has 16 cores on a new 3nm process that can chew through 35 trillion operations per second. The M3 also has 16 cores, but a slower speed of 18 trillion operations per second. Even the S9 on the Apple Watch has four neural cores
    Wait… The M3 is more than twice as slow compared to the A17 Pro? Why would they make the phone more powerful versus a desktop processor?
    williamlondon

  • The best cloud gaming & game streaming choices for Apple Vision Pro

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    Isn’t that ironic? 

    Playing a 3D game
    On a 2D plane 
    Positioned in a 3D world
    Rendered on 2D screens
    Representing the real 3D world
    Entering your eyes as 2D images 
    Interpreted by your brains as 3D 
    williamlondon

  • Apple Vision Pro vs Meta Quest 3 compared - Displays, prices & graphics

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    Xed said:
    They’re positioned differently completely, so the specs are, up to a point, irrelevant.

    I have the Quest 3 and it has a lot of great games and social apps which I love, also on the educational front. Many games for good value, specifically designed around what VR does well (avoiding what it doesn’t do well).

    The Quest has a mature VR ecosystem, Apple does not. Apple basically replicated a spatial iPad. I have not seen anything on the Vision Pro that has any added value vs their existing products. 
    They yet have to prove it’s a viable platform.

    Say all what you want about Meta, they’ve done a great job offering a good experience for $499 that truly has added value next to a mobile phone and computer. 
    1) Quest is certainly mature compared to AVP, but how it could it not be. Blackberry was mature compared to the original iPhone but that didn't last long. It's kinda silly to even  comment on something as obvious as an 8 day old product category for a company not being a mature platform already.

    2) It's not even close to accurate to say that it's just an iPad in VR headset or just a bunch of iPad apps floating in the air, or whatever your sentence means to you. AVP and visionOS are very much a new and unique platform.

    3) When I look at both developer tools and developer profits for both Android v Apple platforms there is always a resounding shift toward Apple's tools and developer interest leaning toward Apple. Do you not think this will also extend to the AVP? Do you think that Meta will always have a leg up in that regard? Do you not think that apps you enjoy on Meta by 3rd parties won't be made available on AVP?
    1) I don’t think it’s silly to comment on the current state of the ecosystem, comparing two products in the market. It’s irrelevant how long the product is in the market: it’s in the market.
    What is silly is comparing it with BlackBerry and suggesting this is another “iPhone” moment, because it’s really not. It’s 2024 and the impact of technology is completely different now.

    2) Tell me, how is it unique? The AVP I mean. Because it’s essentially iPadOS with translucent windows. Functionally. You are not more productive VS a laptop. Your eyes get tired after 30 minutes, if not sooner. The battery doesn’t last that long. Eye tracking can be problematic when you want to control a UI element while looking at another spot - super annoying. 
    Give me one amazing, painkiller use-case or productivity innovation that cannot be solved with a Meta Quest, a laptop, a phone and a desktop.
    And I don’t mean a vitamin; I mean a painkiller. Right. There are none. It is a product in search of a use-case. 

    3) No, I don’t think so, as long as the price is $3499 or anything above $1000, because the AVP is positioned as a spatial computer and not a mobile VR device. Gamers will never buy the AVP, and the response on this iPad-on-your-face in the developer community has been lukewarm at most. 
    The amazing specs just don’t matter. In fact it’s a major issue because of the resulting cost.
    Apple is competing with their own product offering, but the AVP loses out in every category. 
    It’s a status symbol and a prestige project to Apple. I think they’ve made a mistake releasing it, but with their bank accounts they can afford keeping a failing category alive for years to come. 

    The enterprise world might adapt the AVP, but like Magic Leap and the other brands that tried this, gave up or are about to. 

    It is very unattractive for a developer to go through all the hassle, and I can tell this from personal experience, to port a game or app to AVP knowing there’s probably 20 people buying your app or game. I’ve worked with a devkit AVP since last August hat was protected with an AirTag and other security measures.
    I can’t even start to tell you the work involved. 
    It makes no economic sense. We only do it for PR reasons. 

    Meta made the smart move of changing the perception of content value on the headset. You pay normal prices for a game and not subscriptions or F2P nonsense that has been killing developers for years. And even though they’re the largest platform, they are struggling to grow the Quest too. 
    It’s a niche and it’ll stay that way. The AVP will have little impact in the industry unless it can articulate what it is, besides pretty translucent windows in your living room. Once you actually have to do some work, you go back to your laptop. One you play a game, you pick up your iPad, PS5 or PC. 

    Tell me, why should I buy this thing?
    williamlondon