svanstrom

macxpress said:

goldenclaw said:

I'm very sensitive to Apple messing with the MacBook Air model as it seems to be the last remnant of practical computing.

Is USB-C for power better? It's really not, it's consuming a valuable port and MagSafe could be argued was an excellent design. USB-C for power feels like a step backward in that regard.

I was at an Apple event recently and watching the presenter carry his new MacBook Pro around with various dongles hanging off to be able to connect devices was quietly ridiculous.

Almost as ridiculous as brining up the fucking dongle argument again. My god get over it already. It's not that big of a deal. Shame on Apple for making a laptop more practical without having set in stone ports on the sides. 

Less practical for anyone that ever does presentations though. And for a company that does great design those dongles are just fudging ugly. 

The issue is presented in a simplified form here.

First of all it wouldn’t be one building replacing another building; there would be changes to the surrounding open park area.

Secondly, replacing a food business with a business selling tech hardware could easily be argued to further limit the availability of space for people to just relax and enjoy the open park area.

The truth is that I favor the plan, but tbh it’s only because it’s Apple… It’s all due to me liking the brand and style; and I’m not sure if that should be enough to like these plans. 

libertyforall said:

Do these have Bluetooth 5 yet? If not I would wait.  No investigative journalism at AI to tell us the version used, just pumping out news releases.  

Why does that matter, besides it being a number higher than another number that is lower…?

I get the tech behind it all, and I just don't see any logical reasoning for going without a tracker (if you need one) just based on whether or not it's Bluetooth 5 or not?

nunzy said:

I hhope Tesla goes away before the iCar goes into production.

That's basically saying that you think that Apple can't compete, so you hope that the better product goes away first.

It's better for everyone with a healthy level of competition.

randominternetperson said:

And besides, if I'm bringing a portable power pack why would I be willing to lose efficiency by charging "wirelessly"?

It's convenient, less hassle with cables; and it's an extra layer of security.

Any time you connect anything to anything there's a potential security risk that could be exploited, and by using a power transfer method with minimum transference of data you are limiting the potential damage; as well as making it a heck harder/more costly to target you.

In the past people have been able to sell, give away or just drop chargers/batterypacks in desirable locations to then be able to gain access to passwords/accounts/data from people. Using a wireless charger (based on the QI standard) you lower the risk of being hacked even if you do use an unknown device.

Then again, you could just use any ol' wired thing if you are able to simply not connect the datawires at all. (I believe http://syncstop.com/ to be a commercial product that does just that.)