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  • All three 2018 iPhones to support wireless charging, AirPower mat to cost $150, rumors say...

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    fallenjt said:
    I can install 10 Ikea wireless chargers around the house for the same price.
    Now THAT's convenience!  :)
    anantksundaram

  • All three 2018 iPhones to support wireless charging, AirPower mat to cost $150, rumors say...

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    mac-daddy said:
    Spending $150 on a charging mat is absolutely laughable. Since when did it become so hard to plug a wire into your phone to charge it? 
    Nonsense. It's about convenience, especially while traveling. I'll gladly toss one of these into my bag rather than multiple chargers and cables. 
    How do you charge your iPad with this?  Oh, wait...need another charger in that bag!  So much for convenience.
    dhawkins541

  • Samsung goes after Apple and iPhone X again with two more 'Ingenious' ads

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    auxio said:
    Ironic that, on one hand they question why someone would want to FaceTime with up to 32 people, but on the other, don't question why someone would want to go through the pain of trying to write/draw anything significant on a phone-sized device.
    Because 6.3" (and Apple's forth-coming 6.5") devices aren't the teenie-tiny "phone-sized" devices of a few years ago.  

    I guess your same question could be asked of practically anything people do now-a-days on their phones -- "why someone would want to go through the pain of trying to DO  anything significant on a phone-sized device?"  Answer, because they CAN.  ;)
    muthuk_vanalingam

  • Apple's Mac Pro 'cheese grater' is 19 years old, and is the best Mac ever made

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    foregoneconclusion said:
    The difference between the cheese grater Mac Pro and the contemporary iMac is mainly internal vs. external expansion, not general expansion. I owned a 2009 Mac Pro and updated the RAM, drive space, boot drive, GPU, and added USB 3.0 support via a 3rd party card. However, I eventually had to move on from the Mac Pro because the old motherboard bottlenecked the GPU, and the WiFi and bluetooth standards were too old and also too problematic to try and update relative to the OS. Bottom line: the 2017 5K iMac that I bought as a replacement can expand in all the same areas as the Mac Pro, with the exception of adding a card internally for USB upgrades. Again, the main difference is whether or not the expansion is handled internally or externally, not whether it's supported at all.
    Can't upgrade the GPU in the iMac, which is one of the main reasons the old Mac Pro is still coveted today.  Drives?  Sure, external, but if you want RAID of 4 drives, not as cheap as just sliding in 4 drives.  Upgrade CPU(s) like in the Mac Pro?  Nope.  With the iMac, everything is external.  So while it's possible, it's not the same as the Mac Pro.
    cornchipVictorMortimer

  • Apple once more accepting Red Cross donations, this time for California wild fires

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    With a TRILLION Dollars of worth, you'd think Apple could at least MATCH the donations to give some extra benefit/reason for donating through Apple.  What's the point of donating through Apple instead of with the Red Cross directly?
    tokyojimu