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  • Apple research continues on combining iPhone, iPad with MacBook-style accessory

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    nunzy said:
    This will prevent anybody else from doing anything similar even though Apple would never do it. Smart!
    That defensive patenting by the Cook Apple means that 80% of their R&D never sees light as a product with Apple being on the back side of the innovation curve. Happy hiking.
    (google the innovator’s dilemma, Christensen)
    nunzy

  • Nicki Minaj says Spotify retaliated against her for Apple Music show

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    nunzy said:
    Spotify is Apple's enemy. They take profits away from Apple's nascent music streaming.

    Apple should destroy Spotify once and for all. The world would be a better place without it.
    AM competition is intrinsically unfair becsuse of cross-subsidizing 
    nunzy

  • Review: The 2018 i7 15-inch MacBook Pro is much more than a spec bump

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    Apart from truetone and a sleeve, this really IS just a spec upgrade - as per your review.
    Same keyboard shortcomings improvisingly repaired, same lack of MagSafe, same functionality - struggling to keep up with the competition RAM & graphics wise.
    OK, the i9 is a beast but it has to be seen if the less than average cooling support system can handle it
    williamlondon

  • Test suggests 2018 MacBook Pro can't keep up with Intel Core i9 chip's thermal demands

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    jdw said:
    I could have told you that, even before Mr. Lee's findings.  A lot of people who embrace butterfly keyboards and impossibly thin designs don't give much consideration to thermal throttling.  But it is a reality.  Another sad fact is that it has been shown that Apple uses vastly inferior thermal paste between GPU and CPU chips and their heatsinks.  It would only cost them pennies more to use a half-way decent thermal paste.  So in addition to the fact that the thermal cooling in super thin designs like the 2016 and later MBP is inadequate to prevent throttling, thermal paste used does not transfer heat as well is it could.  Here's a SnazzyLabs Video that might help convince some of you.

    I've long called for the thinning of the MBP to end.  The thickness of the 2015 MBP is quite thin yet not too thin.  It allows for a good sized battery and for better cooling.  And while I think Apple should continue to strive for thinness, that doesn't mean it has to be the MBP.  Supreme thinness and lightness is what the MacBook is for.  Butterfly keyboards too.  But the MBP needs to be "Pro" all around in terms of cooling, thermal performance, battery size, ports-a-plenty, an internal SD card slot, and thick enough to accommodate a great keyboard with sufficient key travel that (a) will satisfy pretty much all users and (b) won't be harmed by specs of dust under the keys.  Indeed, on my 2015 MBP 15" I can remove the keys.

    These important considerations need to be made more serious by Apple engineers in future designs.  Take everything you want away on the MacBook, but put the beefy stuff in the MacBook Pro.  Make the MacBook Air a hybrid of the two, and then you have 3 product lines that can please every Mac notebook buyer.  Seriously.  It's not that hard.  It's just a matter of Apple rethinking its design decisions.
    Agree - except for the last sentence.
    There is no rationale in this matter w/ Joni around. So it won't happen. He's become the fatal hurdle.
    jdwwilliamlondon

  • US lawmakers query Apple, Alphabet CEOs over smartphone personal data policies

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    metrix said:
    It certainly seems Apple is doing everything to ensure privacy for its customers in spite of government pressure to seek information without warrant 
    They aren’t. Privacy breach will happen if profiled data gets sold on anonymous basis, but smart algorithms are able to re-assemble your identity from multiple sources’ records.
    In that case, all parties fullfil their legal duties but still customer privacy is compromised and nobody to be held accountable...
    Currently, Apple facilitates this.
    For Apple to fullfil its claims it should get itself out of this cycle and categorically stop selling data - whether anonymized or not
    cornchip