DAalseth

The bad guys will try their damndest to slip it in. Apple, MS, and the rest can try to keep it out, and for the most part they do, but it's a constant battle. Apple has at least been on the forefront of taking strong action agains suppliers that are found to be breaking the rules. 

Paul_B said:

How on God's given Earth can mining be illegal.  You see land, you dig.  "YOU can't swim in the ocean" - said nobody.

Wow that's one of the silliest statements I've ever read. No you can't mine anywhere you want even if it's your own land. There are rules, there are restrictions, your wastwater and tailings have to be disposed of. Actually mining is one of the more tightly regulated industries. In this case it wasn't even their land. they literally murder the natives in the area and move in. 

And for what it's worth there are regularly no swimming warnings in the ocean due to pollution, red tides, etc. 

welshdog said:

DAalseth said:

Thanks Jony

Don't see his name on the patent.
https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2015047612A3/en

Wouldn’t have gone into production without his OK. Would not have happened at all without his push for thinner at all costs. 

Thanks Jony

Fidonet127 said:

blurpbleepbloop said:

Apple should use this opportunity to add in the ‘Shutting Down Soon’ banner. At least they’ll be able to leverage this effort for that future date later next year.

These are fifteen games of what over a hundred games? I didn’t even see them on there. Meanwhile I’m enjoying many games. 

There are some nice games there. I’ve tried it several times. I just haven’t seen anything worth subscribing to though and have dropped the service each time. 

As pointed out in the headline AI article "MacBook Air vs 13-inch MacBook Pro: Which M2 MacBook to buy" there is very little use case for the 13" MacBook Pro.

Price-wise and performance-wise the Air and 13" Pro are a wash when similarly equipped. The Air has some significant advantages for weight, and camera. The Pro really only is for those who absolutely must have the Touch Bar. As this technology is being phased out by Apple and few developers support it, this is a vanishingly small number. The other issue is active cooling. Once again very few people really will use their system under heavy load for long periods. Most of us will do things that push our system for a few seconds to a minute, and then be done. Most of the time the chip will be working just above idle. What's more if you are going to be really hammering on your system, you'll almost certainly want to upgrade storage and RAM raising the price significantly. At that point the larger MacBook Pro is a reasonable alternative that gives you a bigger and brighter screen, more ports, a better camera, in a more powerful system. 

For a few the 13" Pro is the best solution. For most though it will come down to the Air or the 14" Pro.