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unknownorigin said:

did i miss something? i thought they recently had a ton of layoffs in their “channel retail” sector and i could’ve sworn appleinsider reported on it…

for reference:
https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/01/20/layoffs-in-some-of-apples-retail-channels-have-begun

Maybe you missed the first paragraph of your linked article and the reference within this one to Best Buy location non-essential staff receiving 30-day notices?

So yeah looks like you missed something.

9secondkox2 said:

Tomorrow is the press release launch of the M2 based MacBook Pros. 

Nothing crazy, but definitely needed. 

I love how everyone instantly jumps on the MBP 14” and 16” train when it is entirely more likely the Mini and/or iMac will get the current M2 update.  Then they can still show investors they are still releasing products while they can sit on the true MBP update for a little while longer. 

Apple wants $600 to replace the battery in my MBP (late 2016).  There’s no reason why memory and storage can’t be plug and play as it used to be. 

Seems like a made up number as Apple advertises a $199 out of warranty battery replacement for all MBP…

https://support.apple.com/mac/repair/service

It is the touchscreen MacOS tablet/laptop we saw in an earlier post with the removable dock like the old Transformer series from Asus. 

While I am not for this legislative move, I can see why if the industry is moving to a standard anyway.  I am sure anyone that used the pre-smartphone cell phones can explain, each company and often each model of phone could have a different charging cable.

My issue with this is the current draft is to refined and I agree limits innovation.

I would have included these types of alternatives:

1.  Where the device is exclusively charged through a cabled charger, the accepting charging port shall be a USB-C port.

2.  Where the device is exclusively charged through wireless charging, the device shall be able to be charged utilizing the QI protocol.

3.  Where the device has a proprietary charging port, the device shall have the ability to be charged through either of the aforementioned means, in addition to the proprietary port.

4. Notwithstanding the standards and protocols stated within, ………