samrod

rcfa said:

What Apple currently calls “tele” (a 50mm focal lens on 35mm film equivalent) is a standard “normal” lens in photography, while the others fall in the wide and ultra-wide categories respectively.

It's actually 65mm on the 12 Pro Max, so it's slightly closer to an actual telephoto. I don't think it'd make sense to ad a fourth camera. Just bump that 65mm lens to 85mm and have a beautiful portrait lens on there. 

cloudguy said:

"Now the RAM is what Apple calls unified memory ..."

Unified memory was invented and named by Nvidia - back in 2013 - and is a widely known and used technology. So their options for calling it something else were a bit constrained. 

Not sure why Nvidia would claim to have invented or named a technology that's been around since the last century, but I first saw Unified Memory Architecture when SGI introduced it in the O2 workstation back in 1996.

DAalseth said:

bageljoey said:

I have reasonable confidence that Apple isn’t going to use the information for tracking me—not because I’m a wide eyed sheeple, but because Apple makes their money from selling premium hardware and increasingly by selling associated services. Loss of user trust would cost them tremendously. 

I was thinking of up-voting, but you used the word sheeple. 
Poof all of your credibility is gone.

But he used "sheeple" on himself to clarify what he's not. I think that's acceptable and his credibility in the post stands.

linuxplatform said:

HP needing to pay for Windows where Apple gets their OS for free,

the MBA literally costs twice as much.

Operating systems are the most complex and advanced in the field of software engineering. HP's and Dell's Windows license fees are far less than Apple's cost of developing the macOS. On top of that, Apple also designs and engineers many of the ICs in Macs. The fact that Apple has a lower per unit cost of software (not zero, it must still pay for many third party licenses), doesn't mean its OS is free.

I wish Apple applied what it learned from the 16" MBP and to both its 13" MacBooks: bump the 13" MBP to 14" while nearly preserving the total size. And keep the Air's 13" screen while shrinking the bezels and overall size accordingly. This would provide additional differentiation between them and return the Air to its original identity as a sub notebook. The 12" MacBook was a great form factor but underpowered and the beloved 11" Air is missed.