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The matryoshka doll icon is brilliant.

I wonder if Software MacKiev still exists.

DavidEsrati said:

Looks like it can cool itself- and isn't a funky shape that no one knows what to do with- ie Cube or Trash Can Mac Pro.

It's like a half-height Cube or a double-height Mac mini. And it sits on your desktop just like those other machines, though its low-ish profile means it's still lower than the monitor, which is a nice feature.

But ... I could imagine it growing into a full-height (or maybe taller?) Mac Pro Cube.  

dewme said:

So what is fundamentally different between this and the current Raspberry Pi 400, other than the Apple end products having higher end components? Well, that and the several hundred plus more dollars an Apple product would cost.

I mean, what's the difference between a Raspberry Pi 4 and a Mac mini, other than the Apple having higher end components (and a nice case, and macOS?)
They both have ARM processors and USB, right? Just run iRaspbian and nobody will ever know the difference.   

The performance is similar too - Raspberry Pi 4  scores around 300/800 on GeekBench while Mac mini only scores 1712/7427 - the Mac isn't even 6x faster for single core performance, and less than 10x faster for multicore. The Mac's internal flash storage is only about 3GB/sec vs. 44MB/sec for the Pi's SD card. How can Apple even think of charging $699 for a Mac mini vs. $45 for a Pi 4 with 2GB RAM and no storage, case, or power supply? 

disclaimer: in spite of the above, I really like the Raspberry Pi 4 and I think the Pi 400 is a nice nod to classic computers like the Commodore 64, while retaining the accessible GPIO pins that make the Pi so great for microcontroller projects and experiments.

shiriajin said:
Why does everyone in the west believe that women wearing their what they want is a sign of oppression?

As you suggest, it's the unjust laws, regulations, and restrictions targeted at women that are a sign of oppression. I've heard that in the past some countries have tried to prevent women from voting, running for political office, driving, riding public transport, traveling, attending school – even dancing to music or attending soccer matches.

Thankfully we're beyond that in the 21st century.

mcdave said:

Apple peaked too early with multi-way video conferencing.

Only 14 years too early... 

Though now we finally have cross-platform FaceTime, but via a web app rather than the promised "open industry standard" that Jobs promised in 2010.

(Open FaceTime may have been torpedoed by Apple's unfortunate loss of a patent lawsuit from non-practicing entity VirnetX; this required Apple to change the way FaceTime worked.)