nadriel

jdw said:

fastasleep said:

jdw said:

I also don't need a lecture about break-out boxes and endless dongles. 

...petulant whining from the minority of braying neckbeards who are unwilling to embrace change is not what moves the needle at Apple. Meanwhile most people are literally just getting their work done with the tools available.

Again, you are lambasting me personally repeatedly with degrading name-calling even though I am your fellow Apple product lover. In stark contrast, I am speaking about the design choices of the largest company in the world who can defend themselves without your help.  You talk about others "whining" while somehow thinking your arguments against your fellow Apple lovers such as myself are somehow NOT whining. 

One cannot rationally bring "most people" into this equation because "most people" use Windows PCs not a Mac.  To defend "most people" is in fact a defense of Windows.

Your eyes roll when I mention a 24k gold cup but those same eyes don't roll when I now bring to your attention the same thing -- the solid gold Apple Watch Edition?  No need to roll the eyes when Apple literally has sold solid gold.  And that worked out so well they don't sell it anymore.  :-)

Let's face it.  Mac users are diverse.  I cannot speak for you or the majority of people anymore than you can speak for he majority "of MAC USERS."  You see things as being near perfect in Cupertino whereas I do not.  The difference is that I don't mind you Thinking Different.  I'm happy for you in that you are easy to satisfy.  Apple just kicks it out the door and you buy it and say nary a negative word.  That's great!  But for some reason you mind my differing thoughts, as per your emotionally-charged replies back to me.  But as I've said, my beef is with the world's largest company, not with you. And that won't change even if you contend the entire world is on your side.  Your defense of the status quo doesn't magically make me or anyone else who loves Macs somehow find contentment they never had before.  Only Macs that satisfy our personal needs will do that.  Thankfully Apple has its ears open a tad wider than some in the AppleInsider forums:

https://www.apple.com/feedback/macbookpro.html

I've Apple feedback there and other places and continue to do so.  I even sent Steve Jobs direct emails in the past when he was still alive.  I think it's important to express our thoughts even when those thoughts are deemed crazy, cause trouble, or don't follow Apple's design rules.  There are those at Apple who still see genius in such remarks, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.  So go ahead and vilify me, but it's not the defense of the status quo that pushes the human race forward.  Think Different!

I never gave it much thought, but this piece on a breakdown of an Apple power adapter, switching power supply , is a must-read:

"Macbook charger teardown: The surprising complexity inside Apple's power adapter"

http:// www.righto .com/2015/11/macbook-charger-teardown-surprising.html

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Apple's involvement with switching power supplies goes back to 1977 when Apple's chief engineer Rod Holt designed a switching power supply for the Apple II. According to Steve Jobs:

"That switching power supply was as revolutionary as the Apple II logic board was. Rod doesn't get a lot of credit for this in the history books but he should. Every computer now uses switching power supplies, and they all rip off Rod Holt's design."

AppleExposed said:

CloudTalkin said:

AppleExposed said:

nadriel said:

melgross said:

Apple claims (and they have a fair number of OLED patents), that while their screens are made by Samsung, they include Apple technology. I don’t know exactly what that means, but it’s somewhat different than Samsung’s screens they use for themselves, and presumably from those they sell to others, rather than to Apple.

I’d guess the panel is as said Samsung made but the display processor that communicates with gpu is apple made processing unit. It handles all the color, brightness etc adjustments. 

Samsung isn't involved in iPhone development. They just own plants that fulfill orders. That's it. Anyone else (LG, Japan Display, etc.) could do this if they were capable of fulfilling the large orders Apple demands. Right now only Samsungs plant can fulfill these large orders, They have absolutely nothing to do with iPhone development. Heck, they don't even develop Samsung displays, they just fulfill orders.

Apple isn't a parts manufacturer so it would be stupid for them to open a manufacturing plant just to shut up iKnockoff trolls. The screens would also be 100% identical.

Neither @nadriel ; nor @coolfactor ; were arguing that Samsung is involved in iPhone development.  No one made that argument.  It's your strawman.  And you're also wrong about LG and Japan Display being able to do it if they were capable of fulfilling large orders.  First, it's a specious argument.  "They could do it if they didn't have to do it completely.  Derp.  They can't do the 2nd most important part: Volume. So they can't do it. Second, even if they could do the volume, there's no guarantee they could deliver on the most important part: Quality.  Anecdotal evidence says that the quality part is the biggest stumbling block for both LG and JDI... well the whole thing is the problem for JDI, but that's a discussion for another time.  

LOL.

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PickUrPoison said:

nadriel said:

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That being said, induction is one of the most inefficient ways to charge anything, and it’s not wireless, just contactless. Inductive charging has been a thing for a long time, why marketing speak has been allowed to make up new names for old tech?

Old, tired and inaccurate statement. 

You may prefer the more technically correct “inductive charging”, but since I can set my iPhone down on a charging pad without having to plug a cable (wire) into it and have it charge, it is certainly wireless. It’s hardly “marketing speak”, it’s simply descriptive (and accurate). iPhone charges without having to connect a cable to it equals wireless charging. No wires connected to the iPhone—i.e. wireless—yet it magically charges. The phone doesn’t actually have to touch the charging pad, either, it just needs to be sufficiently close. 

melgross said:

Apple claims (and they have a fair number of OLED patents), that while their screens are made by Samsung, they include Apple technology. I don’t know exactly what that means, but it’s somewhat different than Samsung’s screens they use for themselves, and presumably from those they sell to others, rather than to Apple.