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  • Apple wants to make grooved keys to stop nasty finger oil transfer to MacBook Pro screens

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    I recently worked on a clients MacBook Pro 14 whose screen was so greasy, it looked like they smeared a cheeseburger all over it.  That's not oil transfer from the keyboard, that's people actually touching the screen, on a regular basis, with greasy, oily fingers.  Why they touch the screen, I'm not sure.  It's not a touchscreen.  The keyboard had plenty of crumbs and gunk under the keycaps.  The problem is there is no way to clean that!  Is the keyboard in a MBP even replaceable?
    40domiAlex1N

  • Gaming and AI are in Mac's future, even with low memory capacities

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    foregoneconclusion said:
    Unified memory IS more efficient than DDR. There’s no 1x1 comparison between the two. 
    It's also probably cheaper to add into an  existing piece of silicon than manufacturing a separate RAM chip.  Either way, it costs next to nothing to do 16GB instead of 8GB, especially when charging $1500 for a MBP.  The issue comes down to greed and the missing $200 upgrade revenue Apple gets by adding $5 of RAM to a MBP. 
    elijahg

  • Texas man busted with over two dozen counterfeit Apple devices

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    Counterfeit Apple devices?  The article literally says the devices in the box were real Apple devices! Putting used equipment and selling it as new is fraud, not counterfeiting.
    AppleZuluwatto_cobra

  • Thinnest iPhone 16 display bezels still a problem for OLED suppliers

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    Why so consumed with micron-thin bezels?  Personally, I feel there is a happy place somewhere between no bezel and thick bezels that still maximizes the screen yet also provides more protection from falls.  If the bezel is almost non-existent, so is your screen glass when you drop it on the corner or side.
    VictorMortimernubus

  • Apple is back to lobbying against right-to-repair bills

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    mknelson said:
    ITGUYINSD said:
    Parts pairing for security -- is there some proven metric that it works?  I mean, organized gangs still break (or simply walk) into Apple Stores and steal the display iPhones, despite the fact that a) they're not usable and b) the main parts are already part-paired.  Thieves aren't the smartest people...I leave my phone at a bus stop, you think people are going to just leave it because it's not of any value?  

    Maybe one day Apple will put up billboards in every major city saying stolen iPhones are worthless, but until then they are and will be a target.

    Well, they just have to be smarter than the poor sap they sell the stolen device to.
    Net effect is your iPhone is gone -- parts pairing or not.
    beowulfschmidt