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  • Apple's new Apple Card & Goldman Sachs statement doesn't clarify things at all

    sbdudesbdude
    The only reason I got the card was the attractive no-interest financing on Apple products. And even that has become less attractive as Apple/GS only give one year (one!) to pay off a mac, and two years to pay off an iphone (because that makes sense).

    As far as transitioning banks, no, you won't have to "reapply" for a new card. When Costco dumped Amex for Citi, I did not have to reapply, and all balances, credit limits, etc. carried over without issue. Yes, it will show as a closed account and, if it was your card with the most longevity, it would affect your score. Given how new the apple card is, I doubt it establishes a majority of users' credit histories or is their "lengthiest" card.
    williamlondon

  • Apple insists 8GB unified memory equals 16GB regular RAM

    sbdudesbdude
    Xed said:
    byronl said:
    basically calling their customers idiots
    How are you getting that? The average user only understands a quality for RAM and likely has had no need to understand how the OS and AS chip is designed for faster and more efficient use of RAM. They only know that more is better.
    This may come as a surprise, but many people use apps outside the Apple ecosystem. Just because the OS is optimized for unified memory doesn't mean every app is. Apple's been trotting out the "more efficient" per clock cycle tropes since PowerPC, right up until you start using a program Apple hasn't optimized to the hilt.
    OferwilliamlondonAlex1Ndave haynie

  • First M3 benchmarks show big speed improvements over M2

    sbdudesbdude
    I don't think it matters that the performance increase comes down to clock speed versus architectural improvements. That is, until we get to the next fabrication process. We're getting to point of diminishing returns on node reduction, and TSMC has already said its gate all around transistors are more difficult to fabricate. They may have won this round, but future rounds are going to be hard fought.
    Alex1NkkeetmaytenthousandthingsFileMakerFeller

  • Signs point to Apple Silicon M3 reveal at 'Scary Fast' event

    sbdudesbdude
    d_2 said:
    This article jumps around illogically, M2 or M3… and misses the initial point that it would be 16 months from M2 release to M3 vs 19 months from M1 release to M2.
    It also uses the term "chipset" improperly. While I realize the M-series is an SoC design, the chipset is the not the processor . . .
    williamlondonwatto_cobra

  • Apple debuts third-generation Apple Pencil with USB-C charging

    sbdudesbdude
    This has been quite the autumn release event.
    williamlondonmac'em xwatto_cobrabyronl