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I don't remember using ICQ all that much.  But you also mention IRC in the article and that had the capability to be amazing.

I will never forget getting into a chatroom the night of Princess Diana's fatal car accident (August 31, 1997) and there was one poster who was putting up information 15 minutes or so before all the news services at the time on TV and radio.  As the news was not good, people were cursing him.  I got into a private chat and he told me that his brother-in-law worked in the hospital she was brought too.  His server information did show Paris, and when he told me (he didn't want to post it publicly) that she had died, sure enough ten minutes later, the BBC (being simulcast by CBS here in the US) had the official bulletin.

That was the moment I realized just how powerful the Internet was going to be.

I just don't believe this.  It doesn't seem to make any sense.

Apple released an iPad with an M4.  They are about to introduce a pile of operating systems with all sorts of huge AI enhancements.  The M4 is specfically designed for those enhancements, and we're be told it will be an entire YEAR before the flagship desktop models will have those features? 

Sorry... just makes no sense.  By mid-2025, the Studio would be three generations behind as the M5 processor would almost certainly be out by then. 

I still believe that we will see M4 Max and M4 Ultra Studios at WWDC in three weeks... and if not then, then in the fall when the next MacOS comes out. 

Several months ago, I had a customer who had bought a new iPad for her young autistic son. The old one was working, but it was old- had battery issues, etc. He used it to communicate with his parents and teachers through a program that had phrases associated with various icons on the screen. I forget the name of the program. For whatever reason, the program did not back to iCloud and getting the set up to the new machine was an issue. Re-creating the various words and phrases would be time consuming enough, but they also had to be in the same location on the screen or it would completely confuse the child. The parent could not figure out how to transfer the set up to the new iPad and was truly worried that her son was going to lose his means of communication. It took a little bit of digging around but I was able to figure out how to save the set up as a file, then AirDrop it to the new iPad and then get the app to use that as its default file. In any event, it was amazing to see how these devices truly can change a life. I think that often gets forgotten around here or other Apple related tech sites as we nitpick about various features or specifications that most of the public doesn't really care about.

These people have to be kidding. 

Are they so insecure that even a CGI animation triggers them to this sort of stupidity?   Okay... yes, I know the answer...lol.

Now they just need to update the Magic Mouse, iMac Keyboards, and Trackpad to USB-C (and yes, make the mouse useable while plugged in).