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hexclock said:

TheRoast said:

I've been a faithful Apple supporter for many years. This is so disappointing.  We need to support and vote in Dems and responsible Repubs to out this Sociopath/Convicted Felon.

Convicted of a bullshit, made up paperwork violation, due to twisting all sorts of statues into pretzels and  charging after the statute of limitations ran out. And a 30 year old he said/she said case., also well beyond the statue of limitation. But hey, the Bidens get to keep all their money so there’s good news I guess. 

Ignoring the actual convictions he's personally had, you look at all the scams and grifts he's been doing under the guise of a legitimate company long before he was a political figure you chalk that up to everyone being out to get him because he's such a wonderful and successful human being? How about the insurrection where people tried to over through a free and fair election? Where he tried to get his own VP murdered if he didn't make unlawful claims? When you hear Trump asking the governor to magically "find" votes in GA so that he can win the state do you think that's above board? When you hear that he paid off a porn star you think he's a Christian who cares about the sanctity of marriage?

If mental gymnastics were an olympic event Simone Biles couldn't complete with you MAGA cultists. It's really unfortunate that people didn't listen to Washington's farewell address when he talked about the problems with political parties. Some people will just fall in line with a party regardless of what they do because it's easier than using any critical thinking skills. Sad.

kellie said:

Apple loves the idea of on device AI tools because it will force people to upgrade their phones or Macs if they want the AI tools to work. Google at least offers a higher quality cloud option.  I doubt Apple will ever offer a cloud service for photo manipulation even though the results are currently better. 

In the given example, Apple's on-device result are considerably better than that Google's on-server result.

Blizzard said:

Nice list, but I will note that the statement you quoted didn't state that the Mac was the only "computer" being sold with the same branding 25 years later.

And I will note that the statement being quoted is implying that the iMac is a rarity, not just in computer branding but in electronic branding for being actively sold after 25 years.  My point with my list is that it isn't a rarity at all, in fact it is quite common, not just in computers also in other electronics, such as as the sony walkman.

Also, while I'm perfectly fine with modern portable music players and video game consoles being included as they are very specialized computing devices* I do think the original statement is referring to personal computers in the traditional sense.

Read the original quote again, you see the part where it says "any other device", what do you think that means?  It means any electronic device that is not a computer.

It is a rarity. Name all the EC branding that is still enduring today after a quarter century and there will still be countless more that has not. Rarity ≠ singularity.

Blizzard said:

just try to think of any other computer — any other device — that is still being sold a quarter of a century after it was launched.

Dell Dimensions are still being sold........

Thinkpad laptops are still being sold.

Playstations are still being sold

Heck even Sony's Walkman is still being sold.

There are a lot of electronic products that are still being sold a quarter of a century later using the same name branding.

Nice list, but I will note that the statement you quoted didn't state that the Mac was the only "computer" being sold with the same branding 25 years later.

Also, while I'm perfectly fine with modern portable music players and video game consoles being included as they are very specialized computing devices* I do think the original statement is referring to personal computers in the traditional sense.

* While writing this I do wonder if that would include the original Sony Walkman which simply was a simple cassette player with batteries. Sure, there would be some microprocessing on the 1979 unit but even that stretches my imagination by calling it a "computer." And did the Walkman ever stop production when CDs became commonplace and the Sony Discman became their most popular portable music player? As far as I'm aware the Walkman branding only came back into play with the age of portable "MP3" music players.