Detnator

Dude, as much as I agree with the sentiments in most of your posts, this "iKnockoff morons" thing is getting really, really long in the tooth.  Do you think you could let that phrase go anytime soon?

This looks a lot like clutching at straws to me.

People can argue "Apple antitrust" all they like but investigations don't mean anyone's breaking any laws.  Even Tim Cook admits that Apple and other large tech companies should get some scrutiny and he more or less welcomes it.  

But when the rubber hits the road, Epic's legal case and even moral arguments have so many inconsistencies and holes. Tim Sweeney is not only an arrogant, self-obsessed a**h*** but a complete idiot as well.

I'd love to know how this guy hasn't been thrown out by the board.  I haven't checked. How much of Epic does he own?

screenscriber said:

Genuinely surprised that they didn’t fix the webcam. Sounds like 2021will be the year for something fresher, crisper and broadly compatible.

If that's the case, I'm sorry to say you'll continue being "genuinely surprised".  People really need to get past this.

Unless some significantly new technology comes out they will not "fix" the webcam because it's not (currently) possible, without making the display significantly thicker, which would compromise the design in ways that normal people would really prefer they didn't.

Have you noticed the "camera bump" on all the iPhones since the 6 series over 5 years ago - which is still a problem today?  They can't fit a decent camera in the iPhone's 8mm thickness without a bump.  So how are they going to fit a decent camera in the 2mm thick laptop displays?**

It's a webcam for goodness sake. You're not shooting a feature film with it (while some people are doing so with the iPhone cameras). Why should anyone care if you look a little fuzzier for your zoom meeting than you would with a better camera (that as I say would severely compromise the experience of everything else).  Alternatively if it really is that big a deal, enough that the compromises required are less important to you, then get a professional external one.

Ya'll need to get over it.

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** In 10min of googling I can't find any other decent laptop with a webcam better than 720p. Anyone feel free to point me to one if you know of any.

gmgravytrain said:

...  Knowing Apple, they'll probably do something stupid like shaving down the height of the chassis to make it lighter at the expense of longer battery life.  Thin and light is all that Apple ever strives for.  I wonder if that's what most customers want.  I certainly don't want ultra-thin and light and would rather have longer battery life.

Pretty sure Apple's discontinuation of the 12" MB (to the chagrin of users like my wife who don't need a lot of power, extra ports, etc. but really, really, do appreciate having less weight and bulk to carry around) as well as Apple keeping the MBA almost as big as the 13" MBP all says otherwise.

You should probably check your bias at the door and consider facts before making such wild irrational statements.

[Meanwhile, if they can put this M1 chip (or one of its successors) in something like that 12" chassis (maybe a mm or two thicker to include a scissor keyboard) it could be almost everything the Air is now with little compromise.  My wife for one would welcome that, and as few others as there may or may not be like her, she can't be the only one.]

paraeeker said:

By removing the charger, Apple can make the boxes thinner and pack more in the same volume-weight metric, thus saving a significant amount in shipping costs. This is, I believe, is the main motivation. The rest is spin. 

Apple could have passed on some of those savings and that would have been fair. 

The ratio of chargers to devices is going to remain constant as older devices are passed on. There isn't a surplus of chargers as Apple contends!

Who says they didn’t pass on the savings?