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jas99 said:

I had no problems. I’m on the Upgrade Program and set up my order two days ago. 

My phone should arrive on the 22nd, at my door. 

Pro Max Blue. 

Website worked perfectly. 

Yeah, so am I. But I still hit issues with the app “looking up my pre-order information”, until I just restarted the whole process from scratch. Even tried from different devices before giving up and starting over. 

Opted for in store pickup on the 23rd, as delivery had slipped to past Oct 9th.

ailooped said:

A17 Pro is a good signal and the reveal for what is coming in Apple Silicon M3.

That was my initial gut reaction. I’ve always thought that the yearly improvements to the designs would eventually allow them to catch up to the consoles in performance and possibly exceed them before the next generation jump, while not compromising other core design goals. The pros and cons of the extended technological freeze of the consoles and its impact on game development would be an interesting article for AppleInsider to delve into, in contrast.

Hardcore PC gaming is its own mess. However, it’s my impression that both NVIDIA and AMD intend to milk their legacy market (gamers) while growing into new primary markets. NVIDIA seems more interested in the server market and A.I. (The ARM bid just seems like a way to collect rent, not innovate.) Meanwhile AMD seems increasingly focused on co-processors and transcoders for the server market. Or just about anything but directly compete with each other. Again, something that the writers here could probably better address than I can in a comment.    

Beyond that, I feel people who are critical of Apple hardware and software for gaming just don’t seem to understand that it’s a completely different model, and will never work exactly the same way as other platforms. Too many folks have it stuck in their heads that console, mobile, and desktop computing should grandly converge — for gaming as well as other tasks, despite the modality differences. (I frankly think that’s what the Vision attempts to address, but that’s a whole other subject. I see Apple’s focus as convergence and integration — and only having separate devices to lay the groundwork required for those goals.)

I hit the errors also

kmarei said:

Oh the horror!
maybe switching to usb-c wasn't such a bad idea after all
thanks EU

Or maybe just admit that it’s a mixed bag for a lot of reasons, and that perhaps the EU’s meddling didn’t significantly impact Apple’s design pipeline (seeing as how the lead time on on-die features is years long).

But by all means, toot that little horn like you actually know what went on in development and management.

Bloviated. There’s a term AI writers and editors should maybe think about more before tossing it out.