mayfly

Honkers said:

mayfly said:

Xed said:

mayfly said:

StrangeDays said:

mayfly said:

Don't need faster chips, denser memory chips, better cameras or higher def screens. What's there now is more than good enough. What I need, and what most of us need, is better battery life.

Better chips like Apple silicon improve efficiency and deliver more compute per watt, netting longer battery usage. 

And better battery technology would improve on that result, wouldn't it? We're still using the same Anode, Cathode, Electrolyte battery tech that was invented in 1800 by Alessandro Volta. To date, only the materials have changed, incrementally allowing more energy from the same package, at the expense of creating more heat. There's no free lunch, but something better is needed when EVERY electronic device, tool and auto now run on batteries, or will in the near future.

1) No, it's not the same battery tech from 1800. It is constantly improving in ways that Volta couldn't have possibly predicted. For you to claim otherwise is to assert that innovations don't really count if they're still using ion exchanges for energy creation, which is yet another fatuous argument on your part.

https://www.energymonitor.ai/transport/us-scientists-make-breakthrough-for-long-range-electric-vehicle-batteries/#?cf-view


2) Are you one of those people that will say "something better is needed" as if that's not obvious to innovation and then when something better is found by people doing real work you then claim it was your idea and that you should get credit for their efforts?

Don't need links that just prove what I'm saying. I need someone to DESCRIBE the difference, because there is no difference in the fundamental technology that creates power from exothermic chemical reactions.

This is so reductive and meaningless, you may as well say that Apple should be investing in iPhones that don't need electricity at all, because surely a trillion dollar company can do such a thing. 

Youse guys doubting Thomases remind me of the skeptics at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the 1950's, who thought solid propulsion rocket fuel was an impossible myth. Until it wasn't. That's where battery tech is headed, and where big players like Apple, Samsung, or Sony, and automakers like the Big Three should be working feverishly to improve manufacturing processes to bring down costs. Then youse guys will be able to buy products with safer, cooler, and more efficient power generation. But so far, it's just a pipe dream. Until it isn't.

kurai_kage said:

Ilovelinux said:

I have used  MacOS OpenCore with great success.  It has worked fine on 2009 to 2015 Macbooks.  I've installed Big Sur to Ventura.  I will admit Linux distros seem to

work better but the patcher has been fantastic.  The problem with using older MacOS versions is that newer software doesn't always work.  I'm not saying that you will get the same level of performance with a patched system that you'd get with one that natively supports the new OS but its a godsend on older machines. 

However try it for yourself.  Its FREE.  If you don't like it you can always go back to the old version of MacOS.  Just create a bootable USB of the OS you had.  Apple is in the business of selling new computers.  A machine with 8gb of ram and an SSD can run for many years.  The M1 and M2 systems are fantastic and if you use programs like

Final Cut Pro or Photo Shop and need premium performance than buy it.  Used units can be found around $500.  However if you have an older system around that you aren't using or can find a good used deal, go for it or listen to people who may work for Apple who try and dissuade you.

My comment above notwithstanding, I wouldn't tell someone that is technically competent not to try the above.  If you have data backups, and are technically capable of rolling back your OS, then this tool might fit your needs over buying newer hardware.  (either from Apple or hardware not so new)  

I wouldn't go so far as to tell the average user to try it for yourself.  New OSes are not guaranteed to support hardware that has been deprecated.  Not only could older drivers be removed, but there is firmware to consider which could cause all manner of funky issues as well a potentially impact trying to roll back your OS.  

This is about being responsible with experimental installations, weighing the risks, and making a responsible choice.  

True that! An apt analogy would be spending $7,000 when the engine fails in your 15 year old jalopy. Not just because that's more than the car is worth, even with a new engine. There's also the inevitability of more expensive repairs coming down the line. It's called diminishing returns.

At some point, you're better off just getting a new (or less antiquated) car or computer, and take advantage of all the great new technology that just can't be had on that old clunker! I couldn't drive without that blind spot information system now that my neck doesn't pivot the way it used to! And I couldn't stand trying to stream 4K UHD content from something limited to an 802.11B bandwidth.

danox said:

mayfly said:

Don't need faster chips, denser memory chips, better cameras or higher def screens. What's there now is more than good enough. What I need, and what most of us need, is better battery life.

Then you want to buy the Samsung S23, the battery 13% larger than the Apple 15 Pro, and yet the battery life is worse, it has less ability, across-the-board, OS, fit and finish, picture, video, third-party programs, etc etc…. but the battery is bigger and it has bad 10x zoom and even worse color accuracy.

I'd rather go without a smartphone than buy ANY Android phone. Or anything but iOS. Of course, I worked 11 years for Apple, and made good money, and made even more by investing in shares through Apple's discount ESOP with every paycheck.

As my late mom used to say, "Just because you CAN do something, doesn't mean you SHOULD."

Just how many iPhone users are sticking their phones to their windshields anymore? Apple CarPlay was implemented in GM cars in 2016, Ford and Mopar in 2017, along with the German and Japanese autos. I'm still driving a car without it (2013 model), but it has built in navigation, and connects to the phone via Bluetooth for hands-free.

True, I see people driving brand new cars while holding their phones in their hands, or looking down in their laps, obviously texting. What's wrong with these people? Didn't they ever pair their phones? Don't they know that they can speak texts from their car, phone or watch without having to touch their phones, much less take their eyes off the road? Don't they just use the Focus app to tell people they're driving, and they'll call when they stop?

What is more important, that text, or the child sitting in the front seat? Sadly, I think we know.