bageljoey

foregoneconclusion said:

I'm guessing Intel wants to get a few rabbit punches in before the desktop versions of the M series arrive this year. 

Exactly.  They are desperate to set the narrative against the M1 on Non-native apps.  If you can get people to believe you at an emotional level, facts in the future will have very little effect on them later...

I totally believe this. Twice I got more than I thought I would (and more than Apple promises) from Geniuses.  I always thought they looked at my purchase history (a veritable museum exhibit stretching unbroken back to the Apple IIc) but I figured they wouldn’t even look if I was asking for too much or being a jerk.

Last time I brought an Apple Watch in with the screen crack flaw. It was past the extended warrantee by a fair bit.  Didn’t get the replace.  Change in policy?  Or just too big an ask?  Who knows...

I’m not an every generation upgrader for anything—it seems odd to me to expect the year to year change to blow us away _every_ year!  

With the return of much-desired ports, new display technology, and the possible return of MagSafe, it seems this will be a highly demanded upgrade.

Another Supercycle?  I love it!

How is this different from what Apple Maps has already been doing?  I can get it to give me directions for cycling in NJ—it includes bike trails and allows me to pick to avoid hills and such.  What is the extra functionality they are talking about?