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  • Apple's legendary Clarus the dogcow returns in macOS Ventura

    I also miss flying toaster. Not sure if that’s the Apple thing or Toast thing. 
    Neither.  Flying toasters were a part of the After Dark screen saver software, made by Berkeley Systems.


    JWSCravnorodomdarkvaderwatto_cobramaltzmknelsonjeffharris
  • Relive the 2012 hit 'Angry Birds' rebuilt from the ground up for modern devices

    Interestingly, it appears that its predecessor (the original Angry Birds, as a free download with ads and in-app purchases) is no longer in the app store.  It doesn't even show up in my purchase history on the phone where I have it installed.

    On the other hand, $1 for the full game, including the Mighty Eagle (which is a $5 in-app purchase on the ad-supported version) is a great deal for a really fun game.
    byronlFileMakerFeller
  • Compared: Mac Studio versus Mac Pro

    If the rumors about the 4-way connectivity module (M1 Ultra-Max?) prove to be true, then that module would support up to 256 GB of RAM.  Which may be enough for the entire Mac Pro market.

    Or they may introduce a new kind of module (M2?) that can support more.

    Another possibility, which might make sense if they think there are enough customers that want truly huge amounts of RAM (e.g. >1TB) is that the on-module unified memory will behave as a cache to a much larger amount of external DDR5 RAM.  You'd be able to run the Mac without any DIMMs, using only the unified memory (in the M1 module) or with DIMMs, if you have a need to go beyond that amount.

    Similarly, if Apple believes that Mac Pro customers really need PCIe slots, there's enough bandwidth to support them, even allowing external GPUs to run alongside the built-in GPU/NN units.  But I think that is less likely.  I think that if Apple decides to support PCIe slots (and this is far from certain), that they will primarily support hardware that doesn't replicate what the M1 module has on-board (e.g. advanced networking and storage peripherals, professional multi-channel video capture, and other such things).

    But this is just my opinion.  I could be wrong.
    watto_cobra
  • Compared: Mac Studio versus Mac Pro

    rob53 said:
    Mac Pro, up to 12 TB ports? Are these mainly on PCIe cards?
    Yes.  If you look at the specs page, the high-end video cards (the Radeon Pro W5700X, W6800X, W6900X and W6800X Duo) each include four TB3 ports and one HDMI port.

    Then there are two more ports on an I/O card and two built-in ports mounted in the top of the case.




    killroywatto_cobra
  • Should you buy an iPhone 13 mini now or wait for the 2022 iPhone SE?

    There are quite a lot of people who want a small phone.  I read posts by them whenever the subject comes up.  They liked the 3.5" screen from the iPhone 4 and often complain that everything sold today is too big.  The SE2, being the smallest screen currently sold (at 4.7") is what they settle on.  When asked, they think the 5.4" screen of the 12 mini is too large.

    I suspect these people will definitely be interested in an SE3.  Especially if it retains the 4.7" screen and gets a modern processor inside.  The other people who will be interested are those who don't want to spend $700 on a 13 mini - a $400 SE3 is far easier on the budget.  There are also some who really prefer Touch ID, but I have no idea if these people like it enough to be the deciding factor on a new phone.

    Are there enough people in these categories (small screen, Touch ID and/or low budget) to make an SE3 profitable?  I don't know, but I would like to think that Apple's marketing people have done the research to come to an intelligent decision.
    muthuk_vanalingam