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  • Facebook reportedly fined $5B over Cambridge Analytica fiasco

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    MplsP said:
    Nice start, but they should have added a zero.

    They should also start making the CEO's personally responsible for the fines. I can guarantee that things would change real quick.
    Exactly....Well said. Even that is too little for helping to destroy a democracy! FB, Google, twitter are the cigarette companies of '90's!'  :)
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  • 2020 iPhone to reduce TrueDepth notch, full-screen display rumored for 2021

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    That's what Apple does! And everyone else follows with a 'good enough' second rate copy. Oh, well. :)
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  • Lamenting the loss of the adorable 12-inch MacBook

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    franco borgo said:
    I love My MacBook (2015 and the the 2017) , but there were a few things I was hoping for

    - at least a second Port 
    - bigger screen in the same external size (kind of like the Dell XPS) maybe a 13" (not 13.3)
    - better keyboard 
    - faster thunderbolt 
    ...
    - real camera :-)
    - touchID or faceID :-) 

    I don't understand the presence of the MacBook Air and the low cost MacBook Pro 
    the air should not be there. 
    just the MacPro 13.3 & 15 and the MacBook 12.7-13 (still around  2 pounds)

    and a more regular schedule update so I can tell my friend when it is ok to buy... 
    Today's announcement was not really expected with may's new MBP.
     
    I hear you...The Air seems dated from the get go. Tapered form factor, the name, larger and heavy. Reminiscent of the original orange and blue plastic clam shells. (Ummm. That might be a bit harsh...orange and blue...)

    I really thought, the MacBook was the device where Ive pushing the envelope (what I love most about Apple!). The thinness and elegance...with iCloud back up, I rarely use the one port for other than charging. I thought the next iteration would have edge to edge display, Touch ID, the larger trackpad, etc.

    I really think Jonny wants the iPhones to be two pieces of black gorilla glass, with no ports, same with the iPads, MacBooks, iMac

    I'm really sad!
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  • Lamenting the loss of the adorable 12-inch MacBook

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    mpantone said:

    mpantone said:
    Just placed my order for the 2019 Air after filling out the paperwork to trade in my 2017 MacBook.

    Happy to move on.
    Heavier, me thinks! :)
    I'm not worried about that. I've owned a variety of Apple notebook computers over the past 17 years and *ALL* of them were heavier than the 2017 MacBook. I know what it feels like to carry around a heavier Apple notebook.

    While the MacBook 2017 is certainly the lightest of the various Apple notebooks I've owned, the 2019 Air should be similar to the 2013 Air I replaced the MacBook with. Both are considerably heavier than my iPad mini.

    The 2019 Air is certainly lighter than the 2002 iBook. One thing I do care a bit about is the larger screen of the 2019 Air. It's a bit bigger than the 12" MacBook's screen. 

    In any case, I don't schlepp my Apple notebooks much these days. They mostly reside in an office or at home.

    The 2019 Air should have better battery performance and the T2 chip's native digital signal processing will make it useful for video encoding. My fanless 2017 MacBook encodes H.264 about as well as my former 2013 MacBook Air, all by the CPU.

    Obviously video encoding isn't the primary use of my low-end notebooks, but it's nice to have some decent performance as a secondary device for video encoding.
    All good points!
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  • Lamenting the loss of the adorable 12-inch MacBook

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    jib said:
    I loved my MacBook.  I've owned over over 8 different PowerBook and MacBooks going back to the PowerBook 100.  The MacBook was almost my ideal.  I kept it for 3 years, hoping Apple would add another USB port and a 16 GB ram option.  But they didn't so I somewhat reluctantly moved on to a MacBook Pro 13", which meets my needs, but is not as svelte and light as the MacBook. 
    Good thoughts! Similarly, in 2017, I recycled, (thru Apple), my 2009 MacBookPro to get the 2017 MacBook (rose gold). I felt I needed to get the latest MacOS (Sierra) and the Safari privacy upgrades.

    Not being a power user (most people aren't) I decided to pay for the lightest, most elegant of Apple products. 

     Best
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