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  • The history -- and triumph -- of Arm and Apple Silicon

    timmilleatimmillea
    "what Apple calls "machine learning" and the rest of the industry shortens to "AI,""

    Apple is right here. Artificial intelligence is far broader than machine learning, broadly summarised as 'the simulation of successful, external human behaviour'. Neural networks are one tiny tool in the vast field of AI. Machine learning lies in the sub-field of AI classed as 'sub-symbolic techniques', along with evolutionary algorithms (e.g. genetic algorithms). Most AI is symbolic and nothing to do with machine learning. 
    Alex1N

  • M3 MacBook Air review: The ideal Mac laptop for Intel hold-outs

    timmilleatimmillea
    I don't regard 'flat and square' as 'modernisation'. It is a hark back to the awful past. Can you imagine how expensive the more ergonomic 'wedge' MBA was to develop and produce? Layer upon layer of custom lithium-ion flat cells to fit the shape. 

    Fan-less changes recording studio architecture. There suddenly is no need for a separate booth for the engineer. The MBA is silent. 

    The M1 MBA, the first Apple Silicon and the last 'wedge' is likely to be a priceless classic. 
    williamlondonwatto_cobra

  • New M3 MacBook Air has changes that make the SSD faster than the last model

    timmilleatimmillea
    Just how many years can Apple go on thinking that 256GB is sufficient, even for an entry-level model? I know streaming is removing much of the need for storage but most people have a large back-catalogue of DVDs and Blu-rays which we want stored at high quality plus our lives' music and photo collections. Then there is the requirement for working storage. Even if you just want to make a Youtube video to share with friends, there is a large amount of space required during editing. 

    I would have thought Apple would have upped the entry-level storage by now, before its reputation is (further) tarnished. 
    CelticPaddy9secondkox2williamlondonwatto_cobra

  • After 14 years, Apple has finally retired the famous MacBook Air wedge shape

    timmilleatimmillea
    I believe the (wedge) M1 MacBook Air is likely to prove the greatest MBA ever and become a collectors' item.

    I just have to wait 10-20 years for most to have been disposed of and for mine to be worth a small fortune :-) 
    sflagelMisterKitdewmewatto_cobra

  • Decade-old Apple Car project may be completely dead

    timmilleatimmillea
    There is no future in private cars. I have said it dozens of times on this forum. Self-driving electric cars especially were never going to be commercially or technically viable in the short time-window they had. Apple was blind-sided by the US love of the automobile.

    It is a shame Apple spent billions on a provably futile project. 


    watto_cobra