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  • Intel delays 10nm Cannon Lake processor production to late 2019

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    wizard69 said:
    k2kw said:
    It’s time for an Aseries based iBook running either macOS or iOS using Marzipan APPS.
    maybe Intel would get their act together if they saw they were endangered of losing tons of sales.

    I hope atleast Apple has moved over to their own silicon based on the A series chips for their data centers as they are better for heat and power.
    Intel is already loosing out to AMD as in some respects AMD out performs the Intel offerings.  When AMD is behind the performance curve they are not behind by much and for most people it doesnt matter.   Beyond that AMDs APUs have a much better GPU subsystem.    From what im hearing AMD might also beat Intel to a sub 10nm process.  

    AMD of course is only one solution to the Intel problem.   Apple could easily introduce an M series ARM based processor for Macs.  The M would be for Mac of course.  They have already demonstrated decent performance in the constrained environment of iPad so with a few more watts i cant see anybody complaining about performance.  A Mac Book could easily handle an 8 or 10 core ARM based chip plus that chip would have all of Apples goodies.  

    My greatest fear with respect to Mac is that Apple doesn't give a damn anymore.    I really cant consider the platform again until they demonstrate that the Mac platform means something to them.  The entire desktop lineup is a joke these days and the laptops are not much better.   It is just hard to do business with a company that doesnt respect its own products much less its customers.    I mean really a 4 year old computer with an unchanged list price.  
    Well to be honest...its not really as great of an investment as it was 15 yrs ago when it was Apple Computer, Inc. That doesn't mean Apple doesn't a give a shit about its Mac platform. If it didn't, it would just shut it down and not develop macOS anymore. I think a lot of the delays are because of Intel, but I do still have a feeling that Apple has something up it's sleeves for the Mac in regards to its own CPU's. It would be a HUGE step for them, both hardware and software and they can double-down on security with things like the T2 chip. 

    Any PC manufacturer should be feeling the same way. Dell and HP aren't really getting great returns on their investments in the PC space either. 
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  • Some of Apple's 2018 iPhones may come in new colors like Blue and Orange

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    slurpy said:
    nunzy said:
    This sounds like something Android would do. Apple has too much class.
    I don't see what the hell lack of class has to do with color options. Nothing wrong with colors, as long as they look nice. 
    I agree and I'm kinda sick and tired of everything Apple releases coming in silver, space gray, gold, and rose gold. I have long wanted an anodized colored aluminum iPhone like Apple did with the iPod Touch. The Red iPhone 8 looks amazing IMO. If Apple can do this with the next iPhone, I think it would work well for them. 

    As much as some people didn't like the iPhone 5c, I actually really liked it. I think it served its purpose very well for Apple during that time. Making it colored aluminum which Apple has lots of experience in could make it even better as I don't think it would be perceived as "cheap" looking like some said the iPhone 5c was. 
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  • macOS Mojave will drop support for some older Macs released before 2012

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    9secondkox2 said:
    Whoa!

    obsoleting Macs that are only 3 years old? 

    Though im not personally affected by that, it’s wrong. Very wrong. 

    I dig Mojave. Love how they are making it more compatible with iOS without merging the two, etc. 

    but... computers 6 years old and newer need to be able to upgrade.  

    Apple itself defines the timeframe of an obsolete computer and they aren’t even following their own protocol here.

    i guess this is the Mac version of the iPhone 6/ios11 “batterygate.” 

    It will likely help nee macs to be purchased. But it’s wrong. And that’s coming from a long time Apple evangelist. 
    What Macs that are only 3yrs old kicked out? If you're thinking about the MacBook, that came out in 2015 so there wasn't a model before that. 
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  • Apple has new dark mode, Apple News app planned for macOS 10.14 [u]

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    bloggerblog said:
    Soli said:
    tundraboy said:
    Does dark mode mean that MacBooks will soon be sporting OLED or microLED screens?
    ..There's no net loss for setting it up for LCDs at this time.
    Except for battery life.
    Unless Apple is switching its displays to OLED (Which I highly doubt for cost reasons) then a dark interface wouldn't save any battery life. Only OLED turns off the pixels to make black which is what makes the blacks blacker on an OLED screen. LED screens used on Macs today don't do this. Maybe you're thinking it uses less power to make black? I still don't see any significant gains in battery life there if this happened to be true. 
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  • MacBook & iPad Pro updates might not make it to WWDC

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    cgWerks said:
    nunzy said:
    mike54 said:
    I'm hoping they will say something about the mac mini. Apple needs to put out a reasonably priced headless mac. I don't don't care if its mini, any size will do.
    The market for that would be way too small. iMac produces more revenue and likely makes higher margins.
    What makes you think the market for that would be too small?
    What makes you think it wouldn't be?
    nunzy