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  • Apple's extortionate upgrade prices can't stop the MacBook Air being a bargain

    y2any2an
    Rather than another knee-jerking crowd-pleasing resentment to the pricing, a more interesting article would be one which explored why the prices are set as they are, and what the equivalences would be for competitive products. Someone mentioned needing basically double the RAM in a Windows machine for example. It’s probably also the case that 95% of people will be mare than happy with the base configurations. 

    In my own experience, my photo library has become my main reason for needing more storage so an update to Photos which can open libraries simultaneously on internal and external media is long overdue. There’s an iCloud for that so their current disk offerings are steered towards buying cloud storage which is not what I want. 
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  • Tim Cook teases the imminent launch of a new MacBook Air

    y2any2an
    Xed said:
    y2an said:
    What if Air also referred to being wirelessly connected? They just launched the C1 so what are the odds that an iPad Air and a MB Air both include it? No license fees to Qualcomm. 
    I really hope they don’t jack up the cost by including C1 in any Mac. At least not as a default option. It’s
    just too easy to tether with macOS and I don’t have to get another data plan to make it work.
    It would explain the IN in Something IN the Air…

    Bill of Material cost for the Qualcomm modem has been cited as $90. I would expect the C1 to be cheaper than the A series SOC which is cited as around $40 - less complex, cheaper process node. So in all, perhaps cheap enough to make it a default for at least the MacBook Air. Carriers would live it, less friction to sell more service. 
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  • Tim Cook teases the imminent launch of a new MacBook Air

    y2any2an
    What if Air also referred to being wirelessly connected? They just launched the C1 so what are the odds that an iPad Air and a MB Air both include it? No license fees to Qualcomm. 
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  • Apple's C1 modem breaks no records for speed, but is exceptionally power efficient

    y2any2an
    Great, but how was this measured?
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  • iPhone 16e review roundup: an okay, if compromised, device without a market

    y2any2an
    As usual, the media commentators do not understand Apple. Apple is very disciplined about operating margin, my guess is the SE was not making it. The SE was also not an attractive option for carriers to offer to new customers. The 16e allows carriers to offer an iPhone 16 model, which incidentally has an A18 processor so it meets Apple’s goal of AI everywhere, and will be able to offer this at deep discounts to customers while at the same time Apple makes good margin on the sale of the phone to the carrier. It’s that simple.

    I am also curious to see the teardown of this device has much was made in the promo about an all new internal design. I am wondering if this breaks new ground on repairability.
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