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  • 24 years after original iMac, there's still big demand for floppies

    mr. hmr. h
    Floppy disks are still used extensively in Japan, although there are moves afoot to try and change this:
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-62749310
    watto_cobra

  • A secret tool lets police conduct mass surveillance using app data

    mr. hmr. h
    It's as clear as mud to me what exactly this service from Fog Data Science does, or how it does it.
    watto_cobra

  • Latest VMWare Fusion tech preview brings Windows 11 to Apple Silicon Macs

    mr. hmr. h
    darkvader said:
    dewme said:
    Re: "Also, users can't currently create macOS-based virtual machines, though VMWare is looking into that for the future."

    I assume this only refers to the technology preview edition of Fusion. All current and prior versions of Fusion 12.x absolutely support creating and running macOS/OS X virtual machines. I use Fusion 12.x on my Intel iMac to run the last version of macOS that supported 32-bit apps. i.e., Mojave (10.14) as well as Windows 10 Pro and the latest version of Linux Mint. The free (for non-commercial use) version of VMWare Fusion Player is an amazingly useful and reliable tool.

    They're talking about the M-crap processors, not the far better Intel Macs.
    I think we’ve found proof of parallel universes
    roundaboutnowmarcotor949

  • Apple agrees to $50M settlement in MacBook butterfly keyboard lawsuit

    mr. hmr. h
    AniMill said:
    along with the Apple Watch tree removal fiasco
    ?? Typo? (I googled "Apple Watch" "tree removal" and the only relevant result was this post!)
    Alex1Ntokyojimu

  • New 13-inch MacBook Pro with M2 will be available to order on June 17

    mr. hmr. h
    Stabitha_Christie said:
    mr. h said:
    mr. h said:
    mr. h said:
    No one should buy this.
    Indeed. I have difficulty believing Apple have kept this around for any reason other than to make the new Air and the 14” MBP look like good deals.
    Per Apple, this is the second best selling Mac in the line up. That is a pretty compelling reason to keep it around. 
    I would expect that to change with the launch of the new Air. Yes, the M2 13" MBP has three minor advantages over the Air:
    1. Longer battery life (20 hr vs 18 hr)
    2. TouchBar (obviously only an advantage if you like the TouchBar)
    3. Teeny tiny performance advantage due to fan enabling longer sustained running of CPU/GPU at max power

    However, the Air has some compelling advantages that, I think for most people, tip the balance heavily in its favour:
    1. 27% Smaller 
    2. 11% Lighter
    3. Larger screen
    4. Better webcam
    5. No TouchBar (plenty of people don't like the TouchBar)
    6. MagSafe
    7. Wider range of colours
    8. Probably better sound, but we'll have to wait for reviews to confirm
    9. Completely silent operation
    10. Cheaper
    The majority of your advantages were the same with the M1 MBA and MBP 
    No. This is not correct.

    1. M1 Air is only 9% smaller than 13" MBP
    2. M1 Air is 8% lighter
    3. M1 Air screen is the same size and less bright
    4. M1 Air webcam is not better
    5. -
    6. M1 Air doesn't have MagSafe
    7. M1 Air only has one additional colour
    8. M1 Air doesn't have better sound
    9. -
    10. -

    So, only three of the ten advantages I listed applied to the M1 air vs. the 13" MBP. And on top of that, the M1 MBP had a larger performance advantage over the M1 Air, because it had an extra GPU core. Compared to the 13" MBP, the new Air is a much more compelling alternative and that's my point.
    You keep ignoring most of my comments in favor of the little bits that you think work in your favor. This is called conformation bias and it makes having an rational conversation virtually impossible. 

    "Compared to the 13" MBP, the new Air is a much more compelling alternative and that's my point."  

    To you... It makes it a much more compelling alternative to *you*.... Not to the people that are buying the the 13' MBP and there are apparently a lot of them. Not everyone sees things the way you do. This is the part you keep missing and I can't make it any clearer. At this point it's willful ignorance on your part. 
    This is hilarious. The new Air isn't even available yet! You cannot use current sales of the MBP to prove your point, because it has never been in the market up against the new Air. How can you not see this?
    muthuk_vanalingam