metrix

sacto joe said:

"The flaw only affects High Sierra and not earlier versions, but it is likely to be shortlived. Wardle advised macOS 10.14 Mojave will block all synthetic events completely...."

Problem is, a LOT of Macs are not going to be upgradeable to Mojave and are presently on High Sierra. Apple had damned well better deal with that issue or there will be hell to pay....

It doesn't sound like you are too familiar with how exploits are fixed in supported versions of the OS. For example Windows XP is no longer supported by Windows you are on your own. Not that it should be XP is very old and should not be supported.

davgreg said:

Mr Nader is mostly correct as Stock buybacks are a very inefficient way to build shareholder value or return excess earnings to shareholders. A special dividend to shareholders, to name one example, would have been a more efficient option.

Under Mr Cook, anything not iOS has been relegated to third class citizen status or left to twist in the wind. Ask yourself when have you seen a broad coordinated advertising campaign for the Macintosh in either the consumer or enterprise space? Look at the abysmal dumpster fire that is iTunes, or the lagging of Roku in the streaming HW space. Why cannot a company as big as Apple keep the wireless router line up to date and world class? Why are they still selling the trash can Mac or the outdated HW in the 2014 Mac mini?

Why does an Apple that claims to be green seem determined to eliminate user removable batteries from every mobile device they sell? Why are all Macs currently sold sealed shut to make user upgrades or repairs improbable if not practically impossible?

Finally, Apple does have a lot of new employees, but exactly what are they doing that is productive?

Re: battery replacements, I have had 2012 MacBook Pro under constant use for business with the original battery that is now 6 years old and yes the computer still runs the most current OS and Parallels with Windows 10 Pro. So, if the average battery is lasting 6 years I think it is fine to have Apple replace it, do I really need to get 8 or more years on a laptop?

Trying to compare the base model on both I found that it appears that Dell is only offering a resolution of 1920 x 1080 on the New XPS 15 vs MacBook Pro of 2880 x 1800. In order to go to 4k resolution on the Dell you need to go to the higher i9 configuration. I could be wrong on this but I was able to configure it as such.

I really can't knock the XPS too much except really don't like Windows updates, it seems like they are loading the whole OS most of the time, just takes forever all the time. 

Note to self, don't tell audience "you can clap now" next year. Use clap track or something.