mr lizard

lkrupp said:

MacQc said:

I did not notice, but my wife did. A small embrassement for Apple, but change nothing in the appreciation of the movie (we liked it, would have been indeed spectacular on a big screen).  

"A small embarrassment for Apple"? Two minutes? That's the biggest load of bullshit in history. Subscribers were irked by two minutes of audio problems? What? Are they going to request a pro-rated refund from Apple now? Will a class action be far behind? THIS is why our society and culture is doomed. The country is full of bat shit crazy pissants who think they are entitled to perfection. I am just blown away by the shear idiocracy displayed in this story.

Would you like a hug? x 

Murvel said:

Is this really worth writing about? Must be the least relevant story I’ve seen here so far.

Relevant enough for you to take the time to post a comment. 

JWSC said:

It is disconcerting that Apple continues to chose to outsource the prototyping of what will be state-of-the-art products to a company that will manufacture in mainland China.  National security and technology transfer to an increasingly authoritarian regime do not appear to be on Apple’s radar.

Perhaps I wouldn’t be so bothered if China did not represent an increasing threat to the direction of technology development and the rise of the surveillance state.

The fortunes of Apple are already deeply intertwined with mainland China, which ought to be troubling enough for a company so keen on promoting human rights and equality.  Why is Apple continuing to forge new and deeper dependencies with mainland China?

I think Tim Cook owes his loyal customers an answer.

You could replace “China” with “United States” and your post would still be valid. 

tundraboy said:

We should take these benchmark results seriously because Apple is stupid enough to release a new product that performs worse than the product it replaces.

/s

If you want. But then you are making a very conscious and deliberate choice to take seriously a set of benchmarks from a device which:
- Apple has explicitly stated is not a shipping consumer product 
- Is currently relying on a translation layer in order to run the benchmark software 
- Is running an under-clocked processor designed for use in a fan-less battery-powered tablet 

So you can choose to ignore relevant information if you want, but that’s a few hoops you have to jump
through to get there. 

I get that Betas are chock full of placeholder iconography, but damn that battery icon. Someone actually *designed* that instead of just lifting the iOS image.