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  • Apple may 'own the future' of personal computing with Apple Glass, says Gene Munster

    mr lizardmr lizard
    rochford said:
    rochford said:
    Does anyone know how your eyes can focus both on the view ahead and something displayed 1/2” from your eyes?
    You don't. Lenses and mirrors make everything appear in the "view ahead".
    But what’s suggested isn’t a complex headset with mirrors and multiple lenses, but simple ‘ray ban’ style glasses.
    I have a feeling Apple is more than just a bit clued up on this stuff, especially if they’ve been working on it for years. Their staff have eyes too. You can relax. 
    watto_cobra

  • Compared: Microsoft's Surface Go 2 versus Apple's 10.2-inch iPad and iPad Air

    mr lizardmr lizard
    This is a strange comparison as it doesn’t mention software. The Surface Go comes with Windows, which is desktop PC software designed to be used with a keyboard and mouse pointer. As soon as you try to use the Surface as an actual tablet it becomes a terrible experience, with click targets far too small for fingers. You have to carefully peck through menus to make sure you don’t make an accidental selection. 

    The iPad comes with iPadOS which is designed to be used with your fingers. It also adds mouse pointing support for trackpads and mice; because the buttons and icons are built for touch, it’s easy to use either your fingers or a pointing device. 

    The Surface Go doesn’t make sense as a tablet. It’s a decent laptop though, but odd to compare it to an iPad. 
    dewmemcdavewatto_cobra

  • Apple releases 'major' update to Logic Pro X

    mr lizardmr lizard
    SpamSandwich said:
    There’s nothing “professional” about the Live Loops function. It might be adequate for creating a scratch track, but it’s more a tool for amateurs and DJs.
    I suspect they added it to catch up with Ableton Live which offers the same feature. 
    spheric

  • Apple releases 'major' update to Logic Pro X

    mr lizardmr lizard
    dysamoria said:
    Oh finally a new GUI for EXS24? Cool. But...

    As predicted: Apple dropped Sierra and High Sierra support for Logic. I’m sort of surprised they didn’t also drop Mojave support.

    None of my Macs support Mojave. They are already hacked to run unsupported High Sierra and can’t go further to Mojave.

    Sigh.

    Then there’s the remote app, with no support for iOS 12, which I’m still on because iOS 13 is reportedly sluggish on iPhone 6s and iPad Pro first generation.

    Sigh.

    The push to buy new hardware continues... and I’m poor as dirt.

    Even if I weren’t poor, Apple don’t give a damn about me being a customer unless I’m also wealthy. Buy a new phone every three years to be safe. Buy a new Mac every six years or less.

    No!

    I’ve been saving tax rebates to buy a new Mac Pro to replace both my old Macs and my old PC, and then Apple went and changed the introductory price of the Mac Pro to frelling $6000, twice what it used to start at, and all non-plutocrats who can’t afford an overkill machine are expected to keep using storage & RAM-unupgradable & thermally deficient all-in-one laptops, iMacs, or similarly stupidly compact & unupgradable Mac Mini (while also suffering whatever display incompatibilities there are with third party displays because Apple only makes a $5000 display now).

    Apple won me over in 2008. In 2013, that Apple ceased to be. I still hate Windows and PCs more, but WTF am I supposed to do? Just keep buying thermally-insufficient, high-cost second-hand machines that last a shorter time due to the constant upgrade cycle push via an expiring ecosystem?

    Having a fully-operational Apple device ecosystem is impossible for longer than a couple years. For example: if I upgrade to iOS 13, iCloud Safari sync will break for me because I can’t uograde to Mojave on my Macs.

    This is shit. I don’t know where else I can go because I DESPISE Windows and PCs. Dog damn you, Apple.
    You don’t have to upgrade. Your existing version of Logic will continue to work for you and the thousands of others who can’t or don’t want to upgrade either. 
    qwerty52MisterKitBeatsfahlman

  • Apple's take of gaming market suffers due to COVID-19

    mr lizardmr lizard
    So this is just a score card made up by someone, and nothing to do with market share, revenue share, or active users? 

    So, unlike the headline, Apple’s take of the gaming market hasn’t suffered due to COVID-19. 
    tmayrazorpitwatto_cobra