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  • New Apple Car rumor suggests 2026 debut at less than $100,000

    darkvaderdarkvader
    Oh look, this again.

    No, Apple is not going to build a car.  Apple is definitely not got to release a car in 2026, with or without a steering wheel.
    williamlondon

  • iMac could have been made without a chin, proves new hack

    darkvaderdarkvader
    The chin is fine.  Actually, it's better than fine - it's a really nice feature.

    Practically every iMac I see makes use of it, it's covered in post-it notes.  That chin gives users a place to put them that doesn't block the screen, which is a common problem with other monitors.

    No, the real problem with the iMac is Apple's idiotic thin fetish.  The current iMac is so stupidly thin that it doesn't even have room for an ethernet port, and it's got a fucking power brick.  On a desktop computer, that's just unacceptably bad in 2022.

    I've been recommending to my clients that they just buy a mini and a cheap 27" 4K monitor for most users, it's a better value anyway, and they can use iMacs only in public-facing locations where they have room to hide the idiotic power brick.
    9secondkox2

  • Google keeps trying to hammer on Apple for not adopting RCS

    darkvaderdarkvader
    This IS Apple's fault.

    When iMessage was introduced, Apple promised to open source it as a standard.

    Apple failed to ever do so.  Had they done what they promised, RCS would never have existed.
    williamlondon

  • Jean-Louis Gassee doesn't know who an iPad is for, and thinks you don't either

    darkvaderdarkvader
    DAalseth said:
    darkvader said:
    JLG is right. 

    I mean, it's the perfect device for playing solitaire.  It's not good for much of anything else outside of a few niche applications like medical check-in stations.

    It's not a phone.  It's not a computer.  It's this weird thing that just isn't good for much, and it always has been.
    Says someone that obviously hasn’t touched one in a few years. 

    I do all of my art, painting, drawing, cartooning, writing, video editing on my iPad. I have a 2015 iMac, that I use to remote into a windows system, and not much else. And oh yeah, when I was on the road the iPad would do that as well. Just this week I got Affinity Publisher and now do all of my page layup on the iPad as well. That was one of the last things I needed a Mac for. With the new improved external monitor support I’m really thinking of ditching the Mac completely. 

    And yes it is the perfect device for playing solitaire, and all sorts of games, and reading, and movies, and interacting, and more. 

    Next time you want to criticize something, you might try having a clue about what you are talking. 

    You could not be more wrong.  I've got two within inches, a mini and a Pro.  The Pro essentially doesn't get used.  The screen size is awkward, smaller than a useful laptop screen size, but too big to comfortably hold.  The mini gets used more, mostly for solitaire, but sometimes to control my lights.

    Why do I have them at all?  Because 1. they were free and 2. I sometimes need to talk a client through settings.  I'm just glad I didn't have to buy them, because they wouldn't have been worth it.

    I can see the artist drawing pad use case, though I can't see how something like a Wacom Cintiq wouldn't be a better tool.  I can't see video editing being something that wouldn't be better done on a computer.  Writing on an iPad?  Ugh.

    And they're absolutely awful at web browsing since Firefox is crippled, my essential NoScript and uBlock extensions won't work.  Movies?  Um, I've got a nice 55" screen for that, and it's got a Mac Pro and surround sound system.  The thought of watching a movie on a 10" screen is just... ew.  And replacing my 7-screen 3-computer office desk with an iPad?  Insanity.  Pure insanity.
    williamlondon

  • Jean-Louis Gassee doesn't know who an iPad is for, and thinks you don't either

    darkvaderdarkvader
    JLG is right. 

    I mean, it's the perfect device for playing solitaire.  It's not good for much of anything else outside of a few niche applications like medical check-in stations.

    It's not a phone.  It's not a computer.  It's this weird thing that just isn't good for much, and it always has been.
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