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  • Future MacBook Pro could split at the hinge and be truly modular

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    mayfly said:
    Solution in search of a problem. If I want a touchscreen, I'll use my iPad. And the only time I ever use it is on vacation, when I don't want to bring the MacBook Air. I think touchscreens are one of the most disgusting pieces of technology ever invented. Ever look at any of your touchscreens after even one day of use? Including the one on your car? Covered with grease, oil, flakes of dead skin…my 2013 Volvo S60 is the last one without one, and I'm keeping it until the wheels fall off.
    My car (along with my phone) is where a touchscreen really makes sense.  I don't want to have to fiddle with a keyboard or trackpad (or trackball) when I'm driving (and I've done computers in the car long enough that I've done exactly that before, trust me, it's really annoying).  Touchscreens are MUCH better.

    As far as I'm concerned, the iPad is a toy.  I'm not a graphic artist, so the screen with a pencil thing isn't useful for me.  I can't type on one.

    I can't imagine going on vacation without a computer or three.  And that's been true since the '80s when as a teenager I'd insist that the //e had to go along.  It's easier now, just toss a couple laptop bags in the car.
    williamlondon

  • Future MacBook Pro could split at the hinge and be truly modular

    darkvaderdarkvader
    ravnorodom said:
    So when you disconnect from the keyboard, it becomes iPad Pro. When connected, it's full blown MacBook Pro. Nice.
    Disconnect the screen and lose 90% of your software?  What's nice about that?
    williamlondon

  • South Korea threatens to fine Apple over App Store dominance

    darkvaderdarkvader
    They need to do a LOT more than fine Apple.  A fine will be treated as the cost of doing business.

    Ban iPhone imports unless Apple allows users to install software from any source of their choosing.  It's time for governments to do their job and shut down Apple's monopoly.
    williamlondon

  • Apple releases iOS 17.0.3 & iPadOS 17.0.3 with overheating fixes

    darkvaderdarkvader
    Remember when I said "This is on Apple" and people here were like "nO iTs Teh aPP dEvelOPers!"?

    This was on Apple.
    williamlondongrandact73

  • 2014 to 2023: Apple Car has been in the works for almost a decade

    darkvaderdarkvader
    That's a lot of words to say "Apple has been playing with somebody's pet projects that will never lead to a product for a decade."

    There is no Apple car.  There isn't going to be an Apple car.

    If Apple got serious about wanting to become a car company today (and they are absolutely NOT serious about it now) it would take at least a decade for them to release a car, and given how bad Apple (and to be fair all software companies) are about fixing bugs and introducing new ones, probably never be safe to drive.

    An oldie but goodie:

    At a recent computer exposition, Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated: “If General Motors had kept up with the technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon.”

    In response to Bill’s comments, GM issued a press release stating: “If General Motors had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics:

    1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.
    2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.
    3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull over to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason, you would simply accept this.
    4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.
    5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive – but would run on only five percent of the roads.
    6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single “General Protection Fault” warning light.
    7. The airbag system would ask “Are you sure?” before deploying.
    8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.
    9. Every time GM introduced a new car, car buyers would have to learn to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.
    10. You’d have to press the “Start” button to turn the engine off.

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