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  • Apple's powerful new Mac mini perfectly suits the 'Pro' market, yet the complaints have al...

    titantigertitantiger
    nht said:
    pakitt said:
    The Mac Mini was launched and intended as an affordable Mac option for migrating PC users to the macOS world. The basic version was less than 500$. It seems that everybody forgets that. Now the Mini is clearly something else. It is not the "most affordable Mac desktop" anymore. Period. The price, the specs, everything indicates their strategy for this product has radically changed. You want an "affordable" Mac? get an iOS iPad/iPhone. macOS for the "masses"? None for you.
    It certainly is the "most affordable Mac desktop".  Which iMac is cheaper?  None.

    Your comment is demonstrably wrong.
    I mean, yes, technically.  But I can get a new iMac with the monitor, keyboard and mouse included for $1099 or a more powerful refurbished one from Apple for the same price.  Once you add a monitor (~$200), Apple keyboard ($99) and mouse ($79), you're at $1177 for the new Mac Mini base model.

    So sure, if you either have a monitor, keyboard and mouse already, or you go super cheap on them, you could undercut the iMac.  But if not (such someone coming from an iMac or Apple laptop they'd like to sell to offset the cost of upgrading), you're not really any better off.
    williamlondonrandominternetperson

  • Apple unveils all new 13-inch MacBook Air with Retina display, Thunderbolt 3 and more

    titantigertitantiger
    Trying to figure out Apple's pricing strategy here.  The regular 12-inch MacBook is inferior in almost every way to this new MacBook Air.  Only advantages it has are a slightly smaller/thinner/lighter size and that it starts with 256GB SSDs instead of 128.  But everything else...

    Smaller screen
    One USB-C port vs two
    Processor power
    Older integrated graphics
    Shorter battery life
    Lesser Facetime camera

    ...is inferior to the new MBA

    Yet it starts at $1299 vs $1199 for the MBA.  Que?
    watto_cobra

  • Sirius XM to acquire Pandora for $3.5 billion

    titantigertitantiger
    We enjoyed having XM for a couple of years.  We got a promo deal so it was only $112 with tax for the year.  But the sound quality sucks and I can't believe after all this time they haven't made it better.  And we already have Apple Music so we couldn't see continuing to pay for it.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple and Verizon pointing fingers at each other about iPhone XS activation failures

    titantigertitantiger
    AppleInsider said:
    New owners of the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max are struggling to get the mobile devices to connect to Verizon Wireless, with the carrier allegedly having issues activating the devices for some customers on its network.




    Less than 48 hours after the release of the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max, subscribers of Verizon cannot connect their devices due to problems verifying their Verizon billing information. The details are required in order to activate the devices with the carrier, but a breakdown in communications is making the process fail for some users.

    AppleInsider was contacted by multiple readers on Friday and Saturday, claiming to have iPhones that are unable to be activated, because "Apple can't verify my Verizon billing zip code and PIN." Neither Apple nor Verizon are willing to accept blame, with the companies pointing the blame at the another.

    Readers are not the only one to suffer from the problem, as Reddit posts on the Verizon subreddit reveal others are enduring the same zip code and PIN issue. Support teams from both sides are said to have no idea what is happening to cause this problem.

    The same threads also offer up a hint at a solution to the woes, with users apparently managing to activate their devices by plugging in various PIN and zip code combinations they previously had registered to their Verizon account. One poster suggests the activation errors relate to the process grabbing the old address data from the associated Apple ID, and not the current Verizon billing address, which would be a problem for anyone who moved home over the last few years.

    The root cause of the problem does seem to be a data mismatch between the two companies, but aside from trying older credentials and hoping it works, it is unclear if either side will fix the problem anytime soon.

    The Verizon activation issue is one of a number of events that have slightly marred the launch of Apple's latest iPhones. Other mishaps that have occurred include the preorder system at Apple Store locations enduring an outage on Friday, notifications sent to some customers that their pick-up order is delayed, and errors with UPS' tracking system showing shipments supposedly due for Friday were pushed back to Monday.

    Happier than ever that I switched to TMobile. 
    jbdragonbshankGeorgeBMac

  • Apple debuts 5.8-inch iPhone XS and 6.5-inch iPhone XS Max with OLED screens

    titantigertitantiger
    ElCapitan said:
    Trying so hard to be excited. It’s just not “magical” anymore. Loads of meh...
    The sticker shock adds to the meh. Outside the US the prices including VAT, tariffs and whatnot make these new phones out of reach for a large segment of potential customers.  Even if they still keep the 7 and 8 models, those will feel like the big middle finger to many. 

    Here the top model Xs Max will sell for the equivalent of about $2000. 
    The Xs is the same price as the X was last year.  The Xr is $150 less than that and the Xs Max is just $100 more.  All US prices of course, but if this price point didn't hurt them last year, why would it suddenly do so now?
    claire1jony0watto_cobra